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Cancellation of flawed Papua New Guinea land leases halted
- ABC
- 12 February 2015
The cancellation of controversial flawed land leases in Papua New Guinea has been halted, leaving traditional landowners unsure of when they will get their land back.
Amatheon Agri expands grain production
- The Herald
- 12 February 2015
Amatheon Agri, a Berlin based agribusiness and farming company, is set to embark on a countrywide expansion of grain production in Zimbabawe after a successful pilot maize farming project
Foreign farm buys above $15m will need FIRB approval
- The Australian
- 11 February 2015
Australia's new threshold on foreign investment in agriculture would be cumulative, so someone with a $14m investment would have to seek approval before trying to purchase an additional $1m property.
How much of Australia’s farmland is owned by foreign companies?
- Guardian
- 11 February 2015
The Coalition has increased scrutiny of foreign purchases of rural land, but how much is currently owned overseas and are the concerns valid?
Clearing the way for plantations: land grabs, deforestation and endangered species
- Goldman Prize
- 11 February 2015
Conflict palm oil: how could something as seemingly innocent as vegetable oil be the cause for so much concern? Mass deforestation, corporate land grabbing, human rights abuses,are just a few of the conflicts surrounding industrial palm oil production.
Landrush- Frontier land
- World of Matter
- 11 February 2015
World of Matter project provides video and photos about large-scale agricultural projects, including the Pinesso Group's operations in Sudan and Karuturi's farms in Ethiopia
Study finds Western Australian grain growers overwhelmingly support foreign investment
- ABC
- 09 February 2015
New research reveals grain growers in Western Australia are overwhelmingly supportive of foreign investment.
Qatar’s Hassad buys into Oman poultry project
- Trade Arabia
- 09 February 2015
A'Saffa Foods was established in 2001 and is the largest integrated poultry project in the Sultanate of Oman, covering over a 40 sq km farm area in Thumrit, Southern Oman.
Investors should work with farmers to secure food supply: Al Ghurair
- Gulf News
- 09 February 2015
Eisa Al Ghurair, chairman of Al Ghurair Resources, the agricultural commodities arm of Dubai-based Al Ghurair Investment, warned on Monday of investors buying farmland in foreign countries, citing political risk.
Dubai: food prices and fluctuations
- Dubai Eye
- 09 February 2015
Gulf countries have accumulated a lot of bad press, while having no commercial or strategic benefits from overseas farming intiatives, says Eckart Woertz, Senior Research Fellow at Barcelona Centre for International Affairs.
Investors eye Myanmar's rich potential for rice growing
- The Nation
- 09 February 2015
Myanmar may go back to being one of the world's major rice exporters in five to 10 years, as many Thai and foreign investors are looking to expand in rice mills and farms in the country.
Polish farmers blockade motorways across country
- Landworkers Alliance
- 09 February 2015
Thousands of Polish family farmers from the Solidarity trade union protest new law that will allow land grabs by Western companies