Unhealed scars in Papua

• APIL
• 12 December 2019

NGOs from Korea and Indonesia file OECD complaint against POSCO International for causing palm oil abuses

Uganda: Oxfam says government wrong on land

• The Independent
• 11 December 2019

The government has prioritised provision of land to investors, mainly large scale and foreign-based, free of charge or for a nominal sum, under an incorrect assumption that this will result in livelihood improvement for all the people.

Kazakhstan inks agreements with agribusiness giants Tyson Foods, Valmont Industries

• Astana Times
• 11 December 2019

Tyson Foods, the largest meat processing company in the U.S., will invest in the construction of a modern meat processing complex in Kazakhstan with the Kusto Group, a Singapore-based company involved in beef production in Kazakhstan.

China-Africa: "Huge" ag cooperation potential

• Dimsums Blogspot
• 11 December 2019

China hosted African agricultural leaders for a forum to expand and deepen cooperation, investment, and trade with African agriculture over the next 3 years. And 11 project agreements were signed by government departments, international organizations, research units, and companies, adding to 115 agricultural projects that China has in two-thirds of African countries.

Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified

• Mongabay
• 10 December 2019

Indonesian government have alleged that permits underpinning a multi-billion dollar plantation project in Papua were falsified. The land is being opened up by investors whose identity is hidden behind anonymously owned companies, as part of a plan to develop an oil palm plantation almost twice the size of London in the remote region.

Coalition, firm differ over alleged land grabbing in Okomu

• Guardian
• 10 December 2019

A coalition of civil society organisations has alleged that SOCFIN's Nigerian subsidiary, Okomu Oil Palm, is engaged in land grabbing, deforestation and killing of endangered elephant calf within its plantation

Human Rights Day 2019: Land-related killings go up

• PANAP
• 10 December 2019

The Philippines, Brazil and Colombia ranked as the deadliest countries for farmers, farm workers, indigenous people and land rights activists.

Indian billionaire eyes Zim prime agric land

• Herald
• 09 December 2019

Indian billionaire and Pepsi International franchise holder Ravi Jaipuria wants to acquire vast swathes of prime land in Zimbabwe to diversify into production of key agricultural products.

Laguna Bay, Adveq Trust 2, sell largest Australian almond portfolio to PSP for more than A$350 million

• GAI
• 09 December 2019

PSP Investments has been doubling down on capital commitments in Australia’s ag sector – and particularly in almonds and water recently.

Sime Darby to sell Liberia plantation to local manufacturer

• Reuters
• 07 December 2019

Malaysia’s Sime Darby says it will sell its underperforming palm oil concession in Liberia to Mano Manufacturing Company (MANCO), Liberia’s largest manufacturer of household health and cleaning products.

Ukranians reject the forced "free sale" of their land

• farmlandgrab.org
• 06 December 2019

Open letter to the heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Cameroon: Safacam plans to invest XAF3.5 bln to extend its oil palm and hevea plantations in Dizangué

• Business in Cameroon
• 06 December 2019

The government of Cameroon recently granted an additional 2,000 hectares of land to Société Africaine forestière et Agricole du Cameroun, subsidiary of Luxembourg-based Socfin, to expand oil palm and rubber plantations