Lawmaker wants all agri-venture agreements scrapped
      A militant lawmaker from Davao City, Philippines is seeking an end to all agribusiness venture agreements or AVAs which he said is used to legitimize land grabbing among farmers.
      • Davao Today
      • 02 August 2017
      Stained Trade
      Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to the largest remaining tropical rainforest in the Asia-Pacific region, and one of the biggest land grabs in modern history. Between 2014 and 2016, Global Witness traced a supply chain spanning some 9,000 miles from the PNG’s forests to retail shelves in the U.S.
      • Global Witness
      • 01 August 2017
      Farm activists allege forceful land buy for industrial project
      Farm activists alleged that agriculture land is being forcefully acquired in Maharashtra for the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and said they will launch an indefinite fast from tomorrow to demand redressal of their grievances.
      • Free Press Journal
      • 31 July 2017
      Sierra Leone news: calls for urgent land audit
      Sierra Leone calls for urgent land audit. In the last five years, 30% of the arable land has gone to large-scale investors.
      • Awoko
      • 31 July 2017
      A growing proposition
      Agribusiness represents a substantial opportunity as well as a priority or even a problem for investors in Asia
      • Asia Asset Management
      • 31 July 2017
      Ethiopia allocates 3,000 hectares of land for flower investment
      The Ethiopian Horticulture and Agricultural Investment Authority has announced that it has allocated 3,000 hectares of land for investors who want to engage in Ethiopia's flower farming sector.
      • Xinhua
      • 29 July 2017
      It’s not just what U.S. farmland is foreign-held, it’s what’s the intentions are
      A new online tool created by the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting allows individuals to check up on just how much American land is currently owned by foreign entities, and the results might be surprising. Between 2004 and 2014, these databases show foreign investors doubled their American farmland holdings.
      • AgDaily
      • 28 July 2017
      Myanmar government backtracking on land law threatens to worsen land conflict
      As Myanmar parliament discusses amendments to the Farmland Law which threaten to further undermine land rights, Global Witness calls to the government of Myanmar to set out a clear vision for land reform before introducing or enacting new laws.
      • Global Witness
      • 28 July 2017
      Uphold Edo State government revocation order on Okomu oil palm company Plc
      Environmental Rights Action (ERA) Nigeria calling to support e-action to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State to enforce the revocation order of 13,750 hectares of illegally acquired land in Owan and Okomu Forest Reserves by Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc.
      • ERA
      • 28 July 2017
      Chinese company to invest massively in new dairy farms in Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus
      A dairy farm designed for a very large number of cattle is supposed to be built in a land plot occupying 45,000ha in Belarus with investment from Chinese company DRex Food Group.
      • Belta
      • 27 July 2017
      Using the tenure guidelines for action research
      This practical guide focuses on investigating accountability and accountability politics in the context of the current global rush for land and other natural resources
      • TNI
      • 27 July 2017
      World Bank offers 10 mln USD for land policy project in Sierra Leone
      The World Bank says it had a team of consultants in Sierra Leone in May 2017 to do an assessment of large scale agricultural land acquisitions and that the report is now ready with several recommendations.
      • Xinhua
      • 27 July 2017

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