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11 Oct 2018
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EBRD launches new agribusiness strategy EBRD | 10 Oct 2018
Addressing the growing challenges that the agribusiness sector faces in the EBRD regions, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has launched its new strategy for the sector for the period 2019 to 2023.
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Harvard Management Company Inc's Natural Resources Sustainable Investing Guidelines Harvard | 10 Oct 2018
Harvard University's endowment fund has 5 principles that guide its investments in natural resources, including farmland
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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts Grist | 09 Oct 2018
The elite university has quietly become one of the largest owners of farmland in the world, according to a new report by GRAIN, an international nonprofit supporting small farmers, and Brazil-based Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
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World Bank – IMF guilty of promoting land grabs, increasing inequality LVC | 08 Oct 2018
Peasant organisations have pledged to expose the incriminating role of the World Bank and IMF in increasing inequality, land dispossession and poverty, as the annual meeting of these bodies get under way in Bali.
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Karuturi staff hopeful as they await key ruling in December The Star | 08 Oct 2018
Kenya's court of appeal will rule on the 20th of December on the ownership of the Karuturi farm which was put under receivership over a debt it owed one of the banks.
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Theological reflection on land AEFJN-AFJN-SECAM-RECOWA | 05 Oct 2018
An exploration on laudato si’s approach to our relationship and responsibility to care for the land and its small-scale food producers
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Rise of the 'megafarms': how UK agriculture is being sold off and consolidated MENAFN | 05 Oct 2018
Across the UK, farm land is now seen as a safe shelter for wealth – recommended by estate agents as a 'tax-efficient' investment, contributing to the current trend of consolidation and rising farmland prices
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CCI of Uzbekistan holds talks with Shanyang province delegation UzDaily | 05 Oct 2018
The purpose of the visit was to discuss investment climate of Uzbekistan and possible cooperation in livestock farming and growing cereal crops. The Chinese side also expressed interest in the newly created FEZ “Bukhoro-agro”.
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Longmate to ship 30,000 tonnes of banana to China Khmer Times | 05 Oct 2018
The company has cleared and irrigated 300 ha of land on its 1000 ha concession, on which it will plant banana trees imported from China, but that are originally from Australia.
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Brief: $171M Washington State farmland deal the largest in U.S. this year Global AgInvesting | 04 Oct 2018
An investor has paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland in Washington State from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million.
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Phatisa Food Fund 2 first closes at $121.5 million Ecofin | 04 Oct 2018
Phatisa will continue its focus on the African food value chain – considering investments in mechanisation, inputs, poultry and meat production, food processing and manufacturing across sub-Saharan Africa.
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Que va faire Sifca de ses €90 millions ? Commodafrica | 10 oct 2018
L’agroindustriel ivoirien Sifca va bénéficier d’un prêt de €90 millions octroyé par Proparco, FMO et la Société Générale.
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Au Brésil, la protection de onze nouvelles réserves du Rondonia est abolie Reporterre | 10 oct 2018
Le lobby brésilien de l’agroalimentaire a réussi à amalgamer dans un projet de loi de financement d’urgence l’abolition de la protection de 600.000 ha dans l'État de Rondonia
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Le Cameroun va importer 100 000 tonnes d’huile de palme brute du Gabon et de l’Indonésie Afrique Media TV | 09 oct 2018
Malgré les grands projets menés par des investisseurs étrangers, la production d'huile de palme stagne au Cameroun
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Phatisa Food Fund 2 cloture sa première levée de fonds FinancialAfrik | 03 oct 2018
Phatisa annonce la première levée de son troisième fonds, le Phatisa Food Fund 2, qui succède à l’African Agriculture Fund.
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