As foreign agribusinesses take over Kiryandongo communities’ fertile land, other local investors are also eyeing the remaining land occupied by the poor families in the southwestern district of Uganda to grab their land.
Fresh controversy has emerged over the leading certification scheme for sustainable palm oil after a verification mission exposed ongoing issues around certified oil palm plantations in Cameroon.
A tycoon once named one of Indonesia’s richest has gone on trial for alleged corruption estimated to have cost the state the equivalent of US$5.25 billion and caused major environmental damage from the destruction of vast amounts of virgin forest for oil palm plantations.
Canada's National Farmers Union applauds the efforts by two provincial members of parliament tabled in their respective provincial legislatures this spring and attempt to curb farmland grabbing by powerful financial actors.
Film maker Gabriela Cowperthwaite uncovers a massive global scheme to gobble up resources, pairing with the Center for Investigative Reporting to bring these shadowy operations to light.
The $8.7 billion Sydney-based global investor and manager of nature-based property assets has formed New Agriculture to build a much bigger portfolio of agriculture assets.
Conversations held with activists from around the world in May and June webinars of 2022 make clear the need for a movement to take pensions out of financial markets - including land grabs!
As the climate emergency gets more acute and devastating everyday, we can’t waste more time waiting for the decisive actions required to end the ravages caused by industrial agriculture in Brazil.
Angola wants more Chinese investors to grow agricultural products in the African country that can be exported to China, says Angola’s minister for economy and planning.
As the Ukraine war sparks shortages, China looks to invest abroad to secure food supplies
Around the same time security forces were destroying markets and shops on Lubigi, two flower farms belonging to Uganda’s richest man, Sudhir Ruparelia, could be seen extending their reach into wetlands outside Kampala.
The $3.4 billion pension fund of Sonoma County, California committed up to $125 million to Fiera Comox Global Agricultural Fund to complement its investment in UBS AgriVest Farmland Fund
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