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Foreign buyer for Northern Territory farm
- North Queensland Register
- 08 October 2013
The Insight Global Farmland Fund, has snapped up Forrest Hill Station in the Northern Territory and all its cattle for $6.4 million in a deal negotiated by Elders.
What does Ukraine stand to gain from farming deal with China?
- Epoch Times
- 07 October 2013
A deal signed between Ukrainian and Chinese authorities last month may impact up to 3 million hectares of prime farmland in Eastern Ukraine, a space roughly the size of Belgium.
No land no food no life
- Films de l'Oeil
- 07 October 2013
The film "No Land No Food No Life" examines the challenges and struggles farmers face despite the exultation they experience in their fight to retain control of their land.
Cargill misses the point on land acquisitions in Colombia
- Oxfam
- 04 October 2013
Now the government of President Santos seems to be pressing for reforms to the law that would enable further concentration of land in Colombia, even though this would be incoherent with the government’s own commitments to date in the peace talks.
The Governance of Large-Scale Farmland Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Eburon Delft
- 03 October 2013
The primary aim of this book is to advance the understanding of the regulatory conditions under which large-scale farmland investments can contribute to sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa.
NGOs call for review of Mozambique farm project
- Jiji Press
- 03 October 2013
Five Japanese nongovernmental organizations have called for a review of a Japanese government-backed large-scale farm development project in Mozambique.
Seeds of discontent
- FIAN
- 02 October 2013
Swedish, Norwegian and Dutch investors in Mozambique land grab: powerful new documentary gives a compelling visual portrait of how investment by private financial players can undermine food security and human rights in developing countries.
Afro-Arab agric ministerial meeting opens in Riyadh
- PANA
- 02 October 2013
The second Afro-Arab Ministerial Meeting on Agricultural Development and Food Security opened in Riyadh with participants agreeing to strengthen Afro-Arab cooperation towards promoting ''sustainable and sensible investment in agriculture and food security''.
Food and drink firms urged to crack down on sugar 'land grabs'
- Guardian
- 02 October 2013
Demand for sugar is triggering land conflicts, says Oxfam, as it calls on Coca-Cola and other major firms to have zero tolerance
UN Commission raises concerns about MIFEE with Indonesia
- Awas MIFEE
- 01 October 2013
Acting on a letter sent by 27 organisations, the UN Commission on the Elimination on Racial Discrimination wrote to Indonesia’s Ambassador, raising concerns about the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate.
KTG Agrar joins sports tycoon in Russia ag venture
- Agrimoney
- 01 October 2013
KTG Agrar says it has taken a 17.5% stake in Clemens Tönnies' Sojuz Group, another German-owned company farming in Russia on over 45,000 hectares.
Australian PM welcomes Indonesia joint ventures on cattle
- Jakarta Globe
- 01 October 2013
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott throws his support behind Jakarta’s plans to invest in Australian cattle farms to help end a trade dispute that has devastated his country’s cattle industry and boosted beef prices in Indonesia.