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24 Jun 2021
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Kuramo Capital Management embroiled in a legal battle over ownership of PHC Oil palm plantations in the DRC Oakland Institute | 22 Jun 2021
After acquiring majority ownership in the PHC plantations from European development banks in 2020, former partners have turned on each other with legal action underway across four jurisdictions for control of the company, valued at US$100 million.
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Arla builds dairy farm in Nigeria to support local milk production Dairy Reporter | 22 Jun 2021
Located in Kaduna State, the 200-hectare farm, scheduled to open in 2022, will have housing for 400 dairy cows, modern milking parlors and technology, grass lands and living facilities for 25 employees.
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One of the most fertile nations wants to feed the world Bloomberg | 20 Jun 2021
Two-thirds of polled Ukrainians are against opening up the country's farmland to foreigners
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Foreign companies to invest more than $500 Million in Kazakhstan’s agro-industrial sector, chemical industry Astana Times | 19 Jun 2021
Newly announced foreign investments in agriculture from Dutch, Turkish and Arab companies includes a $273 million, 400,000 sow per year pig farm and meat processing plant in East Kazakhstan.
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A senior lands officer is arrested in connection to the Kiryandongo district land grab Witness Radio | 17 Jun 2021
The stolen land belonged to families that are part of the 35000 people being forcefully displaced by three multinational companies including Great Seasons SMC Limited, Agilis Partners Limited, and Kiryandongo Sugar Limited.
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Congo Senate declines to lift former PM's immunity over failed agro project Reuters | 16 Jun 2021
Congo's Senate on Tuesday rejected a request by prosecutors to lift former Prime Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon's immunity so they could indict him for his role in a failed agriculture project in which investigators say $200 million disappeared.
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Stop Harvard Land Grabs Public Forum Harvard Stop Land Grabs | 10 Jun 2021
On May 3rd, 2021, we gathered with frontline land defenders, researchers, students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members from around the world to learn about Harvard’s farmland investments and build power.
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Ribeirinha community conquers collective right to land Rede Social | 10 Jun 2021
The victory is a result of the organization of the Collective of Communities Impacted by Agribusiness, created by rural communities in the Cerrado region of Piauí to resist land grabbing and the advance of agribusiness monocultures.
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More women are going to be sexually abused and forced to lose their land to the rich/investors as Uganda goes into a semi lockdown of 42 days Witness Radio | 10 Jun 2021
Opondo Cathy says agents of the multinational agribusiness company Agilis Partners took advantage of the last lockdown to rape her, torch her house and grab her land.
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Under the spotlight: Chinese banks' risky agribusiness portfolio Global Witness | 07 Jun 2021
China is one of the world's largest consumers of agricultural commodities such as soy and palm oil that drive deforestation globally. But it isn’t just Chinese consumption of these commodities that is helping fuel forest destruction. Global Witness new analysis sheds a spotlight on the often-overlooked role of Chinese banks as some of the biggest global financiers of deforestation.
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Mauritanie: vers la fin de la spoliation des terres de la vallée du fleuve Sénégal Le 360 Afrique | 21 jui 2021
Le président de la Mauritanie annule l'octroi de 3 200 ha à l'AAAID (contrat de 2015) et prone à sa place des contrats tripartites Etat-investisseurs-populations
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La Socapalm accusée de pratiques néocoloniales dans ses plantations EcoMatin | 20 jui 2021
La filiale du groupement Palmcam (Palmeraies du Cameroun) est sur le gril des organisations non gouvernementales de défense de la nature, et de la presse hollandaise
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RDC : le Parlement refuse de lever l’immunité de Augustin Matata Ponyo cité dans le scandale agroindustriel de Bukanga-Lonzo Agence Ecofin | 16 jui 2021
D’après l’Inspection générale des finances, un ancien chef de gouvernement de Joseph Kabila serait le principal « auteur intellectuel » de la débâcle du projet lancé en 2014 sur 80 000 ha
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En Indonésie, l’huile de palme contre le climat et les droits humains Reporterre | 12 jui 2021
L’huile de palme nuit gravement aux droits humains, selon un rapport de Human Rights Watch (HRW), publié jeudi 3 juin.
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