Why Ethiopia’s showcase sugar projects face huge challenges

• The Conversation
• 17 September 2019

There can be no denying that the Kuraz sugar plantation project has so far failed on its “development promises” made to the indigenous local communities.

Agri Terra orange plantations: Better than expected

• Agri Terra
• 16 September 2019

Munich-based Agri Terra Group is among the top 1% of the largest cattle owners in Paraguay, the third largest grower of citrus fruit, and the company has the country's single largest greenhouse complex under construction.

Help stop the advance of oil palm plantations in Gabon!

• WRM
• 13 September 2019

WRM invite organizations, groups, networks and movements to sign this petition in solidarity with Gabonese communities threatened by OLAM/SOTRADER plantations by 19 September 2019.

Cameroon: Nyete community express concerns over new palm project, say other industries haven’t developed their lands as promised

• Cameroon-Info
• 12 September 2019

The community of Nyete, in the Ocean Division of the South region have expressed concerns over a new palm project which will occupy over 3000 hectares of their land

Big promises, few results: Chinese farms falter in Uganda

• CSM
• 11 September 2019

The view of Chinese agricultural investments in Africa from Luwero, Uganda, where there are two different Chinese-owned farms, is one of inaction and incompetence.

Kazakhstan: UAE-based company to invest in 1000-hectare orchards in Almaty region

• TCA
• 11 September 2019

Phoenix Global DMCС, a transnational company based in Dubai (UAE), will invest in the project for orchards development with a total area of 1,000 hectares in Kazakhstan’s Almaty region.

FoEA Solidarity visit and message to Joegbahn Clan Community in Liberia

• FoEA
• 11 September 2019

Friends of the Earth Africa member groups visit the Joegbahn clan community in Liberia, which is facing threats from the Equatorial Oil Palm (EPO) Company to cede their remaining land to allow the company to expand its plantations.

Respect and protect the Mekong people’s rights to land and resources: A call for support

• Mekong Solidarity
• 11 September 2019

Threats of and actual displacements of rural communities in the Mekong have been on the rise amid increasing land deals for corporate plantations, mining, logging, biofuels, food crops for exports.

Ukraine president plans land reform, large privatisations

• Reuters
• 10 September 2019

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says he wants parliament to adopt a law on the agricultural land market and lift the moratorium on the sale of land by December 1, 2019.

Efforts grow to restrict foreign owners of US farmland

• AP
• 09 September 2019

As foreign ownership of agriculture land continues to increase, efforts to limit foreign ownership of US farmland have gained traction.

Landgrabbing: Contested meanings of land

• TNI
• 06 September 2019

A critical examination of the European Union's involvement in land grabbing

Dutch ag pension to divest stake in ag investment fund Fagoed

• GAI
• 06 September 2019

BPL, the Dutch pension fund for the Netherland’s agricultural and green sectors, is planning to divest its stake in Fagoed, a €140 million fund invested in agricultural land.