Malaysia

Malaysia's MEGA First Corp Bhd has 1,830ha of coconut trees and 730ha of macadamia trees planted in Mondulkiri province, Cambodia, where it has slightly more than 6,000ha of concession land.

Farm Fresh is actively seeking to lease land spanning 200 to 400 hectares to construct a $20-million farm to breed cattle, preferably in Southern Luzon.

Japan’s MYFARM Inc will inject RM210 million into PLS Plantations Bhd’s durian plantation in Pahang, as the company looks to expand from 1,000ha to 10,000ha over the next five years.

PLS LESB will partner with Japan's Millennium Agriculture Technology and MyFarm Inc, Japan to develop up to 1,000 hectares of durian plantations in Pahang, Malaysia.

Colonial and anti-colonial movements’ have deeply shaped the patterns and impacts of concessions in Southeast Asia. In some cases, communities have experienced dispossession through land grabs dressed as concessions. In others, concessions are part of a re-concentration of land holding.

The government of Malaysia is open to lease idle land - owned land, government land or reserve land - to the private sector to generate economic activities.

A fifth of oil palm plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of palm oil, are operating illegally inside forest areas that are off-limits to commercial agricultural activity, a new report from Greenpeace shows.

Global Witness goes undercover to investigate the growing threat facing Papua New Guinea’s communities and tropical forests from palm oil companies driving widespread deforestation and human rights abuses.

The heavily forested Sangha region in the Republic of Congo is almost entirely occupied by three concessions, including one held by the palm oil company Eco-Oil Energie SA.

Research by Sarawak Report has revealed unreported ownership by the Sultan of Selangor of a key company behind the state’s hugely controversial decision to de-gazette a swathe of protected forest at Kuala Langat.

Malaysia’s pilgrimage fund is considering taking its agricultural firm TH Plantations Bhd. private, people with knowledge of the matter said, amid a rally in palm oil prices.

FGV Holdings Bhd has inked a collaboration to explore investment in an integrated dairy farm business in Chuping, Perlis, in a joint venture with Qatar's largest dairy farm company Baladna Food.