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20 Sep 2018
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Chinese investors shift agriculture practices in North The Nation | 17 Sep 2018
Widespread contract farming for Cavendish bananas to export to China began in the North of Thailand two years ago, along with a large-scale plantation owned by a Thai-Chinese joint venture.
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Move to acquire lands in Sudan for farming Daily New Nation | 17 Sep 2018
The Government of Bangladesh has decided to acquire land in Sudan in a bid to explore commercial farming opportunities in the Northeast African country.
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Kebbi farmers allege takeover of farmlands Daily Trust | 17 Sep 2018
The All Farmers Association of Nigeria decries the takeover of 14,000 ha of farmlands by the Kebbi State government to give to a company for cassava planting
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Foreign farm tax to drive agri REITs: Pitcher Partners AFR | 17 Sep 2018
Under a proposal from Australia's federal government the 15 per cent concessional rate of withholding tax for foreign investors in agricultural land will be lifted to 30 per cent by July 1 next year.
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Hassad merges its agricultural portfolio with Australian firm Gulf Times | 17 Sep 2018
Qatar's Hassad Foods continues the strategic repositioning of its Australian agricultural investments, securing an agreement to transfer its agricultural portfolio to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets.
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Harvard farmland acquisitions criticized as unethical Chief Investment Officer | 14 Sep 2018
A new report accuses Harvard University’s endowment of contributing to “environmental destruction,” and the displacement and harassment of communities in its pursuit to acquire $1 billion worth of farmland worldwide over the past decade.
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'I ran away but she sat there... Then they smiled and shot her' The Journal | 14 Sep 2018
Front Line Defenders identifies the root causes of violence in Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and the Philippines, where more than 80% of the human rights defenders killed globally over the last four years were murdered.
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Harvard purchases 741,000 acres and creates conflict with local communities Brasil de Fato | 13 Sep 2018
The US university, through its endowment fund, maintains a business chain with Brazilian companies and its subsidiaries to circumvent Brazilian law, according to a report.
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Businessman turned philanthropist accused of murders and land theft in Brazil's Northeast Brasil Reporter | 02 Sep 2018
Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
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Phnong petition over Mondulkiri land Phnom Penh Post | 31 Aug 2018
One hundred Phnong ethnic people in Mondulkiri province’s Busra commune, in Ccambodia, have thumbprinted a petition to reject Thieng Try Company’s request for an economic land concession to grow coffee in the area.
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Rhode Island slates $75 million for growth equity, farmland funds Pensions & Investments | 28 Aug 2018
The Rhode Island State Investment Commission commits $25 million to Homestead Capital USA Farmland Fund III.
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The village women taking on the palm oil giant Fern | 31 Jul 2018
Award-winning Cameroonian journalist Madeleine Ngeunga and Fern’s Indra Van Gisbergen recently visited villages in the shadow of Socapalm’s oil palm plantations to see if issues driving the dispute between locals and the company are being resolved.
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Nasako Besingi: Freedom to protect the environment 2018 Oslo Freedom Forum | 11 Jul 2018
In his talk, Environmentalist Nasako Besingi shares how he has faced governmental censorship, imprisonment, and even death threats for his work defending community lands and forests in southern Cameroon.
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Selon Transparency International, le titre foncier est un foyer de corruption le plus dévastateur au Cameroun Le Messager | 17 sep 2018
Selon Ti-c, les principaux problèmes que rencontrent les populations en matière foncière, dont l’accaparement des terres, ont pour dénominateur commun le titre foncier.
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Mini-dossier : Le parlement allemand controle PHC/Feronia Radio Okapi | 14 sep 2018
Une délégation du parlement allemand vient d'effectuer une mission de contrôle des activités de l’entreprise Plantation et Huilerie du Congo PHC/Feronia. Reportage de Radio Okapi.
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Contrôle à Lukutu des activités de la société PHC-Feronia par le parlement Allemand ACP Congo | 04 sep 2018
Une délégation du parlement Allemand a effectué une mission officielle de contrôle des activités de la société PHC-Feronia dans la localité de Lokutu en RDC
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Golden Veroleum Liberia dit « à plus tard » à la RSPO, ou serait-ce « adieu » ? | 30 juil 2018
En réponse au verdict accablant rendu par le Comité des plaintes de la RSPO concernant Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) – verdict maintenu en appel – GVL a annoncé sa décision de « retirer temporairement » son adhésion à la RSPO.
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Palma da olio: le piantagioni maledette del Congo orientale Osservatorio Diritti | 17 Sep 2018
Guardiani delle piantagioni di palma da olio che tormentano la popolazione, salari bassi e contratti fantasma: ecco la denuncia dei leader comunitari raccolta dalle ong nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo.
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