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Olam gets $228 mn loan for Gabon palm oil operation
- AFP
- 19 July 2012
Olam said it would borrow the money from the Development Bank of Central African States (BDEAC) and a consortium of other lenders
MIFEE: The stealthy face of conflict in West Papua
- Asian Human Rights Commission
- 19 July 2012
Resource conflicts are building in the southernmost part of West Papua, as agribusiness companies stealthily invade the forests, leaving its people dispossessed.
National nonprofit Food & Water Watch joins complaint against Rastetter, exposes another AgriSol executive as complicit in Tanzania land grab
- FWW
- 19 July 2012
Food & Water Watch has joined Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s ethics complaint against Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter for egregious conflict of interest involving a Tanzania land deal he brokered in partnership with Iowa State University.
Food report says foreign investment here to stay
- The Age
- 18 July 2012
Controversial foreign investment in Australian farming land is here to stay and is vitally important to the future of food security, the federal government says.
Africa palm-oil plan pits activists vs NY investors
- Reuters
- 18 July 2012
Herakles says it will provide locals with steady work, roads and health care. But critics call the planned plantation, which would cover Fabe and at least 30 other forest villages in Cameroon, a land grab. Special report from Reuters.
Kenya: Blind development
- Slow Food
- 18 July 2012
Indigenous communities are under threat from a recent spurt of investors and multinational companies interested in putting their money into Kenyan oil, mining, wind farms and agribusiness projects.
Energy, food and climate crises: are they driving an Indonesian ‘land grab’?
- East Asia Forum
- 17 July 2012
The situation in Indonesia, where only a fraction of development projects associated with these transactions are ever implemented, is significant for wider discussions about ‘land grabbing’ around the world.
Pearl Capital Partners invests US$ 1.2m in northern Uganda agricultural centre
- AVCA News
- 16 July 2012
The African Agricultural Capital Fund, which is backed by USAID, Bill Gates and JP Morgan, has invested $1.2 million in NUAC, a company owned by several Danish partners that operates Uganda's largest farm.
Indigenous land deal to share cattle profits
- The Australian
- 16 July 2012
A landmark agreement in the Kimberley is close to being sealed in which Australia's largest cattle corporation will lease vast tracts of land from their Aboriginal owners in return for providing jobs, training and a share of profits in the cattle business.
Chinese mining executive would rather invest in Australia's agriculture to meet China's food demand
- The Australian
- 16 July 2012
The head of a $7 billion Chinese mining project in the Pilbara says Australia has a golden opportunity to meet China's soaring demand for high-quality food and he would prefer to invest in agriculture rather than iron ore.
UK’s Environment Agency pension to invest in farmland
- Financial News
- 16 July 2012
The £1.9bn pension fund of the UK’s Environment Agency is set to unveil a new investment strategy later this month, including plans to invest in farmland and forestry for the first time.
Dick buys AAco shares to 'get in debate'
- Stock & Land
- 16 July 2012
Outspoken entrepreneur and aviator Dick Smith has bought $1 million worth of shares in Australian Agricultural Co (AAco) - Australia's second-largest landholder - because he doesn't want to sound hypocritical when he campaigns against foreign ownership of farms.