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After Asia, palm oil faces backlash in Africa
- AFP
- 28 December 2016
The sheer scale of land required by agribusiness-driven oil palm plantations is having an impact in Gabon, Cameroon and the Congo Basin
Will our peasant and family agriculture system survive this unjust rush to grab our land?
- Amandla!
- 25 December 2016
The land grab of multinational companies has intensified in the global south, particularly in Africa over the last decade. In this article, Anabela Lemos explains what is happening in Mozambique.
Farmers protest in Phnom Penh against sugarcane plantations
- Cambodia Daily
- 21 December 2016
About 100 farmers from Koh Kong province traveled to Phnom Penh to press government officials for a solution to their long-running land disputes with a trio of sugarcane plantations they accuse of stealing their land.
Tanzania government adopts new policy to stop land grabbing
- Ecofin
- 21 December 2016
According to Tanzania’s Land Affairs minister, William Lukuvi, the new policy responds mainly to the need to secure agricultural lands, which is vital for sustainable socio-economic growth.
Study maps 187 land conflicts as palm oil expands in Kalimantan
- Mongabay
- 20 December 2016
Indonesia is rife with disputes between indigenous communities and plantation firms, but the problem remains poorly understood.
Ashmore International acquires more acres of new farmland in 2016
- Ashmore International
- 20 December 2016
Ashmore International is closing out one of its more active quarters to date, with the acquisition of thousands of acres of new farmland in South America, with a large percentage in coffee farmland.
Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’
- Mongabay
- 19 December 2016
Almost all of the world’s palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, but as those countries run out of available land, companies like Olam are turning to Africa to expand.
Saudi High-level delegation concludes Ethiopia’s visit
- Sudan Tribune
- 19 December 2016
Last week a Saudi delegation has requested 100,000 hectares to invest in alfalfa plant (livestock food) integrated project and in livestock processing.
Tanzania adopts new policy to curb land grabbing – analysis
- Eurasia Review
- 19 December 2016
Tanzania has adopted a new national land policy which, among others, lowers the ceiling under which foreign investors can lease land from the current 99 to 33 years.
Why Triton agric investments’ll create jobs, reduce poverty
- Nigeria today
- 19 December 2016
As Nigeria cashes in on the investment opportunities of import substitution, critical investments have been made by the Organised Private Sector, one of such being Triton farm projects on fish, poultry and crop production.
New government ‘powerless’ to overhaul rampant land grabbing in northern Myanmar
- Channel News Asia
- 19 December 2016
Chinese land acquisition and control is a point of concern for not just farmers, but the state government as well. There are no exact figures for how much farmland is currently being used by Chinese businesses, but it is estimated to be thousands of acres.
Host country governance and the African land rush
- Geoforum
- 16 December 2016
George Schoneveld of CIFOR provides 7 reasons why large-scale farmland investments fail to contribute to sustainable development