Trade conflict is a lose-lose game

Serious trade tension between two key players in global agricultural trade, China and US could bring major lose-lose outcomes for both parties and lead to a new wave of land grabs.
14 Aug 2018 China Daily

Organisations back Kuoy land claims

Two organisations expressed concern over land in Preah Vihear province, Cambodia after Hengfu, sugar company based in China, in 2011 and 2016 granted Economic Land Concessions of more than 42,000 hecatres by the Cambodian government.
10 Aug 2018 Khmer Times

Indigenous people fighting for land rights

The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions. But campaigners say native groups are struggling with encroachment by governments and logging, mining and agribusiness companies.
09 Aug 2018 Place

Community vs. company: A tiny town in Ecuador battles a palm oil giant

In 2000, palm oil company Energy & Palma bought land in northern Ecuador, home to Afro-Ecuadorian community of Wimbi. Provincial court ruled in favor of the company and ordered evacuation of Wimbi community but they refused to leave. This is only one part of a long ongoing legal battle between company and community in Ecuador.
09 Aug 2018 Mongabay

Chinese firm’s investment in banana farm approved

Cambodian government yesterday gave green light to a Chinese-owned firm, Longmate Agriculture Co Ltd, to invest in a banana plantation in Kampot province. Three plantatios cover 5,000 hectares of land that can produce up to 14,000 tonnes of bananas according to Cambodia General Director of Agriculture.
09 Aug 2018 Khmer Times

APEC warned PNG has poor record on food security

Community advocacy group ACT NOW! warns APEC delegates attending food Security Week in Port Moresby that Papua New Guinea government has a very poor record on protecting rural famers. The most glaring example is the SABL land grab, in which over 5 million hectares of land was taken from rural communities.
06 Aug 2018 ActNow PNG

Russia offers 2.5 million acres of land to Chinese farmers, but will it ease Beijing’s soybean shortage?

Russia has made 1 million hectares (2.5 million acres) of arable land available to foreign investors. Far East Investment and Export Agency said that several Chinese companies had already expressed an interest in the deal. But analysts are sceptical about the quality of the plots on offer.

15 Aug 2018 South China Morning Post

Bolivia: Acelerado proceso de extranjerización de tierras

Mejores tierras agrícolas y ganaderas en manos de propietarios extranjeros que imponen modelo agroextractivista que no es sostenible en el tiempo y afecta el medio ambiente.

14 Aug 2018 Comunicaciones Aliadas

Argentina: Magnate italiano cerró tranquera y no permite el paso a un lago

Una insólita situación se vive por estos días entre estancias ubicadas en cercanías de Tres Lagos, donde un magnate italiano habría ordenado el cierre del paso de servidumbre, impidiendo a otros productores acceder a sus tierras y bloqueando el acceso a un lago.

14 Aug 2018 Tiempo Sur
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