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China agriculture: Seeds of hope
- AVCJ
- 19 August 2015
If Black Soil Capital Partners gets its way, the fields of Heilongjiang will be consolidated under long-term leases from farmers, giving way to a modern, industrialized US-style business model.
Cambodian government takes umbrage at US Congressman’s comments on land grabs
- RFA
- 18 August 2015
Hearing in the US will examine how land grabbing has significantly impacted the lives of Filipinos and Cambodians and the involvement of U.S. officials charged with promoting development in these countries.
Norway’s wealth fund expels POSCO, Daewoo Int’l over palm oil holdings
- Mongabay
- 18 August 2015
Norway’s central bank is divesting the country’s $870 billion pension fund of its holdings in four Asian multinationals for palm oil in Southeast Asia. POSCO and Daewoo were excluded for the activities in Merauke, Indonesia’s Papua province.
Large food firms back voluntary plan to stop land grabbing
- Reuters
- 17 August 2015
Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and plantation owners race to acquire new territory.
FGV aims to seal deal for Eagle High stake by end-October
- Deal Street Asia
- 17 August 2015
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) aims to enter into a definitive agreement for its proposed acquisition of Indonesian palm oil company PT Eagle High Plantations Tbk by October 31 this year.
Burma: Land rights activists are newest political prisoners
- HRW
- 15 August 2015
Arrests in Karen State target those assisting farmers fighting land grabs, says Human Rights Watch.
Firm to invest $100m in rice farming
- Leadership
- 15 August 2015
A Rice Farm Consortium from Dubai investing in a 7,500 hectares of rice farm in Saminaka, Borgu local government area of Niger State will spend $100million and employ 4,000 youths in the state.
In Cambodia, the path to ’clean sugar’ is still paved with delays
- Equal Times
- 14 August 2015
The so-called ‘Blood Sugar crisis’ may be over. But representatives from the Clean Sugar campaign their there is no end in sight for their problems.
"Investing in Africa's agriculture is the next best thing"
- MSNBC
- 13 August 2015
"We have a decent pipeline of anything between 200 and 400 million dollars in opportunities in Africa," says Craig Chambers, Old Mutual Investment Group’s Director of Strategic Projects.
Oil palm plantations in Colombia expand into indigenous territory
- Intercontinental Cry
- 11 August 2015
A new video from Environmental Investigation Agency shows devastating effects of the growing palm oil sector on the lands and rights of farmers and indigenous peoples in Colombia.
Canada: Farmers’ organizations want clearer rules on farmland ownership in provinces
- Hill Times
- 11 August 2015
While new interest in protecting farmland in Saskatchewan has been sparked, farmers say more study is needed to understand who owns what farmland and what the various rules are governing ownership in the provinces.
'We want our land back': Liberian communities speak out about big palm oil
- Mongabay
- 10 August 2015
“We want our land back,” said Bindu Kannea, a mother and a farmer who lives in Grand Cape Mount County. In Liberia community resistance to palm oil expansion is about protecting their last remaining pieces of land.