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Vietnam’s leading company to Invest in rice production in Cambodia
- AKP
- 14 August 2014
An Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock Company says it plans to grow rice in Cambodia
Move to promote responsible agricultural investments in Africa
- Parliament of S.Africa
- 13 August 2014
This pan-African parliamentarian campaign against land grabbing by investors from developed countries is the brainchild of Mr Sisa Njikelana, former member of the South African Parliament
Millionaires dig dirt as Czech farm boom spawns fund
- Bloomberg
- 13 August 2014
Farmland ranked as the most attractive investment in a survey of 197 Czech and Slovak millionaires.
Jordan agriculture minister discusses investment in Sudan
- MENA
- 13 August 2014
Jordanian Agriculture Minister Akef Zu'bu discussed on Tuesday with Jordan's Ambassador to Sudan Ayed Dararjh the investment prospects for the 168,000 dunums allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan.
KTG Agrar SE releases hidden reserves
- KTG Agrar
- 13 August 2014
Some 4,000 hectares of farmland in Lithuania sold to a German institutional investor and leased back for 18 years.
Cambodia: peaceful marchers beaten
- Phnom Penh Post
- 13 August 2014
Villagers from Kampong Chhnang were met with violence and arrests as they embarked on a march to the capital to seek a resolution to a land dispute with politically-connected KDC International.
TIAA-CREF buying 31,000 acres of Florida cropland for $91.4 million as Alico exits sugarcane farming business
- Farmland Investor
- 12 August 2014
US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF, under pressure to put cash to work after having raised $2bn for TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, agreed to purchase 12,528 ha of farmland in Florida.
Burma: Union of farmers and agriculture workers made a statement
- Eleven
- 12 August 2014
Union of farmers and agriculture workers says the 2012 farmland law favours businessmen rather than small scale farmers
World Bank again criticised for investments in Honduras
- Reuters
- 12 August 2014
The IFC approved $70 million (Dh257.46 million) for Ficohsa in 2011 despite the bank’s risky operating environment and clients, including a palm oil company linked to multiple killings and drug trafficking.
Deux richissimes Brésiliens veulent s'emparer du roi de la banane Chiquita
- AFP
- 11 August 2014
Deux richissimes Brésiliens, dont le milliardaire et homme d'affaires Joseph Safra, veulent s'emparer du géant américain de la banane Chiquita Brands et ont mis sur la table lundi 611 millions de dollars pour parvenir à leurs fins.
Interview with Armando Guebuza - President of Mozambique
- BBC
- 11 August 2014
President Armando Guebuza discusses corruption and landgrabs in this interview with Zeinab Badawi on BBC's HARDtalk.
Chiquita Banana brand receives a counter to its inversion plan
- New York Times
- 11 August 2014
Chiquita Brands International received an unsolicited offer on Monday from two Brazilian companies, including private equity fund and farmland owner Safra Group.
Guatemala: Declaración Politica IV Congreso Nacional de Pueblos, Comunidades y Organizaciones
- CLOC-VC
- 11 August 2014
Las comunidades rurales de Guatemala soportamos en nuestra vida diaria las consecuencias de una alianza entre el Estado militar/policial y el mercado finquero y trasnacional, es decir, acaparamiento de tierras y reorganización económica productiva para conseguir más trabajo por menos salarios.
US fund continues WA farm spree
- West Australian
- 11 August 2014
A US pension fund investor that flies under the radar has continued its spending spree on quality agricultural land in WA with the purchase of two farms in Grass Patch for about $9 million.
Regional seminar at the Pan-African Parliament “Making agricultural investment work for Africa: a Parliamentarian response to the land rush”
- AWEPA
- 11 August 2014
Parliamentarians of the SADC-Parliamentary Forum and the Pan-African Parliament debate on strategies to ensure that foreign investment in agriculture brings benefits to local populations