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China to invest in Ketapang`s cassava plantation
- Tempo
- 28 June 2015
The China-based company PT Thian Yuan Agriculture Technology Trading has submitted an application to operate a cassava plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.
FGV defends Eagle High purchase from Indonesian tycoon
- The Malaysian Insider
- 26 June 2015
State-controlled Felda Global Ventures Bhd (FGV)said it needs more land bank and has been looking outside Malaysia for some time to boost its portfolio, including Africa, Myanmar and Indonesia.
Cambodia villager held in attack on Chinese worker over land dispute
- RFA
- 26 June 2015
a villager from Cambodia's Tbong Khmum province accused of injuring a worker and his translator of Chinese investor’s Hameniven Investment in a long running dispute over 600 hectares of farm land.
Investment contracts for agriculture: Maximizing gains and minimizing risks
- World Bank
- 26 June 2015
This joint IISD, World Bank and UNCTAD discussion paper seeks to show how investment contracts can be set up to promote sustainable development
Saudi investor's Ethiopian farms to raise coffee, tea output
- Reuters
- 25 June 2015
Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi plans to invest an additional $5 billion in Ethiopia's agriculture and agro-processing sectors over the 2016-2021 period.
Business group from Mozambique plans to grow soybeans
- Macauhub
- 25 June 2015
Mozambique Agriculture Company (Mozaco) of the João Ferreira dos Santos group has requested 2,000 acres in the Malema district of Nampula for soybean cultivation.
Right to water and land, a common struggle in West Africa
- FIAN
- 25 June 2015
Building on the so-called “Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles”, social movements and grassroots organizations from across West Africa will gather to discuss land and water issues in the region.
Cambodian villagers block Chinese developer from clearing grazing land
- RFA
- 24 June 2015
Around 150 villagers in northwestern Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province have blocked a Chinese concession holder from clearing land they say was reserved for grazing their cattle.
World Bank’s IFC in Zambia deal with Zeder
- Business Day
- 24 June 2015
The IFC will invest $20m for a 19.7% stake in Zambian farmland operator Agrivision, with existing equity partner Norfund and Zeder topping up their respective investments.
The biggest property sale on earth
- Daily Mail Australia
- 23 June 2015
One of the world's largest farms is up for sale in Australia, with bidders hailing from China, the US, Canada, the UK, Switzerland, South America and Indonesia
Land grabs in Liberia: The people rise up
- Pambazuka
- 23 June 2015
The Liberian government’s refusal to recognize and respect rural people’s customary land rights is marginalizing and destabilizing local communities, leading to full-scale conflict.
Indonesia to revive controversial sugarcane plan in Aru?
- Mongabay
- 23 June 2015
Recent comments that Aru archipelago in Indonesia's eastern waters will be one of three sites for a major new sugarcane initiative has sparked an outcry among civil society groups.