New guides help communities to negotiate fair contracts with investors
      With investors increasingly turning to more remote locations for the establishment of forestry, agribusiness, mining, and infrastructure projects, it is critical that communities worldwide gain a practical understanding of contract negotiations.
      • Namati
      • 06 September 2018
      The strategic importance of Rakhine State
      The process of primitive accumulation provides a lens to understand the current process of land grabbing in Myanmar's Rakhine State - how vast swathes of farmland, the coastal belts, and oil and offshore gas reserves are being captured.
      • Straits Times
      • 06 September 2018
      China reaches into Russia's Far East in hunt for crop supplies
      JBA Holdings, a joint venture involving Heilongjiang Agriculture Co. and Joyvio Group, will invest $100 million in a soybean crusher and grain port in Russia, and will lease 100,000 ha to grow wheat, corn and soybeans.
      • Bloomberg
      • 04 September 2018
      Is Guyana ready for mega-farms and genetically modified seeds?
      In June 2018, Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture unveiled an agreement with the Brazilian Agricultural Machinery and Research Institute that gives a green light to Brazilian investors lobbying for large tracts of lands in the Rupununi savannahs.
      • Stabroek
      • 03 September 2018
      Businessman turned philanthropist accused of murders and land theft in Brazil's Northeast
      Portrait of a Brazilian businessman accused of violent land grabbing whose clients include Cargill, Bunge and the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA).
      • Brasil Reporter
      • 02 September 2018
      Qatar's five major conglomerates turn to Turkey for investments
      Ahmet Hasan, the general manager of Royal Link, which manages the investments of Qatar Holding, says they have acquired a huge tract of land for the production of dried fruit and several Qatari companies have acquired other large areas of farmland.
      • Daily Sabah
      • 02 September 2018
      AgDevCo welcomes new funding from the British government
      As announced as part of Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to Africa, the Department for International Development will provide a further £55m to support AgDevCo's mission to create jobs, improve food security and boost prosperity in Africa.
      • PRNewswire
      • 31 August 2018
      SABL scandal buried and forgotten
      The PNG government is trying to bury and forget the SABL land grab scandal in which more than 5 million hectares of land has been stolen from rural communities.
      • Act Now!
      • 31 August 2018
      New report pushes back against global land rush
      After three years of intensive research, CPR-Namati launch resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
      • Namati
      • 31 August 2018
      Phnong petition over Mondulkiri land
      One hundred Phnong ethnic people in Mondulkiri province’s Busra commune, in Ccambodia, have thumbprinted a petition to reject Thieng Try Company’s request for an economic land concession to grow coffee in the area.
      • Phnom Penh Post
      • 31 August 2018
      New report pushes back against global land rush
      After three years of intensive research, Namati have launched Midcourse Manoeuvers: Community Strategies and Remedies for Natural Resource Conflicts in India, Indonesia, and Myanmar, a groundbreaking resource for frontline practitioners working with communities affected by land use change.
      • Namati
      • 30 August 2018
      Riverina farming giant BFB on the block; PwC, CBRE hired
      The Australian farming business BFB Pty Ltd, with its portfolio of 28 farms covering 48,753 ha, will be pitched to Australian superannuation funds and offshore sovereign wealth investors.
      • AFR
      • 29 August 2018

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