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Film: The Jogbahn Clan
- FOEi
- 06 May 2014
In Liberia, the Jogbahn Clan have been fighting against a palm oil company grabbing their land.
Resistance to Liberia landgrabs a warning to Africa investment conference
- FOEi
- 06 May 2014
The recent overturning of UK company Equatorial Palm Oil’s access to customary land in Liberia is a warning to all governments and investors that they must respect communities’ rights and ownership of land.
Brazil's 'chainsaw queen' takes on environmentalists
- The Guardian
- 06 May 2014
The head of Brazil's powerful agricultural lobby, Kátia Abreu, is rapidly becoming the country's most important – and dangerous – politician.
Co-op's £140m farms sale aimed at Chinese buyers
- The Guardian
- 06 May 2014
UK's Co-operative Group wants a single major corporate buyer for its portfolio of 15 British farms covering 17,000 hectares, and will not consider community buyouts.
Nigeria’s Cross River State plans to sell 5 cocoa farms
- Bloomberg
- 05 May 2014
The farms cover 12,129 hectares and produced about 50,000 metric tons annually.
The dirty business of palm oil
- Der Spiegel
- 05 May 2014
Much of the palm oil we consume comes from Indonesia, where brutal methods are deployed against locals. One of the main suppliers says it is cleaning up its act, but has it really changed?
The expansion of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa: A call for greater solidarity and action
- WRM
- 01 May 2014
Over the last 10 years or so, African governments have granted land concessions totalling millions of hectares to big palm oil companies and investors from Europe, the United States, and also Indonesia, India, Singapore and Malaysia.
UNAC's Nampula Declaration
- UNAC
- 01 May 2014
During the Nampula Conference, peasant leaders from all over Mozambique reiterated their repudiation of PROSAVANA, establishing a road map and resistance agenda of national scope.
Farmers and agricultural workers in Myanmar denounce land grabs
- IUF
- 30 April 2014
The First Congress of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Federation of Myanmar denounced the serious threat to the livelihoods of small farmers and agricultural workers caused by land grabs.
Foreigners can buy as much B.C. farmland as they want — and they are
- The Province
- 30 April 2014
With the World Bank predicting “fights over water and food” within the next five to 10 years, and a recent study showing that a fifth of China’s soil is contaminated, some believe British Columbia’s food-producing land will become increasingly sought after.
Razgulay founder arrested on embezzlement charges
- 29 April 2014
Investigators discovered that top managers signed fictitious agreements to buy land for a total of 20 billion rubles, and that the money was later transferred to shell corporations before disappearing.
China state investor shifts sights to agribusiness worldwide
- SCMP
- 29 April 2014
Agriculture-related businesses worldwide, from farms in South America to dairy factories in the Netherlands, may soon find themselves in the sights of a new mega investor – China Investment Corp.