The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today
The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.
Head of Brazilian Ag Caucus pushes amendment to allow foreign corporations to buy land
- Farm Futures
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19 June 2015
Malaysian company Felda Global Ventures buys 37% of PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk in ambitious move to become "ASEAN’s largest sugar hub”
China has backed turning northern Australia in to a food bowl for Asia saying the free trade deal will aid Chinese investment in farms in the region.
- Australian Financial Review
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18 June 2015
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development puts another $20 million into the Kernel Group, one of the largest vertically integrated agribusiness holdings in the Ukraine.
Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
- Oakland Institue
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18 June 2015
Le gouverneur de la région russe de Transbaïkalie a confirmé que le contrat avec l’entreprise chinoise Zoje Resources Investment pourrait être signé début 2016.
- Courrier de Russie
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17 June 2015
"Exigimos que, por um lado, a auscultação pública em questão seja declarada nula e de nenhum efeito pelos fundamentos supra mencionados à semelhança das de nível provincial e distrital que já foram realizada"
Feronia Inc. ha recibido 3,16 millones de fondos públicos españoles a través del Fondo Africano Agrícola, que recibió 40 y que también está afincado en un paraíso fiscal.
The ProSavana Program has no legitimacy because it does not abide to the law and because it is fundamentally rejected by wide sectors of Mozambican society, mainly by peasant communities and organizations of the Nacala Corridor.
- Na?o ProSavana
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17 June 2015
Across Southeast Asia, a dramatic reconfiguring of land rights, livelihoods and economies is underway, with profound and disturbing implications for the future.