Peasant organisations have pledged to expose the incriminating role of the World Bank and IMF in increasing inequality, land dispossession and poverty, as the annual meeting of these bodies get under way in Bali.
Shanghai-based conglomerate Pengxin redirected the $US400 million it was prepared to pay for Australia's largest private land holding, S. Kidman & Co, into investments in Brazil after it was snubbed by then treasurer Scott Morrison in 2016.
Kenya's court of appeal will rule on the 20th of December on the ownership of the Karuturi farm which was put under receivership over a debt it owed one of the banks.
An exploration on laudato si’s approach to our relationship and responsibility to care for the land and its small-scale food producers
Across the UK, farm land is now seen as a safe shelter for wealth – recommended by estate agents as a 'tax-efficient' investment, contributing to the current trend of consolidation and rising farmland prices
The purpose of the visit was to discuss investment climate of Uzbekistan and possible cooperation in livestock farming and growing cereal crops. The Chinese side also expressed interest in the newly created FEZ “Bukhoro-agro”.
The company has cleared and irrigated 300 ha of land on its 1000 ha concession, on which it will plant banana trees imported from China, but that are originally from Australia.
An investor has paid $171 million to acquire 14,500 acres of farmland in Washington State from Boston-based John Hancock Life Insurance Company, who bought the parcel in 2010 for $75 million.
Phatisa will continue its focus on the African food value chain – considering investments in mechanisation, inputs, poultry and meat production, food processing and manufacturing across sub-Saharan Africa.
New report from Oakland Institute, Indonesia: The World Bank’s Failed East Asian Miracle details how Bank-backed policy reforms have led to the displacement, criminalization, and even murder of smallholder farmers and indigenous defenders to make way for mega-agricultural projects.
Report investigates how the water impacts within the region from deforestation associated with soy production may translate into business risks for agribuisness companies operating in the Cerrado.
Local leaders celebrate decision by New Zealand's overseas investment regulator to turn down application by Tegel Group Holdings to buy land for chicken farm. They say it's time to boost smaller-scale farmers, not back foreign-owned companies.
