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This land is their land
- Takepart
- 28 November 2016
Across the globe, governments and investors from wealthy nations are buying up foreign farmland to support domestic food security.
American retirement funds contribute to deforestation and climate change
- Mongabay
- 27 November 2016
Friends of the Earth and As You Sow are circulating a letter to TIAA clients calling on the firm to disclose information about all of its investments in companies with farmland and palm oil operations, and to commit to a deforestation- and land grab-free investment policy.
Ag draws investors’ attention
- AgriNews
- 27 November 2016
The agriculture industry is piquing the interest of investors around the world, according to an investment strategy expert.
Senegal: British firm SCL accused of lands grabs by Fass-Ngom farmers
- Ecofin Agency
- 25 November 2016
The people of the Sinthiou Thirmoy village in Senegal are protesting against the British firm Société de Culture Légumière, accusing it of land grabbing.
Bidco accused of abetting Uganda land grabbing
- Standard Media
- 23 November 2016
Bidco Africa supported the highly controversial purchase of land in Kampala, Uganda, a UN probe has found. The finding draws the Kenyan-owned edible oils manufacturer to the centre of eviction claims by peasant farmers who are fighting the firm in court.
What is there to hide in the Omo Valley?
- Re:Common
- 23 November 2016
For several years in the Omo Valley numerous companies have operated to carry out various mega agro-industrial projects. New report examines how all these activities are undermining the Valley communities’ access to land and the role of Italian cooperation.
Angola and China intend to implement sugarcane projects in Bengo
- APA
- 22 November 2016
A project for the planting, processing and marketing of sugarcane, involving a 20,000 ha plantation, will be implemented in the northern Bengo province, in a partnership between Angolans and Chinese
Malaysian firm to invest $1 billion in Philippines palm oil plantation
- Business Mirror
- 22 November 2016
Alif Oil Trading Co. is looking for 128,000 hectares of land in Agusan del Sur to establish oil palm plantations
Landless Cambodian farmers look to International Criminal Court for justice
- Reuters
- 22 November 2016
The case is significant as it could change the way community displacement in the wake of large-scale land deals is tested and prosecuted
Over 1500 police personnel unleash brutal attack on peasants in Mekar Jaya village, Indonesia
- Via Campesina
- 22 November 2016
Langkat Nusantara Kepong, a Malaysian plantation company, unleashes brutal attack on peasants in Mekar Jaya Village in Indonesia to appropriate nearly 554 hecatres of land
Ugandan farmers praise UN report citing flaws with Bidco
- APO
- 22 November 2016
Embattled Ugandan farmers fighting threats and land grabbing by Bidco have praised a draft report by UN investigators that calls into question the company’s business practices.
Super funds start to consider agriculture investments
- The Australian
- 21 November 2016
The notorious reluctance of Australian superannuation funds to invest in agriculture because of perceptions it is too risky, volatile and low-return may be slowly changing, according to key farm and food industry players.