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Kazakhstan farmers riot over fears of encroachment from China
- GD
- 27 May 2016
Protesters fear that the changes would make it easier for large Chinese agribusinesses to take control of vast swaths of farmland.
Chinese mining company takes a punt on Chilean fruit production
- Fresh Fruit Portal
- 27 May 2016
Chinese company Minera Catania Verde to reinvent almost 700 hectares of land in the northern area of Copiapó for production of table grapes, blueberries and cactus pears to export to Asia.
Old Mutual Investment Group reaffirms commitment to African investment
- Old Mutual
- 26 May 2016
Old Mutual Investment Group will increase its overall equity stake in UFF African Agri Investments to 49%, which is pursuing investment opportunities of up to $500 million in African farmland over the next three years.
Zambia country profile
- Land Matrix
- 26 May 2016
In-depth profile of large scale investments in Zambia by the Land Matrix.
Brazil to lift limits on foreigners' owning of land
- Reuters
- 26 May 2016
Brazil's government plans to lift current limits on foreign ownership of agricultural land, Secretary of Investment Moreira Franco, the person behind privatization for the new administration, told Reuters on Wednesday.
Brazil coup government to legalize foreign land grabbing
- TeleSur
- 25 May 2016
The expected lifting of foreign land ownership will be a windfall for the timber, soy and sugar industries -- and a nightmare for campesinos.
ProSavana files
- 25 May 2016
A collection of official ProSavana files and reports from 2009 to 2016.
West Papuans, activists protest against Sorong oil palm expansion
- Asia Pacific Report
- 25 May 2016
As the indigenous people of Sorong, Nabire, Merauke and elsewhere in West Papua continue to resist oil palm expansion, there now appears to be some hope that the government is responding to President Joko Widodo’s call last month for a moratorium on all new permits.
Tanzania: Project axed to save wildlife
- Citizen
- 24 May 2016
The Government has decided to shelf the Bagamoyo EcoEnergy sugar plantation project in order to safeguard Wami River from which the project would draw its water.
How agribusiness acts in Europe
- Radio Mundo Real
- 23 May 2016
Real World Radio interviewed Paula Gioia, member of Arbeitsgemeinschaft der bauerliche Landwirtschaft and the European Coordination of La Via Campesina during the International Conference on Agrarian Reform in Pará, Brazil.
Florida farmland becoming big deal for institutional investors
- Growing Produce
- 20 May 2016
Real estate agent says with commodity prices down, institutional investors who had been investing in farmland in the Midwest are turning their attention to places like Florida, and sees upswing in investment from Latin America.
World Bank lifts freeze on Cambodia loans amid protests
- Mongabay
- 20 May 2016
The Bank says the move will help alleviate poverty in the Southeast Asian country, but land rights activists expressed disappointment over the decision.