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21 Jun 2018
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Oil palm plantations in Amazonia inhospitable to tropical forest biodiversity: Study Mongabay | 20 Jun 2018
Study's results in the Amazon “clearly” reinforce “the notion that oil palm plantations can be extremely hostile to native tropical forest biodiversity, as has been shown in more traditional oil palm countries in South-East Asia, such as Malaysia and Indonesia.”
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Risky business: Tenure issues main deterrent for investment CIFOR | 20 Jun 2018
At the Global Landscapes Forum Investment Case Symposium land tenure was the primary issue that was repeatedly pointed to by members of the research, development and finance communities alike as the biggest risk for landscape investment.
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Growth Farms lease fund offers investors low-risk stake in ag Farm Online | 19 Jun 2018
Rising demand for leased farmland has convinced agricultural asset manager Growth Farms Australia to launch a 10-year investment fund which will buy mid-sized farming properties and lease them to primary producers.
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Nigeria: Ayade’s Agric revolution excites S/African farmers, partner Cross River on feed mill News Guru | 18 Jun 2018
Cross River State Governor says his administration intends to establish a yellow maize farm which will be the biggest in Africa, in partnership with South African agribusiness.
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Nigeria: Farmers urge Okomu Plc to implement and full compensation ITV | 18 Jun 2018
Some farmers in Oke Uhumwurde local government area and Owan East have called on the Federal and Edo State Government to prevail on Okomu Oil Palm PLC to complete the compensation for lands acquired for its plantations in their communities.
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20,000 hectares set for oil palm by 2019 Post Courier | 14 Jun 2018
Malaysia's Bewani Oil Palm Plantation Limited is set to complete planting of 20,000 hectares of palms by 2019 in West Sepik province, Papua New Guinea
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Over 3000 Karuturi workers to know their fate tomorrow as Court of Appeal embarks on hearing case against CFC Stanbic XNews | 14 Jun 2018
The Court of Appeal will tomorrow start listening to an appeal case filed by Karuturi Limited against CFC Stanbic Bank and its receiver managers.
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Phoenix looks to India to feed Africa as part of rice expansion Bloomberg | 08 Dec 2017
The company plans to spend $300 million over the next five years, mostly on increasing processing and production, as well as expanding into farming in Africa, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, Dhawan said.
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S’attaquer aux causes profondes de la déforestation au Liberia Commodafrica | 18 jui 2018
Ou $2 milliards de greenwashing ?
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En Afrique, l’Eglise catholique s’engage dans le champ politique Le Temps | 17 jui 2018
Les évêques sont intervenus en Tanzanie, au Soudan du Sud at au Mozambique où ils ont dénoncé l’achat ou la vente de terres africaines par des étrangers.
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L'UE repousse la sortie de l'huile de palme à 2030 Libération | 14 jui 2018
Les Etats membres, le Parlement et la Commission européenne se sont accordés pour repousser la fin des importations d'huile de palme pour le diesel, malgré leur lien étroit avec les accaparements de terres, dans douze ans.
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Mauritanie: d’anciens esclaves dénoncent l’accaparement de leurs terres RFI | 14 jui 2018
Un collectif d'associations de lutte contre l'esclavage et ses séquelles, s'est constitué pour aider les paysans à récupérer leurs terres.
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Le groupe émirati Phoenix veut investir 205 millions $ dans ses activités dans le riz, en Afrique et en Asie Agence Ecofin | 01 dec 2017
Le groupe émirati Phoenix a annoncé, le mardi dernier, un investissement de 205 millions $ dans le développement de ses activités au Mozambique, au Bénin, en Côte d’Ivoire et en Inde
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