Siaya MCAs vow to kick out Dominion Farms CEO Burgess from Yala Swamp
      Siaya MCAs have now vowed to kick out American investor and Dominion farms CEO Calvin Burgess from Yala swamp, accusing him of belittling the community by peddling falsehoods.
      • K24TV
      • 16 February 2017
      Russian farmland 'retains allure', despite Black Earth Farming exit
      Russia's farmland market remains attractive to investors, both foreign and domestic, despite the apparent snub presented by Black Earth Farming's decision to quit, with prices soaring by up to 60% last year.
      • Agrimoney
      • 16 February 2017
      Stolen SABL land would reach all the way to the moon
      Fifty two thousand square kilometres of customary land has been stolen in the SABL land grab in Papua New Guinea.
      • Act Now
      • 15 February 2017
      Kenya: No Valentine’s Day rose from Karuturi flower farm, again
      Three years later after going into receivership, hopes of revival are a withering prospect and hundreds of families that once formed a thriving community revolving around the Naivasha-based company are living in squalor.
      • The Nation
      • 14 February 2017
      Black Earth Farming unveils $200m sell-out to Russian buyer
      Black Earth Farming revealed it had agreed, in essence, a $200m takeover by a Russia's Kukura family in the most high profile of a series of retreats by foreign investors from the Black Sea agricultural market.
      • Agrimoney
      • 14 February 2017
      Obliterating legal rights in large scale land deals in Sierra Leone
      The present crop of large-scale land lease agreements with MNCS in Sierra Leone are fraught with serious, challengeable, and voidable provisions. If they are not renegotiated, then going to court for specific impact litigation will be the only way out.
      • Awoko
      • 13 February 2017
      Lao farm products to enjoy tariff exemptions
      Unprocessed Lao farm products raised and grown by Vietnamese investors in the 10 Lao provinces that share a border with Vietnam will enjoy tariff and value-added tax exemptions when exported to Vietnam.
      • Vientiane Times
      • 11 February 2017
      Japanese agribusinesses eye Vietnam's agriculture
      In 2016, Japanese investors secured licenses for 341 new agriculture projects in Vietnam with investment capital totaling $868 million, while 219 existing project added capital of nearly $1.3 billion.
      • VN Economic Times
      • 10 February 2017
      Sudan: Investment Minister welcomes Djiboutian desire to invest in agricultural sector
      The Djiboutian minister expressed his country's desire to invest in the agricultural sector in Sudan to achieve food security, depending on President Al-Bashir's Initiative on Arab Food Security.
      • SNA
      • 10 February 2017
      AP Pension denies CEO quit over pressure to invest in farms
      AP Pension, the Danish labour-market pensions provider, has hit out at media reports that its chief executive quit in December because of pressure from the supervisory board to invest in the agricultural sector.
      • I&PE
      • 10 February 2017
      Tenure and investment in Africa
      Analysis details statistical evidence of key trends in tenure-related disputes between companies and local peoples across Africa, including their causes as well as the prevalence of violence, work stoppages, and regulatory interventions.
      • RRI
      • 10 February 2017
      Groups join forces over ancestral land
      Swapo parliamentarian expresses concern over what he called land grabbing by 'corrupt' politicians and their powerful and international business partners in various northern regions of Namibia.
      • The Namibian
      • 06 February 2017
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