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.

Private equity firm Fanisi buys stake in Tanzanian agro-processor

• Reuters
• 09 July 2015

Kenya-based private equity house Fanisi Capital said on Thursday it had bought a stake in a Tanzanian agro-processing company for $6 million, expanding its footprint in the region.

Infrastructural violence and the monopoly system in Indonesia’s oil palm plantation zone

• MSH-M
• 09 July 2015

Tania Murray Li of the University of Toronto explains how the devastating expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia shows what can be expected from the current expansion of the plantation model elsewhere around the world.

China, Africa and food security

• International Policy Digest
• 09 July 2015

If Africa remains a food deficit region, exporting significant quantities of food to China grown on Chinese-financed investment projects will raise serious questions.

SABL issue explained in new fact sheet for communities

• Act Now
• 08 July 2015

Even though the Commission of Inquiry into the land grab has found the SABL process was flawed, land grabbing continues. Many communities are still not aware of what SABL is and how customary land is being stolen.

Palm oil giant Wilmar resorts to dirty tricks

• FPP
• 08 July 2015

World’s largest palm oil trading company, Wilmar International Ltd., under scrutiny as communities accuse its suppliers of harassment, deception and rights abuses.

Land rights and investment treaties: exploring the interface

• IIED
• 08 July 2015

Investment treaties can have far-reaching implications for land reform, for public action to address “land grabbing” and more generally for land governance frameworks

Nigeria palm oil land grab exposes need for human rights treaty

• Friends of the Earth
• 08 July 2015

A new report from Friends of the Earth: “If Wilmar fails to improve its operations, the company had better pack and go.”

Africa's land rush: rural livelihoods and agrarian change

• PLAAS
• 08 July 2015

Case studies in this book reveal how today's land grabs may resonate with, even resurrect, forms of large-scale production associated with the colonial and early independence eras of Africa.

Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia

• World Bulletin
• 07 July 2015

Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.

Middle East to London: Success stories of agricultural investments

• Zawya
• 06 July 2015

Exacerbated by the pursuit for higher profits, capital preservation and food security, the oil rich region has over the years witnessed increasing demand for agricultural investments

Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms

• Sunday Night
• 05 July 2015

China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.