In order to meet the increasing flow of investment in the horticulture sector, the government has identified five corridors consisting of 50,000 hectares of land.
Oil palm cultivation has wrecked habitats in South-East Asia. We must avoid a rerun if the crop takes off in its native Africa
- New Scientist
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20 January 2014
Communities face a “double whammy” in which High Carbon Stock areas restrict locals from cultivating the land while companies establish plantations outside of the zone where people are already farming.
- Eco-Business
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20 January 2014
Millions of hectares of land in Africa, Asia and Latin America find their way into the hands of large-scale foreign investors each year. The victims of "land grabbing" are local villagers and farmers.
- Deutsche Welle
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20 January 2014
Zambia has granted 250 hectares of land to Bangladeshi investors who will invest more than US$1 million in the development of agriculture in Mwansabombwe District in Luapula Province.
- Times of Zambia
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19 January 2014
Countries able to hurdle social and political tensions from land issues progress faster than those hobbled by inequitable land distribution, say activists..
- Business Mirror
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19 January 2014
Through detailed analysis of ProSavana documents and field research, Sayaka Funada-Classen deals with the evolution of the philosophy and speeches about the programme; the positions of the three governments involved; the possible incoherence and incompatibilities of implementing ProSavana.
- Observador Rural
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18 January 2014
Zimbabwe government officials are allegedly debating whether to expropriate Tongaat Hulett's farmlands.
- Mail & Guardian
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17 January 2014
In Gambella, enormous areas of fertile land are lying fallow at an unfinished huge agricultural project site, and agricultural machines stand idle in rows, sinking into the ground.
A new review sought by Assembly Republicans of a law that limits foreign ownership of state land was criticized Thursday by an Assembly Democrat who called it an “end-around” attempt to change it.
- State Journal
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17 January 2014
On January 22 a comprehensive database on land and resource governance programmes funded by members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land will be presented during the AGA in Paris.
- Donor Platform
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16 January 2014
Amatheon, a company part owned by the German holding company Sapinda, grows wheat and soya beans on 30,000 ha that it has leased in Zambia.
- Deutsche Welle
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16 January 2014