UK

La riposte des paysans éthiopiens
- RTBF
- 25 January 2013
Des paysans éthiopiens, chassés de leurs terres au profit de grands projets agricoles, attaquent en justice la Coopération au développement britannique.
Ethiopia's resettlement scheme leaves lives shattered and UK facing questions
- Guardian
- 22 January 2013
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
DFID and agribusiness in Africa: a toxic mix
- War on Want
- 06 December 2012
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.
PPF broadens its investment horizons
- aiCIO
- 28 November 2012
Farmland and timberland are now separate asset classes, the UK's Pension Protection Fund has asserted in its revised investment principles.
PPF reveals farmland and timberland fund managers
- Professional Pensions
- 26 November 2012
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.
Tanzanian villagers pay for biofuel investment disaster
- Redeye
- 16 October 2012
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.
AKSG RICE PROJECT WITH TRANS4MATION AGRITECH SUFFERS SET BACK …AS DREAM OF 4000 JOBS FOR AKS PEOPLE REMAINS A MIRAGE
- Ephraimiteblog
- 26 September 2012
"The project has been terminated due to the failure of T4M inability to fulfill their side of the agreement"
Ethiopian man threatens action over UK 'link to abuse'
- BBC
- 06 September 2012
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.
English farmland prices treble in a decade as overseas buyers move in
- The Guardian
- 25 August 2012
European crisis plus rising grain prices combine to make land attractive to Greek and Italian investors as well as City bankers
On the trail of the land grabbers: The British imperialists snapping up swathes of Africa to cash in on the world's food shortage - and forcing out small farmers
- Daily Mail
- 11 August 2012
Britain is the world’s biggest centre for private land grabbers.
Quicken Nansanga process of investment, ZDA urged
- Daily Mail
- 24 July 2012
A senior government official in Serenje has urged the Zambia Development Agency to quicken the process of facilitating investment inflow in the 155,000-hectare Nansanga farm block in Central Province.
UK’s Environment Agency pension to invest in farmland
- Financial News
- 16 July 2012
The £1.9bn pension fund of the UK’s Environment Agency is set to unveil a new investment strategy later this month, including plans to invest in farmland and forestry for the first time.