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10 Oct 2019

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Saving Aru: The epic battle to save the islands that inspired the theory of evolution Gecko Project | 09 Oct 2019

For decades, the island of Aru escaped the attention of companies clearing Indonesia’s rainforests. But then it came into the sights of the Menara Group, which wanted to plant sugarcane across nearly two-thirds of Aru.

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Over 70% of Ukrainians against sale of farmland Ukrinform | 09 Oct 2019

Some 81% of Ukrainians oppose the sale of agricultural land to foreigners and 74% say that any change in these rules should be decided through a national referendum, a new survey says

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Farmland sales to foreigners goes from trickle to a torrent http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1910/S00068/farmland-sales-to-foreigners-goes-from-trickle-to-a-torrent.htm | 07 Oct 2019

Overall, nearly $5b of sensitive land has changed hands in New Zealand through the Overseas Investment Office since the Labour-led government was formed.

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PSP Investments acquires Australian agribusiness Webster in a deal valuing the company at $854 million GAI | 06 Oct 2019

Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment Board has made another move to deepen its presence in Australian agriculture, taking full ownership of the largest irrigated farmer in Australia.

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400 crores worth of floriculture in Ethiopia; In the grip of the businessman Manorama | 04 Oct 2019

According to the Kerala press, Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director Karuturi Global Ltd, has been arrested for fraud.

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Canadian fund launches bid for Webster N Queensland Register | 03 Oct 2019

Canadian fund manager PSP Investments, a public service pension fund, has put in an offer for Australia's Webster farms, including their water entitlements, that values the diversified agribusiness at $854 million

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Community in fresh bid to register Yala swamp land The Standard | 29 Sep 2019

Residents of Yala swamp, in Kenya, have begun the process of registering the land to ward off cartels seeking to benefit from the process after the departure of Dominion Farms

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Money to burn Global Witness | 23 Sep 2019

Global Witness exposes how more than 300 banks and investors back six of the world’s most harmful agribusinesses to the tune of $44bn

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Commentary on the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts Afronomics Law | 03 Sep 2019

This commentary considers the access to food component of the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts and voices its silence on intellectual property rights.

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Uprooted SEt Asia Globe | 29 Aug 2019

Landgrabs, deforestation and an increasingly-globalised Khmer culture are encroaching deep into the lands and lore of Cambodia's indigenous Bunong people

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La SIAT doit revoir sa copie en Côte d'Ivoire
Une entreprise belge s'est lancée dans la monoculture d’hévéas sur leurs terres... sans leur consentement ! Les habitantes et habitants de Groumania, en Côte d'Ivoire, ont besoin de vous pour se faire entendre. ActionAid France lance un appel urgent que vous êtes invité à signer.

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Cameroun : le Turc Paksan Tekstil Sanayii veut planter 5000 hectares de maïs dans la région de l’Adamaoua Agence Ecofin | 08 oct 2019

Le gouvernement camerounais autorise la mise à disposition à Wassande, dans la région de l’Adamaoua, d’une superficie de 5000 hectares au profit de la société turque Paksan Tekstil Sanayii.

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Baba Aidara fait des révélations explosives sur les 250 000 dollars encaissés par Aliou Sall au nom de la société Agitrans.... Dakar Matin | 07 oct 2019

Jusqu'à ce jour le torchon brûle entre les populations des 47 villages du Ndiael et les responsables de l'agroindustrie installée dans la zone

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La SUCAF-CI veut investir dans le maïs en Côte d'Ivoire Commodafrica | 07 oct 2019

La Sucrerie africaine en Côte d’Ivoire, une filiale du groupe français Somdiaa, a annoncé vouloir créer "une unité dénommée Compagnie fermière ivoirienne dont l’activité consistera à produire du maïs à grande échelle”

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Des paysans cambodgiens attaquent le groupe Bolloré en justice Basta ! | 04 oct 2019

Ces Bunong accusent le groupe Bolloré et la Socfin d’avoir orchestré depuis la France, à la fin des années 2000, la spoliation de leurs terres et de forêts ancestrales pour y installer une plantation d’hévéas.

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France / Cambodge: des paysans contre Bolloré TV5Monde | 03 oct 2019

Le combat de paysans cambodgiens contre le groupe français Bolloré. Ils ont saisi la justice française pour réclamer la restitution de leurs terres.

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Litiges fonciers : Echec de toutes les tentatives de régulation Rewmi | 03 oct 2019

Au Sénégal, tout se passe comme si les autorités qui semblaient pourtant être animées de bonnes intentions, ont réalisé qu’il faut maintenir le statu quo ante, au nom de l’agro-business, devenu trop profitable.

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