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Big promises, few results: Chinese farms falter in Uganda
- CSM
- 11 September 2019
The view of Chinese agricultural investments in Africa from Luwero, Uganda, where there are two different Chinese-owned farms, is one of inaction and incompetence.
Kazakhstan: UAE-based company to invest in 1000-hectare orchards in Almaty region
- TCA
- 11 September 2019
Phoenix Global DMCС, a transnational company based in Dubai (UAE), will invest in the project for orchards development with a total area of 1,000 hectares in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region.
FoEA Solidarity visit and message to Joegbahn Clan Community in Liberia
- FoEA
- 11 September 2019
Friends of the Earth Africa member groups visit the Joegbahn clan community in Liberia, which is facing threats from the Equatorial Oil Palm (EPO) Company to cede their remaining land to allow the company to expand its plantations.
Respect and protect the Mekong people’s rights to land and resources: A call for support
- Mekong Solidarity
- 11 September 2019
Threats of and actual displacements of rural communities in the Mekong have been on the rise amid increasing land deals for corporate plantations, mining, logging, biofuels, food crops for exports.
Ukraine president plans land reform, large privatisations
- Reuters
- 10 September 2019
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he wants parliament to adopt a law on the agricultural land market and lift the moratorium on the sale of land by December 1, 2019.
Efforts grow to restrict foreign owners of US farmland
- AP
- 09 September 2019
As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of US farmland have gained traction.
Landgrabbing: Contested meanings of land
- TNI
- 06 September 2019
A critical examination of the European Union's involvement in land grabbing
Dutch ag pension to divest stake in ag investment fund Fagoed
- GAI
- 06 September 2019
BPL, the Dutch pension fund for the Netherland’s agricultural and green sectors, is planning to divest its stake in Fagoed, a €140 million fund invested in agricultural land.
Law and political economy of commodity rushes: Reflections on “land grabbing” in the Global South
- Law and Political Economy
- 05 September 2019
Law plays a key role in shifting control over the world’s natural resources, including agricultural land.
Zambian agribusiness firm to invest US$200m in a palm oil project
- FBA
- 05 September 2019
Consolidated Farming Limited, subsidiary of Sable group, will be investing US$200 million in setting up a large-scale palm oil project, with a 10,000 ha anchor farm and an out-grower scheme.
Commentary on the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts
- Afronomics Law
- 03 September 2019
This commentary considers the access to food component of the draft UNIDROIT/FAO/IFAD Legal Guide on Agricultural Land Investment Contracts and voices its silence on intellectual property rights.
China brings 80 investors to Tanzania
- All Africa
- 02 September 2019
An 80-member business delegation from China's Shandong Province will arrive in Tanzania to look on how to scale up agriculture export and import trading in the area of agriculture equipment and products.They will exchange views on motor vehicle- new and used, aquatic products, marine culture industry, fishery, as well as livestock industry.