Thailand

Cambodians call for ‘blood sugar’ boycott
- AFP
- 05 July 2012
An EU scheme to boost trade with developing nations is fueling land grabs in Cambodia, activists say, with thousands evicted from their property to make way for a booming sugar industry.
Les fermiers cambodgiens appellent au boycott du sucre de Tate and Lyle Sugars
- RFI
- 05 July 2012
Après deux ans de pourparlers avec Tate and Lyle Sugars, qui importe le sucre cambodgien en Europe, les communautés appellent au boycott du sucre de la marque la plus ancienne au monde.
Foreigners 'skirting rules protecting rice businesses'
- The Nation
- 15 June 2012
Singaporean and other foreign traders are taking advantage of a loophole in Thai laws to purchase land suitable for paddy fields and starting up rice-trading houses in Thailand.
Foreign land grab threat not just an illusion
- Bangkok Post
- 24 May 2012
Concerns about land grabbing stem from a desire to hold the government accountable when the drive to make Thailand the Kitchen of the World ends up destroying ecological systems, small farmers' livelihoods, and our food security.
Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol seeks to take over 125-year-old Queensland sugar company MSF Sugar
- Property Observer
- 12 December 2011
The Thai company is seeking to acquire four far north Queensland sugar mills, more than 6,000 hectares of agricultural land and other infrastructure assets owned by MSF Sugar
Foreign buyers grinding out mill deals
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 08 November 2011
Two of the last big Australian-owned sugar mills, Maryborough and Proserpine, could soon be sold to foreign buyers in takeover deals worth more than $350 million.
Bittersweet Harvest: Thai sugar company on land grab in Cambodia?
- Khmerization
- 13 September 2011
Major Thai producer among businesses facing land-grab allegations in Cambodia's lucrative sugar industry.
Thai company eyes cassava, oil palm investment in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 02 September 2011
The RTL World Trade Company wants to grow about 50,000 hectares of cassava and oil palms in Vientiane province.
Land grab by hedge funds
- Bangkok Post
- 22 June 2011
The movement towards acquiring agricultural land in low-income countries will intensify and Thailand will be of interest to investors, as it is well-endowed with good land, a lot of rain and largely uninterrupted, warm sunshine all year.
EU parliamentarian condemns Cambodia’s “blood sugar” exports
- dpa
- 20 May 2011
A member of the European Parliament said Friday she would push for the European Union to suspend trade preferences for Cambodian sugar after meeting villagers who had been evicted to make way for huge concessions.
India expects big push in trade with Thailand
- Tehelka
- 06 April 2011
The cooperation in infrastructure and food processing sectors could fuel growth.
Bridging Arab world's alarming food gap
- Gulf News
- 03 April 2011
The UAE has purchased thousands of acres of arable land in Sudan to grow products for the home market, while Bahraini investors help meet demand in the kingdom from farmland bought in Thailand and the Philippines.