Ten Chinese firms are close to reaching final investment deals with an agricultural cooperation zone in Kyrgyzstan, following the entry of another six Chinese firms last year.

Craigmore highlighted resilient demand for investing in dairy, as it revealed it had raised $51m for its second New Zealand farmland fund, 14 months after closing its first.

Chinese businessman Lu Xianfeng said he wants to increase production, to meet a booming Chinese demand.

Dongfang Modern said in a statement that it was buying 5,270 hectares of land via two deals in the province of Jiangxi for $76 million. The company will own more than 8,000 hectares after the deals are completed.

The EBRD is providing a loan of up to US$85 million to Ukrainian agribusiness producer PJSC Myronivsky Hliboproduct to support the integration of farms from the former Swedish-owned company Agrokultura.

Farmers and activists in Cameroon say a jail sentence handed down on an environmentalist who exposed land-grabbing by a multinational agro-industrial company, sends a dangerous signal to communities trying to protect their lands.

En entrevista con Julio Sánchez Cristo, el senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, Jorge Enrique Robledo explica los alcances del proyecto de concesión para la apropiación de terrenos baldíos.

Intervención del senador Jorge Enrique Robledo presentando ponencia negativa al proyecto de ley UrrutiaZidres en la plenaria del Senado el 15 de diciembre de 2015.

Está listo el informe para segundo y definitivo debate del proyecto de Ley de Tierras Rurales y Territorios Ancestrales.

About 1 million hectares of lands in Sierra Leone are presently in the hands of multinational companies, says Green Scenery.

“Grabbed by multinationals? Who is grabbing? Well, I just don’t think that’s true. Some of these civil society organisations should be questioned on how they analyse issues," says Malawi's President to BBC.

Parallel to the climate conference in Paris, social movements and allies within the ‘Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles’ discuss climate justice and real solutions to the climate crisis.

L'agro-colonialisme et impacts sociaux et environnementaux : alimentation et climat, avec comme invités Ange David Baimey de l’ONG GRAIN et Mamy Rakotondrainibe du Collectif pour la défense des terres malgaches-TANY

« On ne prend pas la terre des villageois. On nous la propose ou on la demande », s’est défendu la société Socfin lors du colloque de Farm et Pluriagri à Paris le 14.12.2015.

Alberto Castilla, senador del Polo Democrático Alternativo, denuncia grave caso de acumulación irregular de baldíos en Puerto Gaitán, Meta por parte de la petrolera Pacific Rubiales.