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Nigeria palm oil land grab exposes need for human rights treaty
- Friends of the Earth
- 08 July 2015
A new report from Friends of the Earth: “If Wilmar fails to improve its operations, the company had better pack and go.”
Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change
- PLAAS
- 08 July 2015
Case studies in this book reveal how today's land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of large-scale production associated with the colonial and early independence eras of Africa.
Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia
- World Bulletin
- 07 July 2015
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.
Middle East to London: Success stories of agricultural investments
- Zawya
- 06 July 2015
Exacerbated by the pursuit for higher profits, capital preservation and food security, the oil rich region has over the years witnessed increasing demand for agricultural investments
Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
- Sunday Night
- 05 July 2015
China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.
The economics of ELCs
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 July 2015
Economic land concessions (ELC) in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations. Despite moratoriums on land grabbing, companies operating ELCs continue dominate and run much of Cambodia’s arable land.
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
- Reuters
- 02 July 2015
US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
Foreign investment in Australian agriculture to be registered, made public
- Xinhua
- 01 July 2015
Australia will force all foreign investors to register their agricultural holdings from Wednesday as scrutiny on overseas investment increases.
#NoLandNoLife | Land & Rights Watch: 3 killings every 2 weeks due to land conflicts and struggles
- Land & Rights Watch
- 01 July 2015
In 2015 there are 510 victims from land related human rights violations in Asia and Latin America. Mostly indigenous peoples, activists, community leaders, farmers and agricultural workers.
Land Inc.
- TerraProject
- 30 June 2015
Land Inc. is a journey across Brazil, Dubai, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Madagascar the Philippines and Ukraine to document what some define as a form of neocolonialism, and others as a chance for development: land grabbing
Showcase whets China's farmland appetite
- The Land
- 30 June 2015
China's appetite for Australian farmland showing no signs of being sated. Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) annual report confirmed China has become Australia's biggest source of approved foreign investment after a $12.4 billion splurge.