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SABL petition anniversary marks PNG's greatest ever scandal
- ActNow
- 21 February 2018
Despite repeated promises from the O’Neill government to cancel the agribusiness leases in Papua New Guinea, stretching back to 2013, almost nothing has been done.
Proterra seeks resources for agricultural bets in Brazil: Source
- Bloomberg
- 21 February 2018
Proterra Investment Partners, a private equity firm that was spun-off from agricultural giant Cargill, is raising $ 500 million to expand in Brazil, according to a person with direct knowledge of the subject.
Proterra busca recursos para aposta agrícola no Brasil: Fonte
- Jornal Floripa
- 21 February 2018
A Proterra Investment Partners, uma firma de private equity separada da gigante agrícola Cargill, está levantando US$ 500 milhões para se expandir no Brasil, segundo uma pessoa com conhecimento direto do assunto.
Au Liberia, la population veut voir enfin reconnus ses droits sur la terre
- AFP
- 21 February 2018
Les organisations de défense des populations craignent que la nouvelle loi foncière ne soit vidé de sa substance, après avoir été considérablement amendé en septembre 2017 par l’Assemblée nationale, puis bloqué au Sénat.
Mieux comprendre et infléchir les trajectoires des politiques foncières en Afrique de l’Ouest et à Madagascar
- Foncier & développement
- 21 February 2018
La Coopération Française a organisé à Saint-Louis du Sénégal un atelier de partage et d’échange sur les trajectoires des politiques foncières en Afrique
Felda investment in Indonesia Eagle High a bust, says oil palm watchdog
- The Malaysian Insight
- 20 February 2018
FELDA’S investment in Indonesian oil palm planter PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk (EHP) is a bust according to International Palm Oil Monitor (IPOM), a due diligence report in relation to EHP’s acquisition detailed numerous concerns and improprieties.
UAE Ministry of Economy explores agricultural investment opportunities with Ethiopia
- albawaba
- 20 February 2018
Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy says that investments in the fields of agriculture and food industries are among the prominent sectors that attract UAE investments abroad as the country currently imports about 80 per cent of its food needs.
Iniciativas Fospa: ¿Cuáles son los impactos de las inversiones chinas en la Amazonía?
- 20 February 2018
Seguimiento y análisis sobre inversiones y financiamiento chino en la Amazonía es una de las Iniciativas para la Acción, acordadas en el VIII foro Social Panamazónico (Fospa) en Tarapoto en mayo pasado
Les paysans dépossédés de leurs terres
- DNA
- 20 February 2018
Chaque année, plusieurs dizaines de milliers d’hectares de terres échappent aux agriculteurs français, du fait de la poursuite de l’urbanisation et de leur vente à des investisseurs étrangers.
La France, grenier de la Chine
- France Culture
- 20 February 2018
La volonté de la Chine d'assurer le contrôle d'une production de qualité la pousse à racheter des centaines d'hectares de terres agricoles en France.
Socficom et Socfinco vont être poursuivis pour évasion fiscale
- L'Echo
- 20 February 2018
Affaire(s) Fabri, nouvel épisode: la cour d’appel a pris le contre-pied des premiers juges et permet la tenue d’un nouveau procès, qui se poursuivra ces prochaines semaines.
Nigeria : manifestation contre le refus de la société Okomu Oil de libérer 14.000 ha
- Hub Rural
- 20 February 2018
Dans l’Etat d’Edo au Nigéria, des ONG et des membres de communautés rurales estiment à 60.000 le nombre de personnes déplacées par Okomu Oil jusqu’à présent.
Fonterra owners' unrest grows on China foray
- Rural Life
- 19 February 2018
Fonterra's owners are worried about the cooperative's $800m investment in establishing dairy farms in China, which yielded only $1m in earnings last year, despite a $38m subsidy of their operations by Fonterra's China ingredients division.
Sime Darby's Africa ambitions stall pending new deforestation rules
- Reuters
- 19 February 2018
Sime Darby Plantation has planted only 10,000 hectares in Liberia and has not laid a seed in two years, stalled by uncertainties over new environmental standards.
Human Rights defenders from all over the world visit EU to call for strong measures against
- Both Ends
- 19 February 2018
Fourteen indigenous leaders and human rights defenders from forest countries called upon Dutch policy makers to take action against human rights abuses, land grabbing and deforestation in relation to large scale agriculture, timber logging and mining