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Let's say no to palm oil in our foods!
- STOP PALM OIL
- 06 February 2015
STOP PALM OIL
German lawmakers claim Ukraine conflict covers up massive cropland seizures
- Sputnik News
- 06 February 2015
According to the office of German parliament member, the conflict in Ukraine is used to cover up a sale of farmlands in the interest of major corporations.
Farming, the best investment
- FW+
- 05 February 2015
Billionaire Englishman Stephen Diggle wants to put his wealth in land assets around the world and has bought New Zealand’s largest avocado orchard.
Foreign investment and thirst for capital drives growth in 'sale and leaseback' property deals
- ABC
- 04 February 2015
A new type of property deal is entering the agribusiness space as investor interest in the sector grows, according to property group Colliers International.
Rwanda welcomes new $500 million investment from Buffet Foundation
- PRNewswire
- 04 February 2015
Under the new investment, the foundation will support the country's irrigation project on over 380 square miles of farmland to benefit thousands of local farmers.
Papua New Guinea firm, local gov't keen on growing PH hybrid rice
- Inquirer
- 04 February 2015
Philippines company is looking at business prospects related to a 300,000-hectare area for rice planting for export to the Philippines.
Could 2015 be a breakthrough year for community land rights?
- Reuters
- 04 February 2015
2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and their communities can be kept up
No slowing in demand to buy Canterbury farms
- Colliers
- 04 February 2015
International funds want to invest in New Zealand farming as part of the global trend to secure food production for emerging Asian economies
Food, farming, luxury lead China’s interest
- The Australian
- 04 February 2015
KPMG says food and farming is one of the "hot sectors" for Chinese overseas investment in 2015.
Corporate land grab: a neoliberal menace in Pakistan
- PCSC
- 04 February 2015
The rush of foreign investment into Pakistan’s agricultural sector being facilitated through Corporate Farming Ordinance will increase landlessness, food insecurity, water scarcity and agroecological degradation.
PGGM commits to Black River Food Fund 2
- 03 February 2015
Dutch Pension fund PGGM has committed between €50m and €100m to a Cargill owned private equity fund that invests in farmland and crop production.
Locals cry foul as foreign firm grab land for rice cultivation
- LandJustice4wa
- 30 January 2015
Jokplenu, an old community in the Volta Region of Ghana, owns lands on which Brazil Agro Business Group has taken over for a large scale rice farm.