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Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
- AFP
- 05 July 2012
An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
Think tank for register of foreign ownership
- ABC
- 05 July 2012
President of New South Wales Farmers Fiona Simson doesn't believe the community and farmers are opposed to foreign investment in Australian agricultural land as long as it's adding to their community, industry and economy. The question is having the tools to make sure that this is what's happening.
The European Union and the global land grab
- TNI
- 05 July 2012
This fact sheet highlights the involvement of the EU in the global land grab, both directly through the involvement of European capital and corporations in the acquisition of land and indirectly through EU policies that commodify land.
Leaflet from The Nacala Fund: Global Fund Launch Event #1
- FGV
- 04 July 2012
Seminar in Brazilia for the launching of the Agriculture Investment Fund for Nacala Corridor
What you should know about Saudi investment in African farmland
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 04 July 2012
Almost 70% of all concluded and planned Saudi investments in offshore agriculture are in Africa, according to a new report from Standard Bank
Stop the sugar industry from bleeding Cambodian farmers by taking their land
- Clean Sugar Campaign
- 03 July 2012
Statement by Cambodia Clean Sugar Campaign
The SR Fund offers long term SIPP investors a multitude of benefits
- SR Fund
- 03 July 2012
The new Luxembourg-registered Sustainable Resources Fund boasts anticipated potential returns of at least 15% per annum on forestry, agriculture, biomass and land.
European Report on Development 2011/2012
- ERD Report
- 03 July 2012
The European Report on Development 2011/12 covered the nexus between water, energy and land, with several commissioned papers on land grabbing.
New claims of rights abuses in World Bank-funded 'land grabs'
- Bretton Woods Project
- 03 July 2012
As the World Bank held its Annual Conference on Land and Poverty in April, campaigners accused it once again of facilitating and legitimising 'land grabs' that harm local communities.
Growing Africa's land
- This is Africa
- 02 July 2012
"Africa will be more food insecure if these investments go to other parts of the world and Africa has to turn to those places to buy food," according to Dr Ousmane Badiane of IFPRI
Indians decry move to open up retail to foreign investment
- Global Times
- 02 July 2012
Many in India's eastern state of West Bengal worry the central government's decision to allow foreign direct investment in retail trade would incur loss of jobs even farmers' land.
How African politicians gave away $100bn of land
- The Africa Report
- 02 July 2012
With minimal consultation, governments and local authorities are signing away huge tracts of land for lease on the cheap. Now communities are raising their voices in opposition to these projects that bring little local development.