Agro investors must be flexible

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Socfin has invested in Cambodia in 2008. The plantation still on an investment phase because it takes 6 years to have trees ready for harvest. Rubber price have dropped but those prices follow cycles, Socfin in Cambodia has plan to make some profits in year 12 and 13...

Okomu Oil to employ 45,000 in new plantation

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Okomu will open its new plantation of 11.000 hectares and the project to employ 45.000 workers, 600 have already been hired. The government wants to develop the agribusiness. Okomu is also developing a corporate social responsibility policy: roads, bursaries,...

Malaysia is green and growing

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At the COP 21 the forest and emission from the deforestation was at the center of the discussions and linked to this subject the palm oil industry which is appointed as a main cause of deforestation BUT the Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) has shown that Malaysia,...

LAC Future Expansion Consistent with FPIC Process

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A series of meeting is organized regarding the desire of LAC (Liberian Agricultural Company) to have an additional 27,400 hectares for its extension. The meetings were cordial and the representatives of many communities were presented and informed of their rights to...