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The great land rush
- Financial Times
- 01 Mar 2016
FT correspondents report on the global race for land from Ethiopia, Myanmar and Indonesia.
"Socfin has never been guilty of land grabbing"
- VILT
- 01 Mar 2016
So says the chairman of Socfin’s board of directors, Luc Boedt, in response to the occupation of the company’s headquarters by several Belgian NGOs.
Australia deputy PM urges local investment in agriculture to meet strong Asia demand
- Reuters
- 01 Mar 2016
Australia's deputy prime minister on Tuesday urged the country's A$1.8 trillion (US$1.3 trillion) pension fund industry to boost its investment in agriculture as the sector gears up to meet strong demand from Asia.
Gambella evicts local investors from leased lands
- Fortune
- 29 February 2016
Nearly 100 commercial farming investors in Gambella are losing thousands of hectares of land because the region leased, by mistake, lands under federal jurisdiction.
Ukrainian prime minister suggests selling one mln ha of state lands at open auction
- Interfax
- 29 February 2016
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk considers it necessary to sell 1 million hectares of lands in state ownership at an open auction as part of the land reform.
Conflict, companies stoke land grabs in Myanmar’s Kachin State
- Khmer Times
- 29 February 2016
Villagers say they were not consulted about plans to turn their land into grazing grounds and believe it was a ploy by officials who planned to profit from renting out 300 acres to a Chinese company for a banana plantation.
Malen vs Socfin: Ex-MP freed but 5 others still in
- Awoko
- 26 February 2016
Five people involved in the Malen vs Socfin case continue to languish behind bars while Siaka Sama got his freedom on Wednesday February 24.
Australia Foreign register of agricultural land - impact on the resources sector
- Lexology
- 25 February 2016
The deadline for registration of foreign interests in agricultural land in Australia is fast approaching.
Bidco vs Uganda’s farmers – Who do you believe?
- APO
- 25 February 2016
Farmers association says Bidco’s pronouncements fall flat, calls for a coalition to fight against company’s influence peddling
Farming on the continent alive with potential
- Bloomberg
- 24 February 2016
Ernst Janovsky, head of agribusiness at Barclays Africa, says curbs on foreign land ownership in many countries are the biggest deterrent to attracting foreign capital.
Video series aims to help indigenous groups defend against land grabbing
- Mongabay
- 23 February 2016
A ten-part video series, called Territories of Life, tells the stories of indigenous groups who have challenged development on their land. It covers a range of issues, from the tactics developers use to acquire land to case studies of successful resistance.
Ugandan farmers want to cut ties with Bidco
- The Nation
- 23 February 2016
Ugandan farmers want the United Nations Development Programme to cut ties with Kenya’s Bidco and investigate it for alleged malpractices against Ugandan, Kenyan and Tanzanian growers.