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14 Jan 2021
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Concerns raised about foreign investment in agriculture, but it is needed, stakeholders say Kathmandu Post | 09 Jan 2021
The government has decided to open Nepal’s agriculture sector—primary production—for foreign direct investment by allowing 100 percent of investment
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Norfund lost NOK 146 million on a plantation in Tanzania Bistandsaktuelt | 08 Jan 2021
Norfund reports losses of over $23 million on its investments in the UK company Agrica and its large-scale rice plantation in the Kilombero Valley of Tanzania.
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Interview: Despite escalating assassinations, Colombian farmworker union fights for the right to the land Labour Notes | 08 Jan 2021
In Colombia, big agribusinesses, cattle ranchers, transnational corporations, and wealthy landowners have been able to claim land that is not theirs by acquiring titles through a legal system farming families have no access to.
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Liberia: Salala Rubber Corporation accused of masterminding violence against affected communities, Green Advocates Front Page Africa | 08 Jan 2021
Salala Rubber Corporation holds a concession of over 40,000 hectares in central Liberia, but has often been accused of land grabbing and destruction of the locals’ farms
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Agribusiness giants ADM, Bunge trading in ‘conflict’ palm oil, report says Mongabay | 04 Jan 2021
A report by Global Witness has found that more than 100 Indonesian palm oil mills supplying agribusiness giants ADM and Bunge have been accused of land and human rights violations and environmental destruction.
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Liberia: Rubber company, “SRC’s scare tactics won’t weaken our resolve” says ARD rights group's chairman New Republic | 28 Dec 2020
Alliance for Rural Democracy says recent attacks they suffered at the hands of thugs said to be acting on behalf of the Salala Rubber Corporation will not deter them from helping communities suffering abuses.
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Kakuzi: Squatters in Kenya's Murang'a county speak of 'colonisation' on their ancestral lands RFI | 26 Dec 2020
Kenya's Murang'a county is home to Kakuzi, the food producer and exporter that occupies some 15,904 ha. Land ownership in this fertile area is out of reach for many who consider it their ancestral home.
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Federal agency deems TIAA’s land holdings in Brazil legally null and void CRR | 18 Dec 2020
A technical report by Brazil’s land reform agency INCRA has deemed TIAA’s land titles in Brazil to be legally null and void.
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En Mayenne, les terres agricoles intéressent de plus en plus d'étrangers France Bleu | 11 jan 2021
"Le fait que des étrangers s'installe ici, ne pose pas de problème, à condition qu'ils ne fassent pas de production intensive et qu'ils respectent les normes écologiques" explique le porte parole de la Confédération Paysanne en Mayenne
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Accaparement des terres au Cameroun : la Socapalm indexée DW | 08 jan 2021
Au Cameroun, les populations rurales accusent la Socapalm, une entreprise de plantation de palmiers à huile, de les déposséder de leurs terres. Elisabeth Asen Somo a mené sa petite enquête.
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Sénégal : l'affaire Pétro-Tim classée sans suite AFP | 01 jan 2021
Un juge sénégalais ne trouve aucune preuve de corruption présumée sur la vente de contrats de gaz au géant britannique de l'énergie BP, une affaire suspectée de liens possibles avec le projet agro-industriel Senhuile
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Apoyo a Massa Kone, portavoz de la Coalición Maliense contra el Acaparamiento de Tierras AGTER | 01 ago 2020
El defensor de los derechos y el activista campesino contra los acaparadores de tierra y agua ha sido objeto de un grave ataque.
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