AFJN’s Ghana volunteer Task Force on Land Grab Prevention reached out to the Regional Association of Queen Mothers (female chiefs) in Ghana’s Volta Region for the purpose of training its members on the issue of land grabs.
A new controversy has erupted at the multi-million American investor farm at the Yala swamp in Kadenge, Siaya county over establishment of a sugar mill and cultivation of cane in the area.
World Forum on access to Land and Natural Resources between March 31st and April 2nd, 2016, at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain.
Donlinks, one of China's biggest vegetable oil producers, will partner with British Virgin lslands-registered Genius Link Capital, to make an offer for S. Kidman & Co, Australia's largest landholder.
The 25 farms of Van Diemen's Land Company in Tasmania are expected to be of interest to multiple trade investors, institutional investors, sovereign funds and also agricultural funds.
Juaboso Agro Processing Company, a joint Ghanaian/American business, has secured 6,000 hectares of land for the cultivation of plantain and the building of a factory to export chips to the United States.
This paper aims to study the situation of land grabbing and its impacts on small-scale farmers in 5 countries, namely Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Film gives an inside look into the world of investors in the international agro-business and shows the consequences for families kicked off the land. Land Grabbing shows how “colonialism 2.0” works.
A day after a judge suspended operations of a palm-oil company suspected of causing a massive fish die-off on a Guatemalan river, three community leaders were abducted by company workers and an outspoken local teacher was murdered.
New figures highlight "the catastrophic failure of governments to respect the basic land rights of more than 1 billion people."
Australia’s rural farming sector is witnessing a spurt in Chinese investments, backed by high expectations of the upcoming free trade agreement with China.
George Soros participates in $500 million capitalisation of new firm, Tunbridge Partners, that will invest in "real assets" in timber and agriculture.
