8 Miles invests in Ethiopian agribusiness Verde Beef

• Alt Assets
• 25 April 2016

Africa-focused private equity firm 8 Miles has picked up “a significant minority stake” in Ethiopian agribusiness Verde Beef Processing.

Agriterra chairman Phil Edmonds steps down

• Post
• 25 April 2016

Agriterra, an Africa focussed agricultural company, announces that Phil Edmonds has stepped down as chairman of the company.

International conference of agrarian reform: Marabá Declaration

• Via Campesina
• 22 April 2016

Declaration from international conference on agrarian reform held in Marabá, Pará, Brazil, 17 April 2016 attended by more than 130 representatives of La Via Campesina member organizations and allies from four continents, 10 regions and 28 countries of the world.

Questions hang over foreign ownership of SA’s agricultural land

• Moneyweb
• 21 April 2016

There is little movement on the South African government’s ambition to clamp down foreign land ownership through the controversial Regulation of Land Holdings Bill.

Australians to get chance at S.Kidman & Co with new $370m deal

• AFR
• 21 April 2016

Australians will get a chance to own a 20 per cent stake in the country's largest landholder, S. Kidman & Co, alongside large Chinese investors, after a deal was struck this week to buy the iconic cattle business for more than $370 million.

Australia to defer decision on China land deal until after election

• Reuters
• 20 April 2016

The Australian government is deferring until after an upcoming federal election a politically sensitive decision on whether to allow the sale of one of the country's biggest cattle empires, S. Kidman & Co, to a Chinese-led consortium.

Chinese company set to purchase more than a million hectares in Western Australia

• ABC
• 20 April 2016

The Australian operating arm of Shanghai CRED, known as Shanghai Zenith, has agreed to purchase eight properties in the Goldfields, Kimberley and Wheatbelt for around $20 million.

UN report critical of government response on SABL

• ActNow!
• 20 April 2016

The SABL land grab has resulted in over 5 million hectares of land being unlawfully taken from indigenous rural people and given to foreign corporations.

Police block Preah Vihear villagers’ planned sugar protest

• Phnom Penh Post
• 20 April 2016

More than 200 angry ethnic Kuoy villagers who claim their land has been stolen by a Chinese-owned sugar company were blocked from protesting as Prime Minister Hun Sen inaugurated the firm’s mill in Preah Vihear province.

Protests planned for Preah Vihear sugar plant’s opening

• Phnom Penh Post
• 19 April 2016

Representatives of more than 100 ethnic Kuoy villagers plan protest over the opening of a $360 million sugar mill – one of the largest in Asia– owned by Chinese company Rui Feng (Cambodia) International, which has been involved in series of land disputes with local villagers since 2012.

Australia cattle empire S Kidman approves sale to China-led group

• Wall Street Journal
• 19 April 2016

Australia’s largest pastoral cattle empire, S. Kidman and Co., has agreed to be sold to a Chinese-led consortium for 370.7 million Australian dollars (US$287.3 million), continuing a flurry of deals in the country’s agricultural sector. Earlier proposed deal was rejected by the government last year.

Australia’s largest landholder agrees to sell to Chinese-led consortium

• Guardian
• 19 April 2016

Dakang Australia and Australian Rural Capital say they want to transform S Kidman and Co into a global beef brand