Japan

Japfa to sell stake in China dairy business to Meiji for $254m
- Foodbev
- 17 April 2020
Japfa’s AustAsia operates seven farms in China with roughly 80,000 cows and is a major supplier of raw milk to Meiji’s dairy business.
Zone économique spéciale en perspective : Le vice-ministre japonais sonde le parc industriel
- Le Quotidien
- 22 February 2020
Des entreprises japonaises de l'agrobusiness pourraient s'installer dans une zone économique spéciale dédiée à leurs intérêts, et orientée vers l'exportation, au Sénégal.
【議事録】国会議員主催「プロサバンナ事業」勉強会（Meeting minutes of debate btw Japanese parliamentarians/NGOs & JICA/MoFA on ProSAVANA)
- Mokai
- 06 February 2020
2019年12月23日に参議院議員会館で開催された９名の衆参国会議員による主催勉強会、「プロサバンナ事業に関する勉強会」の逐語議事録です。
The rise and fall of ProSavana
- Observador Rural
- 10 January 2020
This paper explores the history of one of the world’s largest land grabbing deals signed by Japan, Brazil and Mozambique in 2009 through official documents and recordings, especially of the Japanese actors involved.
Stony ground
- Economist
- 16 November 2019
Brazil and Japan plotted a farming revolution in Mozambique. But instead of sowing soya, they planted seeds of opposition.
日本のＯＤＡに現地から「ＮＯ！」
- TBS News
- 10 September 2019
「最後の巨大マーケット」と言われるアフリカ。日本政府は民間投資の拡大などに力を入れていますが、現地では日本が後押しする大規模な農業開発への根強い反発が続いています。何が起きているのでしょうか。
Cameroon peasants criticize large companies
- Jiji
- 28 August 2019
Emmanuel Elong, a farmer from Cameroon, criticized land grabbing by foreign companies at a side event during the 7th African Development Conference (TICAD7) in Yokohama City.
Nigeria: Promasidor, Ekiti State sign pact on Ikun Dairy Farm
- Famous People
- 30 July 2019
South Africa based Promasidor Holdings and Ekiti State will jointly pursue the rehabilitation and expansion of the Ikun Dairy Farm, which spans across 1,000 hectares in the Moba Local Government Area.
L’accord commercial du RCEP va intensifier l’accaparement de terres en Asie
- GRAIN
- 30 July 2019
Le RCEP changera la manière dont les gouvernements décident des droits fonciers et qui a accès à la terre. Il pourrait par conséquent intensifier l’accaparement des terres en Asie. Nouvel article de GRAIN.
RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
- GRAIN
- 15 July 2019
RCEP will not just change rules on the export and import of goods and services; it will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it.
Vinamilk, Lao-Jagro partner in organic dairy farm and resort
- Vientiane Times
- 28 May 2019
Vinamilk, Vietnam’s largest dairy company, has teamed up with Lao and Japanese businesses to build an organic dairy farm and resort in Xieng Khuang province, Laos. The first phase of the farm will cover 5,000 ha and the second phase is expected to expand the farm to 15,000-20,000 ha.
UNAC press release on the Prosavana programme
- UNAC
- 21 January 2019
Mozambique's national peasant organisation UNAC dissociates itself from a press release issued by the Civil Society Platforms of the provinces of Nampula, Zambezia and Niassa, in relation to the Master Plan of the Prosavana programme.