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Chinese agriculture goes global – analysis
- Eurasia Review
- 16 December 2014
China invests in land and research in Africa, South America, Central Asia to feed the world’s largest population.
Forty NGOs based outside of Cambodia support ICC case
- Cambodia Daily
- 15 December 2014
Forty NGOs signed a letter sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC), asking to open a preliminary investigation into an October filing that accused Cambodian “ruling elite” crimes against humanity by committed widespread land grabs.
Macquarie plays ACE dairy card
- Financial Review
- 15 December 2014
ACE Farming, backed by institutional investors, has stayed out of the limelight, quietly building up its portfolio of 18 dairy farms across Victoria.
Washing out diversity
- ALDAW
- 15 December 2014
A report by ALDAW (Ancesteral Land/Domain Watch)on the impact of oil palm plantations on non-timber forest products (NTFPs), indigenous people’s livelihood and community conserved areas (CCAs)in Palawan, Philippines.
Civil society statement supporting the case filed against the Cambodian ruling elite in the International Criminal Court
- Global Witness
- 12 December 2014
CSOs submit letter to ICC supporting case filed against Cambodia ruling elite that have waged widespread and systematic land grabbing, asking ICC to open a preliminary investigation.
Register to track foreign companies buying Australian farmland to be delayed
- ABC
- 12 December 2014
The Nationals, and some regional Liberals, claim that without the register, Australia's food security and sovereignty could be jeopardised.
Ethiopia: Large scale killing and deportation of Somali-Issa people in the Awash River
- Hiraan
- 11 December 2014
More than 300,000 people were asked to clear an area the size of Belgium to pave the way for a program with the prime purpose of leasing or selling lands to foreign investors.
The corporate takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
- Oakland Institue
- 11 December 2014
Today, on the heels of Ukraine’s new cabinet appointments, the Oakland Institute is releasing a new brief detailing western agribusiness investments in the country.
Peru: Olmos irrigation project sparks development debate
- SciDevNet
- 11 December 2014
A tunnel through the Andes will carry water to irrigate the dry Olmos region. But large land plots are being auctioned, favouring big firms over local farmers.
Argentina: Communities protest foreign land grabs in Iberá
- Cultural Survival
- 11 December 2014
Organizations representing local farmers, Indigenous communities, and environmentalists gathered in Corrientes to demand an end to the land-grabbing by foreign investors in the province.
Africa ‘must rethink approach to agriculture investment’
- WSJ
- 11 December 2014
For Africa’s agriculture to realize its full potential the continent’s governments need to rethink their approach to encouraging investment, Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch says.
Algeria starts maize production, seeks foreign investors
- Reuters
- 11 December 2014
Algeria started its first commercial maize production this year and will soon approve applications from foreign investors to boost output and reduce reliance on imports, the head of the country's farmers' union said.