Bass Coast Shire Council last month unanimously rejected Ningbo Dairy Group’s plan to house 1000 milking cows in barns and build a $6 million bottling plant on its main Glenview farm
- The Australian
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07 September 2015
Pengxin's attempt to transfer New Zealand assets to Chinese agricultural company Hunan Dakang in the middle of seeking approval to buy 14,000 ha sheep and beef farm seen as "bizarre".
Private equity and venture capital firms are going down to the farm, moving into the agribusiness and agriculture technology sectors in a big way.
- Pensions & Investments
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07 September 2015
While powerful businessmen and military officials are responsible for most of the displacement, foreign investors often benefit from the land grabs.
- Reuters
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06 September 2015
Gabon-based OLAM Palm Gabon SA has sent 54 Gabonese settlers to undergo a four-month training at Felda land schemes in Trolak, Perak and Tekam, Pahang.
- Bernama
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06 September 2015
Zimbabwean peasant farmers accuse Billy Rautenbach of destroying their livelihoods.
- Mail & Guardian
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04 September 2015
Resistance to the controversial agricultural development programme in the Nacala corridor in the north of Mozambique is part of the broader forms of resistance sweeping across the country.
- Pambazuka
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03 September 2015
Chinese investors increasingly explore a new natural-resource boom in Australia: agriculture, pouring in 632 million Australian dollars ($450 million), almost twice as much as the year before.
- Wall Street Journal
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03 September 2015
In this excerpt from her book, ‘Will Africa Feed China?’, Deborah Brautigam discusses China-Cameroon agricultural development and investment.
- All China Review
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02 September 2015
ADECRU has just launched an online version of a documentary on this massive land grab in Mozambique
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.
- Australian Financial Review
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01 September 2015
There are parallels between Scotland's battle for land reform and a global effort to regain land control.
- CommonSpace
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01 September 2015