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China's 'richest chicken farmer' front of brood for Moy Park
- The Telegraph
- 19 August 2017
Liu Yonghao, chairman of China’s agrichemical business New Hope has joined a brood of bidders for a £1bn takeover of Northern Irish poultry giant Moy Park.
China's COFCO forms U.S. grain supply partnership with Growmark
- Reuters
- 19 August 2017
China's state-owned COFCO International Ltd (CIL) and U.S. farm cooperative Growmark Inc will partner in a deal that gives China more direct access to the food it imports.
Angola : 4 compagnies investiront 310 millions $ dans la production agricole à Malanje
- Agence Ecofin
- 18 August 2017
Cette enveloppe ira à la production de céréales, de fruits, de légumes et de viande sur 35 000 hectares des 411 000 du Pôle agro-industriel de Capanda
Dangote turns to Nigerian agriculture
- African Business Magazine
- 18 August 2017
Nigeria’s biggest private sector company, the Dangote Group, has decided to turn its attention to agribusiness. Dangote will pay the state government N1.2bn ($3.7m) for 16,000 hectares of land and give it an equity stake in the company.
Maurice va valoriser les terres agricoles qu’il détient au Mozambique
- Agence Ecofin
- 17 August 2017
Port-Louis compte débuter l’exploitation des 20 000 hectares de terres agricoles qu’il a pris à bail depuis 1999 sur le territoire mozambicain. C’est ce que rapporte le site d’information mauricien Le Défi média group.
Lettre ouverte à Monsieur Le Président de la République de Madagascar relative au "Rendez-vous Fotoambita n°12" consacré à la Terre et au Foncier.
- 17 August 2017
Le Collectif TANY cherche des éclaircissements sur la politique du gouvernment malgache sur la vente des terrains aux étrangers
Indians win key land rights victory in Brazil’s Supreme Court
- Mongabay
- 17 August 2017
Brazil’s Supreme Court made two key decisions that strongly favored the country’s indigenous communities last Wednesday, against the claims of Mato Grosso state.
South Korea to build $10bln integrated agricultural city in Egypt
- Arab Finance
- 16 August 2017
Egypt and the Korea-Arab Society (KAS) signed a cooperation protocol to build a $10 billion integrated agricultural city in the North African country. The city will be stretched over an area of 300,000 feddans (126,000 ha) in the southeast part of the Qattara Depression.
Angola: Companies invest over USD 300 million in agro-industry
- All Africa
- 16 August 2017
A USD 310 million investment contract signed between private companies for Agro-industrial Complex of Capanda (PAC) in northern Malanje province, Angola. The Agro-industrial Park occupies an area of 411.000 hectares.
Global NGOs call for the release of Cambodian land rights activist Tep Vanny
- Global Voices
- 16 August 2017
65 civil society organizations (CSOs) and non-government organizations (NGOs) from across the world signed a unity statement urging Cambodian government to release land rights activist Tep Vanny, who has been in detention for the past 12 months.
Daewoo dan Samsung dituding terlibat “menghabisi” hutan Papua
- Tabloid Jubi
- 16 August 2017
Samsung dan Daewoo dituding terlibat dalam deforestasi di Papua bersama Korindo Group, dua perusahaan Korea Selatan ini telah mengurangi hutan primer di Papua untuk perkebunan kelapa sawit, menyalahgunakan hak dan mata pencaharian masyarakat lokal.
Can big money fix a broken food system?
- Civil Eats
- 15 August 2017
Financial services firms are increasingly directing investor dollars into regenerative agriculture and other systemic food projects in the US, although not without risks