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China, Africa and food security
- International Policy Digest
- 09 July 2015
If Africa remains a food deficit region, exporting significant quantities of food to China grown on Chinese-financed investment projects will raise serious questions.
SABL issue explained in new fact sheet for communities
- Act Now
- 08 July 2015
Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.
Palm oil giant Wilmar resorts to dirty tricks
- FPP
- 08 July 2015
World’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd., under scrutiny as communities accuse its suppliers of harassment, deception and rights abuses.
Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface
- IIED
- 08 July 2015
Investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks
Nigeria palm oil land grab exposes need for human rights treaty
- Friends of the Earth
- 08 July 2015
A new report from Friends of the Earth: “If Wilmar fails to improve its operations, the company had better pack and go.”
Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change
- PLAAS
- 08 July 2015
Case studies in this book reveal how today's land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of large-scale production associated with the colonial and early independence eras of Africa.
Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia
- World Bulletin
- 07 July 2015
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.
Middle East to London: Success stories of agricultural investments
- Zawya
- 06 July 2015
Exacerbated by the pursuit for higher profits, capital preservation and food security, the oil rich region has over the years witnessed increasing demand for agricultural investments
Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
- Sunday Night
- 05 July 2015
China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.
The economics of ELCs
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 July 2015
Economic land concessions (ELC) in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations. Despite moratoriums on land grabbing, companies operating ELCs continue dominate and run much of Cambodia’s arable land.
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
- Reuters
- 02 July 2015
US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.