Norway

A totalitarian approach to conservation that led to increased inequity, undermining of democracy, and violent evictions

Norway’s US$1 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has pulled out of more than 33 palm oil companies over deforestation risks over the last seven years

The cases of Norwegian development cooperation covered in the report include the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania and the Agrica – Kilombero Plantation Ltd. rice farm in Tanzania

New webdocumentary about land grabbing in the Nacala Corridor in Mozambique

The banana plantation in Monapo, Nampula, that was supposed to be a model for foreign farm investment and was promoted by Norfund, has finally gone bankrupt, at huge cost to Mozambique.

This study highlights the role of European Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) in possible land grabs and questionable forestry projects in Africa.

FT correspondents report on the global race for land from Ethiopia, Myanmar and Indonesia.

Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.

Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.

Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.

Norfund, the UK aid department, and Capricorn are funding the British company Agrica’s industrial rice plantation in Tanzania, which is destroying the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency— the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank— announces additional support for Agrivision Africa (Chayton Africa) of Mauritius.