Sudan: Investment Minister welcomes Djiboutian desire to invest in agricultural sector
      The Djiboutian minister expressed his country's desire to invest in the agricultural sector in Sudan to achieve food security, depending on President Al-Bashir's Initiative on Arab Food Security.
      • SNA
      • 10 February 2017
      AP Pension denies CEO quit over pressure to invest in farms
      AP Pension, the Danish labour-market pensions provider, has hit out at media reports that its chief executive quit in December because of pressure from the supervisory board to invest in the agricultural sector.
      • I&PE
      • 10 February 2017
      Tenure and investment in Africa
      Analysis details statistical evidence of key trends in tenure-related disputes between companies and local peoples across Africa, including their causes as well as the prevalence of violence, work stoppages, and regulatory interventions.
      • RRI
      • 10 February 2017
      Groups join forces over ancestral land
      Swapo parliamentarian expresses concern over what he called land grabbing by 'corrupt' politicians and their powerful and international business partners in various northern regions of Namibia.
      • The Namibian
      • 06 February 2017
      Sugar giant has sweet dreams
      A colossal sugar mill in Preah Vihear province will roar to life again next week. Rui Feng (Cambodia) International’s sugar mill and refinery, Chinese-owned firm and its four sister companies collectively hold five separate ELC licences covering a total 40,000 hectares.
      • Phnom Penh Post
      • 06 February 2017
      Whose crops, at what price? Agricultural investment in Myanmar
      Oxfam looks at the current level and types of agribusiness investment in Myanmar, outlines some of the risks to communities, and explores state regulation of outbound investments as a potential way to promote responsible business practices in the sector.
      • Oxfam
      • 05 February 2017
      The dynamics of land deals in Africa
      Looking at several large-scale land deals in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, this documentary highlights the nuanced impacts of these investments.
      • PLAAS
      • 03 February 2017
      Aquaculture plan gets the nod
      Cambodia has agreed for a China-based firm to invest $100 million in freshwater and seawater aquaculture projects to supply fish for local demand and export, beginning with a pilot zone to grow tilapia fish in 200 hectares of ponds before investing in 2,000 hectares.
      • Khmer Times
      • 03 February 2017
      Saudi Company allocates more than $90 million to South Kazakhstan poultry farm
      Saudi Arabian Al Ramez International Group will finance a poultry farm in the South Kazakhstan region and is willing to invest in other agricultural areas, such as cultivating sheep and cattle.
      • Astana Times
      • 03 February 2017
      More protests at Land Ministry
      Representative from nearly 200 families protested at the Ministry of Land Management in Phnom Penh, demanding the ministry expedite a solution to their land disputes with three sugarcane plantation companies in Koh Kong province.
      • Khmer Times
      • 03 February 2017
      Interview: “Pastoralist women have the capacity to lead”
      In Tanzania, large scale investment is increasing and this has a huge impact on pastoralists’ access to land.
      • ILEIA
      • 02 February 2017
      New Hope group backs australian agriculture, plans to invest $1b by 2020
      Chinese investment in Australian agriculture is usually a magnet for controversy, but one Chinese company has remained immune from criticism, with plans to invest $1 billion by the end of the decade.
      • ABC
      • 02 February 2017

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