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.

Australia: Canada cracks almond deal

• Financial Review
• 10 August 2015

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board has bought Macquarie Group's owned and operated almond properties in the Sunraysia district of north-west Victoria for more than $115 million.

Relaunching destruction in Papua: monoculture agriculture project threatens indigenous lands and livelihoods

• WRM
• 08 August 2015

A large-scale agriculture project in Indonesia's southern Papua province has been relaunched, targeting 1.2 million hectares of indigenous land to develop rice farms over the next three years.

Small farmers could buy "up to 20ha of state-owned land"

• Tanjug
• 07 August 2015

The law also intends to allow major investors to lease up to 30 percent of the state-owned farmland.

Beef, big bucks and buy-ups: are Chinese investors changing the face of Australia?

• Guardian
• 06 August 2015

Chinese company's takeover of Australian farmland and firms draws mixed reaction from Australia ministers.

Implementation of extra-territorial culture in three countries

• Mehr News
• 05 August 2015

Iranian institute starts offshore food production in Kazakhstan and will soon expand to Ukraine and Ghana. It will also look into sourcing water supplies abroad.