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29 Aug 2019
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An online consultation on the UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Agricultural Land Investment Contracts Zero Draft is open from 1 June until 30 September 2019.
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World Bank allocates Ukraine $200 mln for agricultural development project UKInform | 28 Aug 2019
The World Bank and the Finance Ministry of Ukraine signed an agreement to raise a loan in the amount of USD 200 million for the programme Accelerating Private Investment in Agriculture.
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Is nationalisation and state custodianship of land a solution? The case of Mozambique Amandla! | 26 Aug 2019
The attainment of democratic rights – including the right to access, control and defend land – must be defended and advanced through everyday struggles; laws and policies on their own won’t make significant change
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As the Amazon burns, we call on Harvard to cease its investment in farmland Medium | 26 Aug 2019
Fires in the Amazon are the direct result of human activity. Harvard’s stake in agribusiness contributes to this crisis, says students of Divest Harvard
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La certification RSPO est un écoblanchiment en Afrique FOE Africa | 22 Aug 2019
Les groupes Amis de la Terre Afrique ont décrit la convergence des entreprises de plantation de palmiers à huile sous l’égide de la Table ronde sur l’huile de palme durable comme promoteurs d’écoblanchiment.
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CDC appoints independent team to investigate the death of Joël Imbangola Lunea CDC | 22 Aug 2019
CDC, the UK’s development finance institution, has appointed an independent team to investigate the death of Mr Joël Imbangola Lunea, that took place on 21 July 2019 in Bempumba, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Mega-plantations in Southeast Asia: Landscapes of displacement LaoFAB | 20 Aug 2019
This article reviews a wide body of literature on the emergence and expansion of agro-industrial, monoculture plantations across Southeast Asia through the lens of mega projects. While they have been contested by customary land users, smallholders, civil society organizations, and even government regulators, their displacement and transformation of Southeast Asia’s rural landscapes will likely endure for quite some time.
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China warned it should not pin its hopes on Russian soybeans plugging supply gap caused by US trade war SCMP | 19 Aug 2019
Russian soybean exports to China are likely to remain low for the next few years despite efforts by Chinese companies to set up farms there.
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Pátria Investimentos invests in Brazilian agriculture (em português) LVAC | 01 Dec 2017
Pátria investimentos, in which the Blackstone Group owns 40%, has made its first investment in a Brazilian agricultural farm located in Luís Eduardo Magalhães, a municipality in Western Bahia, for an undisclosed amount.
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Biocarburant : 448 milliards de FCFA pour une usine de bioéthanol Gabon Review | 28 aout 2019
Une délégation d’hommes d’affaires chinois s’est entretenue avec le ministre de la Promotion des investissements du Gabon sur un projet de bioéthanol qui nécessitera 83 000 hectares de terres pour la production de manioc.
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Scandale foncier à Mbane : Tahirou Sarr encore à la manoeuvre | 23 aout 2019
Plusieurs villages traditionnels de la commune de Mbane, au Sénégal sont à risque d'être déguerpis par la Société d’intermédiation Financière et de Commerce qui vient de racheter un bail pour un terrain de 8.000 ha
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Combler le fossé de l’information : comment l’accès aux contrats fonciers peut servir les droits des communautés CCSI | 21 aout 2019
OpenLandContracts.org publie un note d’information pour les organisations de la société civile sur l’accès aux contrats fonciers
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Coopération sino-camerounaise : les explications de la Chine sur ses acquisitions au Cameroun ACP | 16 aout 2019
Le gouvernement chinois corrige : les acquisitions de terres agricoles au Cameroun ne concernent "que" des concessions.
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