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U.S. property agents cater to Chinese buyers of farmland
- ECNS
- 09 September 2015
In the past four years, farmland agent Minor Taylor has sold more than 50,000 acres of Texas farmland to Chinese buyers.
Colombia: NGOs allege palm company Poligrow has contributed to forced displacement & land grabbing; opponents have received death threats
- BHRRC
- 09 September 2015
Poligrow did not respond saying that they cannot issue a public statement pending resolution of a lawsuit against the authors of the allegations.
Museveni warns development saboteurs
- Daily Monitor
- 08 September 2015
Mr Museveni particularly cited those still frustrating oil palm growing on Kalangala Islands, saying they don’t deserve to live because they don’t want Uganda to become self-sustaining
Karuturi owners want receiver jailed for failure to give financial records
- Business Daily
- 08 September 2015
Troubled plantations company Karuturi Limited’s owners have asked the High Court to jail the flower firm’s receiver managers for denying them access to its financial records in disregard of a court order issued in July.
Dreams blocked as council cries over milk spilling to China
- The Australian
- 07 September 2015
Bass Coast Shire Council last month unanimously rejected Ningbo Dairy Group’s plan to house 1000 milking cows in barns and build a $6 million bottling plant on its main Glenview farm
New Zealand: Pengxin land buy saga takes another step
- Stuff
- 07 September 2015
Pengxin's attempt to transfer New Zealand assets to Chinese agricultural company Hunan Dakang in the middle of seeking approval to buy 14,000 ha sheep and beef farm seen as "bizarre".
Private equity plows into new territory with move to agribusiness
- Pensions & Investments
- 07 September 2015
Private equity and venture capital firms are going down to the farm, moving into the agribusiness and agriculture technology sectors in a big way.
Myanmar land activist faces prison
- Reuters
- 06 September 2015
While powerful businessmen and military officials are responsible for most of the displacement, foreign investors often benefit from the land grabs.
54 Gabonese settlers undergoing training at Felda schemes
- Bernama
- 06 September 2015
Gabon-based OLAM Palm Gabon SA has sent 54 Gabonese settlers to undergo a four-month training at Felda land schemes in Trolak, Perak and Tekam, Pahang.
Zimbabwe: Mugabe's white ally in land grab row
- Mail & Guardian
- 04 September 2015
Zimbabwean peasant farmers accuse Billy Rautenbach of destroying their livelihoods.
Resistance to an erroneous 'development' model: A critique of ProSavana in Mozambique
- Pambazuka
- 03 September 2015
Resistance to the controversial agricultural development programme in the Nacala corridor in the north of Mozambique is part of the broader forms of resistance sweeping across the country.
China plows big money into Australian agriculture
- Wall Street Journal
- 03 September 2015
Chinese investors increasingly explore a new natural-resource boom in Australia: agriculture, pouring in 632 million Australian dollars ($450 million), almost twice as much as the year before.