farmlandgrab.org

English

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.
Nkwinti defends foreign land ownership
- Xinhua
- 23 June 2015
South Africa's Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform tried to alleviate jitters that the prohibition of land ownership by foreign nationals would drive away investors.
World Bank Group: Project critics threatened, harassed, jailed
- HRW
- 22 June 2015
The World Bank Group has done little to prevent or dissuade governments from intimidating critics of the projects it funds, or monitor for reprisals, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today
DFID Land Policy Bulletin
- DFID
- 21 June 2015
The UK government publishes the first issue of its Land Policy Bulletin, produced by its Land: Enhancing Governance for Economic Development (LEGEND) programme.
Brazil considers friendlier foreign farmland policy
- Farm Futures
- 19 June 2015
Head of Brazilian Ag Caucus pushes amendment to allow foreign corporations to buy land
Felda Global Ventures buys Rajawali’s Sugar Operations, 37% of all plantations
- Awas Mifee
- 18 June 2015
Malaysian company Felda Global Ventures buys 37% of PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk in ambitious move to become "ASEAN’s largest sugar hub”