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African MPs want transparency in land deals
- The New Times
- 30 April 2013
African lawmakers have resolved to strengthen existing laws at the national and regional level to prevent fraudulent land deals on the continent
Leaked ProSAVANA Master Plan confirms worst fears
- Justiça Ambiental et al
- 30 April 2013
Civil society groups warn secretive plan paves the way for a massive land grab in northern Mozambique.
Kinnevik to sell Polish farm to cash in on gains
- Agrimoney
- 30 April 2013
Kinnevik, the investment group which is the biggest investor in Black Earth Farming, revealed that it is to sell its Polish farm to cash in on gains in land prices, and bankroll "other opportunities in emerging markets further east".
The World Bank’s palm oil policy
- FPP
- 30 April 2013
Since 2011, World Bank investments in large palm oil companies have virtually stopped, but it has backed off from applying the same approach to other crops, although the risks to local communities and indigenous peoples from land grabs from other agribusinesses are not much different.
SAR100m firm to expand Saudi farm investments
- Arab News
- 29 April 2013
Commerce and Industry Minister Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has approved the establishment of a new East Asia Agricultural Development and Investment Company to invest in farming.
Harvard’s exploitation in Chile
- The Crimson
- 29 April 2013
Harvard’s ownership of Agrícola Brinzal casts serious doubts on the wisdom of Harvard Management Company’s current policies.
Sudan's biggest sugar firm plans biofuel expansion, Joburg IPO
- Reuters
- 29 April 2013
Kenana, which is mainly owned by the governments of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Sudan, is aiming to more than double its annual sugar output to 1 million tonnes by 2015 as the firm seeks new export markets
PAN AP releases a video documentary on land grabbing in Sarawak
- PAN AP
- 29 April 2013
It was their native customary land until palm oil companies came and claimed it their own. With the help of corrupt politicians, almost 9,000 hectares of forest and agricultural lands were flattened. Fences were put up, barring indigenous peoples from entering their own ancestral land. This is the story of Melikin. The story of many indigenous peoples in Sarawak.
Vietnamese firm to buy crop from Champassak rice farmers
- Vientiane Times
- 27 April 2013
The company will also seek to obtain land concessions for additional rice cultivation in the districts of Soukhouma and Sanasomboun.
Riyadh forum to discuss agricultural investment challenges
- Arab News
- 27 April 2013
A forum of Saudi agricultural investors at the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry will on Sunday discuss the progress of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah’s Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad.
Investors hungry for agriculture
- The Australian
- 27 April 2013
There is "a wall of money" looking for a home in agricultural investments worldwide, say managers for BlackRock's London-based World Agriculture Fund.
Probe confirms Singapore-based palm oil company engaged in land-grabbing in Borneo
- Mongabay
- 26 April 2013
An independent investigation has shown that First Resources Ltd failed to obtain proper consent from local communities before clearing rainforests for plantations in Indonesian Borneo, an Indonesian indigenous rights group reported last week.