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China's COFCO in talks to buy Noble's agribusiness arm - sources
- Reuters
- 04 Mar 2014
China's biggest grains trader COFCO Corp is in talks to buy Noble Group Ltd's agribusiness arm in a deal that would value the division at around $1 billion.
Bolivia: Piden que el Gobierno elimine la extranjerización de tierras
- Página 7
- 04 Mar 2014
Organizaciones afines al Órgano Ejecutivo plantean cumbres nacionales para analizar varios temas, entre ellos las leyes INRA y la Ley contra el Avasallamiento.
Senegal, colonia della finanza italiana
- Metro
- 04 Mar 2014
Questa è una storia che nasce a Ravenna e finisce in Senegal. E, in mezzo, fa il giro del mondo.
Impacts négatifs d’un projet agro-industriel à Gninth : Une ONG brûle Sen Huile-Sen Ethanol
- Le Quotidien
- 04 Mar 2014
Un rapport d’Oakland Institute, assis sur une enquête de terrain, met à nu les impacts négatifs du projet Sen huile-Sen éthanol et corrobore les informations du journal Le Quotidien.
Land grab in Senegal, responsabilità italiana
- Pagina 99
- 03 Mar 2014
Un'impresa di Ravenna, il Gruppo Tampieri, investe in terre nel paese africano. E una popolazione perde l'accesso a pascoli e acqua.
Expert says multinational land lease in Senegal pushes herders off land
- RFI
- 03 Mar 2014
A new report on a government-sanctioned land grab in Senegal shows a new deal that threatens thousands of Peul pastoralists in the rural Ndiel area.
East Kalimantan sets aside 400,000 hectares for agricultural development
- jakarta Post
- 03 Mar 2014
Indonesia's East Kalimantan provincial administration has set aside a 400,000 hectare plot of land for agricultural development for investors.
COFCO, Nidera form partnership
- World Grain
- 03 Mar 2014
China's COFCO has acquired a 51% share of Nidera to establish a strategic partnership.
Long-term planning is key to UAE food security investments
- 7Days
- 03 Mar 2014
The CEO of Emirates Investments Group calls for investment "in agricultural land abroad or leasing land to a professional who can manage it more efficiently with better practices."
A political anatomy of land grabs
- Myanmar Times
- 03 Mar 2014
“Crony companies” with extreme wealth and political leverage have become the new driver of land grabs in different parts of Burma, often financially backed by foreign investors.
Foreign logging companies still firmly in control in PNG
- PNG Exposed
- 03 Mar 2014
Loggers have used Special Agriculture and Business Leases to take control of over 5 million hectares of forest – more than 10% of Papua New Guinea’s total landmass.
Nigeria’s corporate billionaires go to farm
- Daily Independent
- 03 Mar 2014
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says his Ministry is working actively with state governments to secure land for genuine investors to address the issue of access to land.