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Tanzania: 'large-scale farming turns small farmers into mere labourers'
- Guardian
- 18 February 2014
Critics of New Alliance say private investment and improvements in rural infrastructure will not liberate people from poverty
G8 New Alliance condemned as new wave of colonialism in Africa
- Guardian
- 18 February 2014
Pledges by African governments will make it easier for companies to do business through the easing of export controls and tax laws, and through governments ringfencing huge chunks of land for investment.
Monitoring corporate behavior: Greening or merely greenwash?
- Yale 360
- 18 February 2014
Companies with bad environmental records are increasingly turning to a little-known nonprofit called TFT to make sure they meet commitments to improve their practices. It remains to be seen if this is just a PR move.
Wall Street banks eye American farmland, threaten future of US agriculture
- Oakland Institute
- 18 February 2014
The wolves of Wall Street are eyeing millions of acres of US farmland that will soon come up for sale, according to a new study from the Oakland Institute
High hopes for Central Asia’s agriculture sector
- Times of C. Asia
- 18 February 2014
Once Kyrgyzstan joins the Eurasian Economic Union, due for early 2015 and so far consisting of Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia, it will have both the obligation and a chance to allow investors from partner countries to lease its farmland.
Impacts of investment on African agriculture and the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (PRAI): evidence from field research, implications for policy and next steps
- FAO
- 18 February 2014
Papers from TICAD-V side-event on responsible agricultural investment held at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan on June 2, 2013 during TICAD V.
Côte d’Ivoire: 24 million hectares made available to private investors
- Jeune Afrique
- 17 February 2014
To make up for a shortfall in financing of the agriculture sector, 24 million ha have been made available to private investors.
Palm oil company efforts to slow deforestation not sustainable
- FPP
- 17 February 2014
A new report explores how one of Indonesia’s largest palm oil companies, Golden Agri Resources, is piloting its new Forest Conservation Policy in West Kalimantan.
China investors eye Undabri
- The Land
- 17 February 2014
Chinese buyers are in negotiations to buy another well-known south-west Queensland cropping property of 11,935 ha for more than $36 million.
Investors assured of state support
- Tanzania Daily News
- 16 February 2014
Tanzania's Minister for Agriculture says land to be used for investments would be acquired through proper channels. "Send this message to all that Tanzania's government has no plans to grab land."
Karuturi going down? A summary of recent developments
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Background document accompanying the 14 February 2014 media release issued by Tax Justice Network, GRAIN, Anywaa Survival Organisation, Forum Syd Kenya and the South Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers Movements.
Karuturi, the iconic landgrabber, flops
- TJN et al
- 14 February 2014
Karturi Ltd, the Kenyan flower production unit of Karuturi Global, is in financial collapse and been put under receivership. One of the world's most infamous landgrabbers is in its deepest trouble yet.