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Olam to set up US$49m rice farming and milling facility in Nigeria
- Business Times
- 02 December 2011
The 6,000 hectare farm in Nasarawa, one of Nigeria's main rice growing belts, is expected to yield 36,000 tonnes of milled rice annually at its peak.
Nyéléni, Mali : A global alliance against land grabbing
- FIAN
- 02 December 2011
Report from FIAN on the international conference against land grabbing which took place in Mali in November 2011
Agriterra joins $6bn rush into West Africa palm
- Agrimoney
- 01 December 2011
Agriterra added to the $6bn investment wave heading into West Africa palm oil by acquiring 45,000 hectares of plantation land in Sierra Leone.
Karnataka govt move to give farmers a stake in agri biz
- Deccan Herald
- 01 December 2011
The State government announced that it would amend relevant laws to enable farmers to use their land as equity in farming collaborations with private companies.
Adecoagro captures gains from land transformation
- Adecoagro
- 01 December 2011
Adecoagro announced today that on November 30, 2011, it completed the sale of "La Alegria" farm, located in General Villegas, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a total price of $13.7 million.
University land grabs in Africa and student activism
- EcoCentric
- 30 November 2011
If you care, and you attend or attended college, it is your responsibility as a student or alumni to speak up and say that you care. If enough of us do so, they will listen!
Farmers oppose agri-meet
- Times of India
- 30 November 2011
"If we lose our family farmers, we'll lose the diversity in our food supply, and what we eat will be dictated to us by a few large corporations," says Chukki Nanjundaswamy of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha
Macquarie bets on milk
- Wall Street Journal
- 30 November 2011
Company now manages farms on 3.6 million hectares and believes that, overall, US$25 billion of institutional capital has gone into the acquisition of farms.
Feronia Inc. completes largest single rice planting in DRC
- Feronia Inc.
- 30 November 2011
Feronia Arable holds a 10,000 hectare concession in the Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, 200km from the national capital, Kinshasa.
Indonesia taken to task over MIFEE
- Down to Earth
- 30 November 2011
The following report, by independent researcher Anna Bolin, explores the global trends and influences at work behind agriculture mega-projects like MIFEE in Papua.
A global alliance emerges in West Africa
- Grassroots International
- 28 November 2011
“Throughout these few days, we have exchanged our experiences as farmers. I have learned that land grabbing is slightly different in every country—but the consequences are always the same. Without land, we cannot live.”
China expected to have investments in Africa private equity funds
- Xinhua
- 28 November 2011
Citadel Capital, which owns farms in Egypt and Sudan, is expected to start talks with the China Investment Corporation next month.