Describing itself as a consultant and “master distributor” of products designed “to bring working capital to a variety of projects” – including upgrading farmland overseas and forestry –Intelligent Partnership published a 76 page report on the alternatives sector this week.
Report prepared for DFID considers the impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on local food insecurity and malnutrition levels.
A recent briefing note by Traidcraft discusses the threats posed by current regulation of foreign investment in land highlighting that food security and other human rights concerns often come at the cost of excessive protection of foreign investors’ rights.
Des paysans éthiopiens, chassés de leurs terres au profit de grands projets agricoles, attaquent en justice la Coopération au développement britannique.
A 'villagisation' programme that has been linked to the leasing of large tracts of land for commercial agriculture has left people from Ethiopia's Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones, casting donor support in an unflattering light
New research from War on Want reveals that the UK government’s Department for International Development (DFID) has been using the aid budget to promote the interests of multinational food companies in Africa.
Farmland and timberland are now separate asset classes, the UK's Pension Protection Fund has asserted in its revised investment principles.
The proportion of PPF's £12bn portfolio of assets allocated to farm and timberland will vary over time and depend on the opportunities available now and in the future.
The financial collapse of a project by UK-based Sun Biofuels shows how the development dream can quickly turn into a nightmare for local people.
"The project has been terminated due to the failure of T4M inability to fulfill their side of the agreement"
An Ethiopian farmer could sue the UK government after claiming a project that received funding from Britain led to the eviction from his farm and human rights abuses.
European crisis plus rising grain prices combine to make land attractive to Greek and Italian investors as well as City bankers
