China has confirmed the continuation of a $1.2 billion rubber and rice investment deal in Sierra Leone, covering 135,000 hectares, that was signed in 2012.

A leader of a group trying to seize a 1,400-rai oil palm plantation run by Thai Pattana Co, a joint operation of a foreign investor and his Thai business partner, was shot dead while leaving the farm on motorcycle.

Cattle ranching company Beira Boi Limitada seeks to eventually establish a cashew plantation on 500 hectares to ensure a supply of raw material to feed a nut processing facility in Sofala Province.

Map Of Agriculture says it is well positioned to serve the comparative farming system benchmarking needs of farmland investors.

PNG’s Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry sign a Heads of Agreement that would make KLK an equity partner in development of 37,000 ha oil palm project in East Sepik’s Special agriculture Economic Zone(SEZ).

As climate change, population growth and environmental damage shrink the amount of arable land on the planet, wealthier countries and corporations look to developing countries for land.

First State Super follows US and Canadian super funds with major investment in Australian almond plantations.

A substantial payout could be in store for private equity firms willing to take on the risk and plough capital into the farming business.

Investors have poured tens of millions of dollars into a war torn landscape in northern Uganda now dotted with tracts of maize, rice, sunflower, sesame and commercial forests.

If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.

Hearing in the US will examine how land grabbing has significantly impacted the lives of Filipinos and Cambodians and the involvement of U.S. officials charged with promoting development in these countries.

Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.

Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and plantation owners race to acquire new territory.

Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) aims to enter into a definitive agreement for its proposed acquisition of Indonesian palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk by October 31 this year.

Arrests in Karen State target those assisting farmers fighting land grabs, says Human Rights Watch.

The so-called ‘Blood Sugar crisis’ may be over. But representatives from the Clean Sugar campaign their there is no end in sight for their problems.

"We have a decent pipeline of anything between 200 and 400 million dollars in opportunities in Africa," says Craig Chambers, Old Mutual Investment Group’s Director of Strategic Projects.

This Final Statement concludes the Specific Instance submitted on June 13, 2013 by CED and RELUFA with regards to the alleged conduct of Herakles Farms’ affiliate SG Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) in Cameroon.

An Oxford University boxing blue, a former Shell chairman, and an ex-SAS commanding officer are looking to raise $26.6m to build the biggest food company in Ebola-scarred Sierra Leone.

La privatisation des terres au profit des industriels majoritairement étrangers a des conséquences désastreuses : expulsion des paysans réduits à la mendicité pour vivre, exclusion, création d’une classe ouvrière rurale.

Les associations et Coordinations d’associations de victimes de l’accaparement des terres au Mali étaient face à la presse pour marquer leur détermination à continuer la lutte.

Le groupe mauricien poursuit ainsi son implantation dans l'est de l'Afrique après avoir fait l'acquisition d'une sucrerie en Tanzanie en 2000.

Au Congo, des investisseurs malaisiens prévoient un investissement de 350 milliards de francs Cfa dans un projet agro-industriel.

Le groupe singapourien Olam vient de lancer sa premiere usine de production de cette denrée dans le pays.

Dans le domaine des terres agricoles, la présence de la Chine en Australie est comparable à celle des États-Unis, explique Brian Healey à Radio Australia.

Un nuevo informe de la Unión Nacional de Campesinos de Mozambique (UNAC) y de GRAIN muestra que hay una ofensiva colonial por apoderarse de las tierras agrícolas de África.

El fallido allanamiento que ideó la Justicia no era una simple averiguación de identidad. Benetton y las corporaciones mineras observan con atención el conflicto que se vive en torno a los aborígenes.

La policía de Chubut reprimió ferozmente a las familias mapuche que recuperaron en marzo pasado sus tierras históricas que el magnate italiano y terrateniente en la Argentina, Luciano Benetton, usurpó con dinero en la Ruta Nacional 40 y el río Chubut.

El acaparamiento de las tierras de cultivo por empresas multinacionales y Estados preocupa cada vez más, porque afecta tanto a los agricultores como a la soberanía de los Estados.

Lo que está haciendo el gobierno es desconocer la Unidad Agrícola Familiar y propiciar el acaparamiento de tierras por grandes empresas multinacionales.

Numa acção conjunta, três movimentos sociais de Moçambique decidiram apostar no reforço e aprofundamento das alianças.

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