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Will Africa feed China?
- All China Review
- 02 September 2015
In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, Deborah Brautigam discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development and investment.
ProSavana: Terra usurpada, vida roubada
- ADECRU
- 02 September 2015
ADECRU has just launched an online version of a documentary on this massive land grab in Mozambique
Why China's Ma Xingfa bought 705,700 hectares of northern Australia
- Australian Financial Review
- 01 September 2015
Chinese billionaire is looking to expand overseas and potentially take part in the next big boom, which he says just might be Australian agriculture as Chinese people seek out higher-quality food products.
Connecting land grabs and land reform in Scotland and the African continent
- CommonSpace
- 01 September 2015
There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.
More land goes into foreign hands for dairying
- Scoop
- 31 August 2015
European interests extending their dairy holdings in New Zealand are among the latest land sale approvals for foreign buyers, says New Zealand First.
Chinese entrepreneurs visit Tonga
- Matangi
- 31 August 2015
The Chinese delegation was interested in setting up businesses in Tonga that could process cassava into starch as well cultivating mushrooms for export.
Kingfisher locks in gains as funding hits triggers
- Pensions Expert
- 31 August 2015
Last year trustees added a global farmland fund managed by Insight Investment Management to the Kingfisher pension scheme.
Large-scale agricultural investments threaten right to food of small-scale farmers in Tanzania’s Southern Highlands
- 31 August 2015
New report published by Misereor is based upon first-hand interviews with farmers in four villages of Tanzania’s Southern Highlands utilizing a right to food framework.
Ag pays off for super-backed fund
- Financial Review
- 31 August 2015
The Sustainable Agriculture Fund, backed by Australia's biggest superannuation funds, has delivered a $4.7 million full year profit and recorded a small rise in the value of its rural property holdings
Les conflits fonciers en Afrique, une bombe à retardement ?
- RFI
- 31 August 2015
Les litiges concernant les terres, dans les zones rurales ou urbaines sont-ils de plus en plus nombreux ? Quels sont les recours pour les citoyens qui s’estiment spoliés ?
Pengxin may buy 2 cattle farms in Australia
- China Daily
- 29 August 2015
Chinese conglomerate Shanghai Pengxin Group Co Ltd is set to become the largest farmland owner in Australia if it is successful in the acquisitions of two cattle farms for A$1 billion ($720 million).
Iran launches first overseas farming plan
- Press TV
- 28 August 2015
Iran has launched agricultural cultivation in Kazakhstan, marking its first farmland investment overseas as the Middle Eastern country seeks to secure food supplies amid a lingering drought.