CITIC is negotiating with the Angolan government to open another 30,000-hectare farm in the central Bie province to plant rice with financial support of Chinese banks.

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior has arranged a loan for companies of Ecuadorian agribusiness conglomerate with diversified business activities in banana plantations, dairy, and fertilisers.

This guide is for organisations and individuals working to support communities whose land rights, lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by agricultural investments.

In the past four years, farmland agent Minor Taylor has sold more than 50,000 acres of Texas farmland to Chinese buyers.

Poligrow did not respond saying that they cannot issue a public statement pending resolution of a lawsuit against the authors of the allegations.

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

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.

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

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 and venture capital firms are going down to the farm, moving into the agribusiness and agriculture technology sectors in a big way.

While powerful businessmen and military officials are responsible for most of the displacement, foreign investors often benefit from the land grabs.

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.