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PGG Wrightson buys half of Uruguayan rural services firm
- NZ Farmer
- 15 July 2015
PGG, which is half owned by Agria Corporation of China, purchased 50% of Uruguay seed producer and farm servicing company Agrocentro Uruguay.
Ord test of China farm ties
- West Australian
- 15 July 2015
The West Australia State Government is set to take to market a big parcel of land on the Ord River irrigation scheme in a litmus test of its relationship with a major Chinese investor in WA’s far north.
Challenger buys UK alternative funds management house Dexion Capital
- Brisbane Times
- 15 July 2015
Financial services giant Challenger has forked out $41 million for a UK-based boutique funds management incubator and distribution group as it seeks to capitalise on rising investor interest in alternative and overseas assets.
New obligations for foreign investors in agricultural land in Australia
- JD Supra
- 15 July 2015
From 1 July 2015, the Policy requires that all foreign persons (and foreign government investors) that currently hold interests in agricultural land must register those interests with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by 31 December 2015.
ECA, Germany and World Bank to launch new network of excellence on land governance
- World Bank
- 13 July 2015
The UN's Economic Commission, Germany's BMZ and the World Bank signed a Declaration of Intent to establish a new Network of Excellence on Land Governance in Africa to better secure land rights across Africa.
“Don’t stop the mill”
- PLAAS
- 13 July 2015
South African sugar, agrarian change and outgrowers adverse incorporation in the Kilombero Valley, Tanzania
African leaders must help continent, not sell it off
- The New Age
- 10 July 2015
The struggle for Africa’s independence from its colonial rulers has always been centred on land and the natural resources beneath.
Power and impunity of transnational corporations stifles people's voices
- Via Campesina
- 10 July 2015
La Via Campesina denounces the International Land Coalition for calling for mitigating the negative effects of landgrabbing, rather than insisting that landgrabbing be stopped.
100,000-cow-power dairy farm in China to feed Russian market
- China Daily
- 09 July 2015
A 100,000-cow dairy farm is being constructed in Northeast China to supply the Russian market with milk and cheese, in what can be construed as agricultural geopolitics.
The Global land grab: Giving with one hand and taking everything with the other
- New Matilda
- 09 July 2015
Even the World Bank admits that the vast bulk of foreign investment in Africa doesn’t help the continent’s people, with aid and agricultural support often a smokescreen for multinationals looting nations’ wealth.
Namibia plans to ban foreigners from owning agricultural land
- Bloomberg
- 09 July 2015
The Namibian government plans to pass a new land law that will ban foreigners from owning agricultural land, the country’s cabinet said.
China, Africa and food security
- IPD
- 09 July 2015
The fact that China does not now depend on Africa in any meaningful way for food does not mean this will continue to be the case.