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Japan’s farmers brace for change
- WSJ
- 21 December 2014
“There are foreign investors that would like to own their own land and bring products out under their own brand, if only investment companies were permitted,” says CEO of Mitsui.
Timika: local leader revokes PT Pusaka Agro Lestari’s plantation permit
- Awas Mifee
- 21 December 2014
A Noble Agri subsidiary oil palm plantation in Papua, PT Pusaka Agro Lestari's permit has been revoked by local government following several complaints by local civil and religious leaders about negative effects of PT PAL’s plantation on Kamoro people in Mimika Regency.
Conference Report: Agricultural investment, gender and land in Africa - Towards inclusive, equitable and socially responsible investment
- PLAAS
- 20 December 2014
The conference promoted an open exchange of experiences and evidence-based knowledge on the implications of agricultural investments for rural livelihoods, gender relations and social differentiation.
FoodTank | 20 December 2014 What Happened to the Biggest Land Grab in Africa? Searching for ProSavana in Mozambique
- FoodTank
- 20 December 2014
What if you threw a lavish party for foreign investors, and no one came? By all accounts, that is what’s happening in Mozambique’s Nacala Corridor.
Foot-dragging on regional food production
- Stabroek News
- 19 December 2014
A group of potential investors from Trinidad and Tobago were in Guyana last week to scout local lands suitable for large-scale farming initiatives, as part of an MOU between the two countries signed last year.
SABL investigation: O’Neill says bureaucracy not responding
- EM TV
- 19 December 2014
The SABL became a national and an international issue when it was uncovered that 5.2 million ha of customary land in PNG were converted to agricultural business leases without the knowledge and consent of customary landowners.
Villagers losing their land to Malawi's sugar growers
- BBC
- 18 December 2014
We met dozens of families with land circling Dwangwa town in central Malawi, who said they had been driven out to make way for larger, industrial farm-projects.
UAE invited to invest in Belarusian agricultural companies
- BelTA
- 18 December 2014
Top on the agenda of talks between Belarus and the UAE was the purchase of land to produce grain crops in Belarus for their subsequent export to the United Arab Emirates.
The Acquisition Manual for Karuturi Global Limited
- Data Institute
- 16 December 2014
The Data Institute has released a US$30,000 "aquisition manual” for Karuturi Global Ltd.
Chinese agriculture goes global – analysis
- Eurasia Review
- 16 December 2014
China invests in land and research in Africa, South America, Central Asia to feed the world’s largest population.
Forty NGOs based outside of Cambodia support ICC case
- Cambodia Daily
- 15 December 2014
Forty NGOs signed a letter sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC), asking to open a preliminary investigation into an October filing that accused Cambodian “ruling elite” crimes against humanity by committed widespread land grabs.
Macquarie plays ACE dairy card
- Financial Review
- 15 December 2014
ACE Farming, backed by institutional investors, has stayed out of the limelight, quietly building up its portfolio of 18 dairy farms across Victoria.