The ACB releases new report which shows the extent to which South African agribusinesses dominate the farm to fork agribusiness value chain in Africa-worth billions of dollars.
Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.
- Reuters
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09 September 2014
The Partnership League for Africa’s Development presents the STOP Africa Land Grab Concert to bring awareness to the on-going massive land acquisition in Africa by foreign investors.
- Black News
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09 September 2014
Recent reports reveal that the regional governments of Loreto and Ucayali, in the eastern part of the country, have sold millions of hectares of virgin forests as rural land for African oil palm cultivation.
- Latinamerica Press
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09 September 2014
UK-based project developer DGC Asset Management is to launch a new subsidiary, Vaccinium (UK) Limited, which will invest in farms and estates in the US, Latin America and Europe.
Indonesia's outgoing president is against a draft bill that would retroactively limit foreign ownership of plantations to no more than 30 percent.
- Reuters
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08 September 2014
FIAN Belgium, en partenariat avec la FUGEA, le MAP, Terre-en-vue et Terre de Liens, publie une étude qui s’intéresse à la pression foncière exercée actuellement en Europe qui menace l’avenir de notre agriculture.
El término ‛acaparamiento de océanos’ pretende arrojar nueva luz sobre una serie de importantes procesos y dinámicas que están afectando negativamente a las personas y comunidades cuya forma de vida, identidad cultural y medios de vida dependen de su participación en la pesca en pequeña escala.
- El Ciudadano
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07 September 2014
Curuguaty es el centro de la campaña contra el acaparamiento de tierra que pretende contar al mundo la historia de Paraguay a través de un caso paradigmático de lucha campesina.
- El País
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05 September 2014
The commercial farm currently has 3,000 hectares under cultivation and another 3,000 hectares will be developed in 2015, while 3,000 farmers are involved in its outgrower programme.
- World Grain
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04 September 2014
A new 800 ha banana plantation is planned in Dehaene in the South region by a subsidiary of France's Compagnie Fruitière.
- blackseagrain.net
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04 September 2014
500,000 hectares of new farmlands has so far been identified across the Nigerian state to be allocated to the investors to develop the sector.
- Business Day
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04 September 2014