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Foreign investment in farmland 'overstated': Rabobank
- AFR
- 22 July 2019
Foreign ownership of Australian farmland is "overstated" when measured on a dollar-value basis, according to a new report by agribusiness lender Rabobank.
Craigmore to convert Northland dairy land to kiwifruit production
- NZ Herald
- 22 July 2019
Craigmore Sustainables, a New Zealand-owned company that draws its funds from overseas, with over 50 per cent now coming from Germany, is going to convert 137ha of Northland dairy country to kiwifruit production.
Livestock Wealth becomes multimillion-rand enterprise
- ITWeb
- 19 July 2019
Livestock Wealth started with 26 cows in 2015 and currently manages a herd of around 2000 cattle at four farms across South Africa on behalf of 800 investors from South Africa, Germany, the US, Canada, the UK and China.
In Madagascar, villagers oppose plans for a dam that would inundate their land
- Mongabay
- 19 July 2019
Italian company that built a 7,000 ha maize plantation is now behind a dam project that would submerge several villages, forcing hundreds or thousands of people out of their ancestral homes.
Online discussion: Land and corruption in Africa in 3 topics
- Land Portal
- 18 July 2019
The discussion will address the role of traditional leaders in customary land administration, forced evictions as a form of land corruption and its impact on women's land rights and an analysis of alternative dispute resolution systems in addressing land corruption.
How the women of Indonesia rose up against land grabbing
- Forest People Programme
- 17 July 2019
Indonesia indigenous women’s movement has undoubtedly made a significant contribution to the fight against land grabbing. However, much more work is required to protect the rights of these women, and more importantly to ensure that they do not have to fight these battles in the first place.
28 percent of Indonesia’s palm oil landbank is stranded
- CRR
- 16 July 2019
Report discusses figures and trends in the palm oil industry since 2017 and argues that oil palm development on forest and peatland will remain economically unviable for the foreseeable future.
To AIIB: Stop bankrolling landgrabs
- PCFS
- 16 July 2019
The Peoples Coalition on Food Sovereignty demands the members of the Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank stop funding projects, especially China’s Belt and Road Initiative, that result in landgrabbing.
China: ramping up investment in African agriculture
- Spore
- 16 July 2019
Chinese firms investing overseas receive strong financial support from the Chinese government, which sees Africa and agriculture as important to China’s ‘Go Global’ drive
Le britannique AgDevCo annoncé dans un investissement dans le secteur agroalimentaire en Tanzanie
- Agence Ecofin
- 16 July 2019
La firme britannique d’investissement AgDevCo annonce la réalisation d’un engagement au sein d’Africado, une entreprise tanzanienne spécialisée dans la culture et l’exportation d’avocats.
Chinese-owned Rifa Salutary farms in Victoria and NSW for sale
- The Land
- 15 July 2019
Rifa Salutary first invested in Australian agriculture in 2014 and now has 14 properties in western Victoria and northern NSW, with a land area totaling around 44000 hectares.
Tanzania sets aside 2,000 hectares for investments in cashew nuts industries
- Xinhua
- 15 July 2019
Tanzanian authorities said on Friday they have set aside 2,000 hectares of land for investors wishing to invest in cashew nuts plantations and processing industries to add value to the crop.