Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
      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.
      • Sunday Night
      • 05 July 2015
      The economics of ELCs
      Economic land concessions (ELC) in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations. Despite moratoriums on land grabbing, companies operating ELCs continue dominate and run much of Cambodia’s arable land.
      • Phnom Penh Post
      • 05 July 2015
      Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
      Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
      • Oakland Institue
      • 02 July 2015
      Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
      US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
      • Reuters
      • 02 July 2015
      Foreign investment in Australian agriculture to be registered, made public
      Australia will force all foreign investors to register their agricultural holdings from Wednesday as scrutiny on overseas investment increases.
      • Xinhua
      • 01 July 2015
      #NoLandNoLife | Land & Rights Watch: 3 killings every 2 weeks due to land conflicts and struggles
      In 2015 there are 510 victims from land related human rights violations in Asia and Latin America. Mostly indigenous peoples, activists, community leaders, farmers and agricultural workers.
      • Land & Rights Watch
      • 01 July 2015
      Land Inc.
      Land Inc. is a journey across Brazil, Dubai, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Madagascar the Philippines and Ukraine to document what some define as a form of neocolonialism, and others as a chance for development: land grabbing
      • TerraProject
      • 30 June 2015
      Showcase whets China's farmland appetite
      China's appetite for Australian farmland showing no signs of being sated. Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) annual report confirmed China has become Australia's biggest source of approved foreign investment after a $12.4 billion splurge.
      • The Land
      • 30 June 2015
      Russians wary of land deals with China
      Plans of Russia’s Far Eastern Zabaikalsky region to allow Chinese firms to rent sizeable plots of land has drawn vocal protests in Russia, including a series of online petitions demanding to annul the would-be-deal.
      • Asia Times
      • 29 June 2015
      Australia tightens rules on foreign ownership of farmland
      Australia tightened rules on Monday requiring overseas investors to declare holdings of agricultural land in order to strengthen oversight, amid concerns that Australia is losing control of its own food security.
      • Reuters
      • 29 June 2015
      NGOs, activists fret new role for Indonesia's spy agency
      A mysterious new partnership between Indonesia's spy agency and Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) to boost foreign investment has civil society wary of deepening agrarian conflict in the post-authoritarian country.
      • Mongabay
      • 29 June 2015
      PNG aims to become major rice exporter
      PNG's Minister for Agriculture says "the best way to do agriculture in Papua New Guinea is large-scale, mechanized" as small scale agriculture is "no longer feasible."
      • China Daily
      • 29 June 2015

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