Investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into a war torn landscape in northern Uganda now dotted with tracts of maize, rice, sunflower, sesame and commercial forests.
If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.
La policía de Chubut reprimió ferozmente a las familias mapuche que recuperaron en marzo pasado sus tierras históricas que el magnate italiano y terrateniente en la Argentina, Luciano Benetton, usurpó con dinero en la Ruta Nacional 40 y el río Chubut.
- Agencia para la Libertad
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18 August 2015
Hearing in the US will examine how land grabbing has significantly impacted the lives of Filipinos and Cambodians and the involvement of U.S. officials charged with promoting development in these countries.
Le groupe mauricien poursuit ainsi son implantation dans l'est de l'Afrique après avoir fait l'acquisition d'une sucrerie en Tanzanie en 2000.
- Jeune Afrique
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18 August 2015
Au Congo, des investisseurs malaisiens prévoient un investissement de 350 milliards de francs Cfa dans un projet agro-industriel.
- Agence Ecofin
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18 August 2015
Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.
Numa acção conjunta, três movimentos sociais de Moçambique decidiram apostar no reforço e aprofundamento das alianças.
Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and plantation owners race to acquire new territory.
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) aims to enter into a definitive agreement for its proposed acquisition of Indonesian palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk by October 31 this year.
- Deal Street Asia
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17 August 2015
Le groupe singapourien Olam vient de lancer sa premiere usine de production de cette denrée dans le pays.
Arrests in Karen State target those assisting farmers fighting land grabs, says Human Rights Watch.