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Olam's $211m almond deal
- The Land
- 13 February 2014
Olam international has concluded a $211 million sale for its vast Victorian almond orchards on the Murray River at Mildura and Robinvale as part of a minimum 18-year lease-back deal.
Here's why foreign investors are trying to buy American farmland
- Takepart.com
- 13 February 2014
“Farmland has now become the latest scarce ‘hot’ commodity for all sorts of speculators who have absolutely no interest in agriculture,” says John Peck of Wisconsin-based Family Farm Defenders.
L’aveuglement de l’USAID sur les violations des droits de l’homme en Ethiopie dénoncé par le Congrès américain
- Survival France
- 12 February 2014
Le Congrès américain a pris des mesures afin d’empêcher que l’aide humanitaire apportée en Ethiopie ne soit utilisée pour financer l’expulsion forcée de peuples indigènes dans le sud-ouest du pays.
Accaparement des terres : Macky Sall se fait l’avocat des industriels
- Leral.net
- 12 February 2014
Le chef de l’Etat sénégalais a demandé aux populations rurales d’offrir aux agro-industriels l’opportunité d’exploiter leurs terres. "Il ne sert à rien de garder des terres durant des millénaires sans les exploiter," a-t-il lancé.
PNG's land scandal inquiry names an Australian-led company
- ABC
- 12 February 2014
A Commission of Inquiry in Papua New Guinea has recommended an Australian-led company involved in obtaining leases over more than two million hectares of traditional land be investigated for criminal misconduct and conspiracy.
The Matru Jong Palm Oil Production Project …The debate rages on
- Global Times
- 12 February 2014
Luke Marriott’s Gold Tree is presently fighting tooth and nail to take over the Matru Jong 7,008 acre oil palm plantation but industry experts say that Gold Tree does not have the capacity (money).
Berlin film festival features We Come As Friends, a documentary on South Sudan
- The National
- 12 February 2014
The film shows a contract worth just US$25,000 (Dh92,000) for 600,000 hectares of land, with full exploitation rights, made out to Howard Douglas, a former United States ambassador and coordinator for refugee affairs.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°98
- Commission de l'UEMOA / Hub Rural
- 12 February 2014
Le dernier bulletin d'information de la Commission de l'UEMOA et du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de paraître.
Fleurette commits further funding for Kitoko Food, bringing total investment to $14 million
- PRNewswire
- 11 February 2014
The Fleurette Group, controlled by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler, announces a further financial commitment of $1.5 million for 2014 its 1,482-acre Kitoko Food Farm in the DR Congo.
Bolivia: Constatan que extranjeros alquilan tierras en Reserva
- ERBOL
- 11 February 2014
Extranjeros brasileños y menonitas alquilan las tierras de la Reserva Forestal Guarayos del departamento de Santa Cruz, denunció Omar Ortiz Sequeiros, secretario de Nuevos Asentamientos de la Confederación Sindical de Comunidades Interculturales de Bolivia (CSCIB).
FGV denies report on land sale talks with Tadmax
- The Star
- 10 February 2014
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) has denied being in discussions with Tadmax Resources Bhd over the sale of the latter’s land in Indonesia.
Après avoir baissé, la lutte pour des droits fonciers au point de basculement
- IPS
- 07 February 2014
Des entreprises multinationales telles que Nestlé et Unilever ont pris une série de nouveaux engagements par rapport aux droits fonciers des communautés et populations indigènes mais ces promesses ne semblent pas avoir fait une grande différence selon la RRI