Land Inc.
      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
      • TerraProject
      • 30 June 2015
      Showcase whets China's farmland appetite
      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.
      • The Land
      • 30 June 2015
      Russians wary of land deals with China
      Plans of Russia’s Far Eastern Zabaikalsky region to allow Chinese firms to rent sizeable plots of land has drawn vocal protests in Russia, including a series of online petitions demanding to annul the would-be-deal.
      • Asia Times
      • 29 June 2015
      Australia tightens rules on foreign ownership of farmland
      Australia tightened rules on Monday requiring overseas investors to declare holdings of agricultural land in order to strengthen oversight, amid concerns that Australia is losing control of its own food security.
      • Reuters
      • 29 June 2015
      NGOs, activists fret new role for Indonesia's spy agency
      A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia's spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has civil society wary of deepening agrarian conflict in the post-authoritarian country.
      • Mongabay
      • 29 June 2015
      PNG aims to become major rice exporter
      PNG's Minister for Agriculture says "the best way to do agriculture in Papua New Guinea is large-scale, mechanized" as small scale agriculture is "no longer feasible."
      • China Daily
      • 29 June 2015
      KTG Agrar unveils China hopes, as Fosun takes 9% stake
      Hong Kong-listed Fosun International, a conglomerate with investments in businesses ranging from holiday resort chain Club Med to upmarket circus show Cirque de Soleil, is to buy 9% of German farm-operator KTG Agrar.
      • Agrimoney
      • 29 June 2015
      Tycoon wants to make Indonesia global player in food supply
      Peter Sondakh, the Rajawali Group chairman and chief executive officer, has set his sight on making his company a global giant in the palm oil business and sees PNG as the game changer for the industry.
      • The Star
      • 29 June 2015
      Amatheon partners Toyota Tsusho in $10m Zambia project
      The collaboration of the two companies is part of the overall development of Amatheon’s already 40 000 hectares titled farm block.
      • News Day
      • 29 June 2015
      China to invest in Ketapang`s cassava plantation
      The China-based company PT Thian Yuan Agriculture Technology Trading has submitted an application to operate a cassava plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.
      • Tempo
      • 28 June 2015
      FGV defends Eagle High purchase from Indonesian tycoon
      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.
      • The Malaysian Insider
      • 26 June 2015
      Cambodia villager held in attack on Chinese worker over land dispute
      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.
      • RFA
      • 26 June 2015

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