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Harvard’s foreign farmland investment mess
- Bloomberg
- 07 September 2018
The university’s holdings in developing markets have proved to be more trouble than they’re worth.
Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco
- GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
- 06 September 2018
One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.
New guides help communities to negotiate fair contracts with investors
- Namati
- 06 September 2018
With investors increasingly turning to more remote locations for the establishment of forestry, agribusiness, mining, and infrastructure projects, it is critical that communities worldwide gain a practical understanding of contract negotiations.
The strategic importance of Rakhine State
- Straits Times
- 06 September 2018
The process of primitive accumulation provides a lens to understand the current process of land grabbing in Myanmar's Rakhine State - how vast swathes of farmland, the coastal belts, and oil and offshore gas reserves are being captured.
China reaches into Russia's Far East in hunt for crop supplies
- Bloomberg
- 04 September 2018
JBA Holdings, a joint venture involving Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. and Joyvio Group, will invest $100 million in a soybean crusher and grain port in Russia, and will lease 100,000 ha to grow wheat, corn and soybeans.
Is Guyana ready for mega-farms and genetically modified seeds?
- Stabroek
- 03 September 2018
In June 2018, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture unveiled an agreement with the Brazilian Agricultural Machinery and Research Institute that gives a green light to Brazilian investors lobbying for large tracts of lands in the Rupununi savannahs.
Businessman turned philanthropist accused of murders and land theft in Brazil's Northeast
- Brasil Reporter
- 02 September 2018
Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
Qatar's five major conglomerates turn to Turkey for investments
- Daily Sabah
- 02 September 2018
Ahmet Hasan, the general manager of Royal Link, which manages the investments of Qatar Holding, says they have acquired a huge tract of land for the production of dried fruit and several Qatari companies have acquired other large areas of farmland.
AgDevCo welcomes new funding from the British government
- PRNewswire
- 31 August 2018
As announced as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa, the Department for International Development will provide a further £55m to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa.
SABL scandal buried and forgotten
- Act Now!
- 31 August 2018
The PNG government is trying to bury and forget the SABL land grab scandal in which more than 5 million hectares of land has been stolen from rural communities.
New report pushes back against global land rush
- Namati
- 31 August 2018
After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
Phnong petition over Mondulkiri land
- Phnom Penh Post
- 31 August 2018
One hundred Phnong ethnic people in Mondulkiri province’s Busra commune, in Ccambodia, have thumbprinted a petition to reject Thieng Try Company’s request for an economic land concession to grow coffee in the area.