The draft National Land Use Policy has created widespread discontent in Myanmar. It is only positive for those who may seek to acquire land for business purposes and have security in their investments.
"We are in the middle of a land-grabbing storm.” Draft land use policy dismays farmers and ethnic minority groups
A lucrative agro-industrial crop like palm oil, in a context of entrenched corruption and an authoritarian regime, lends itself to land grabbing and agrarian violence.
Former Australian prime minister Bob Hawke lobbied Colin Barnett to allow a Chinese company to buy a large package of land in the Ord River.
Pakistan, which is currently in negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas supplies, has opened its farm sector to investments from Qatar, which has placed utmost priority on food security.
Imperialism today is no longer conducted by nation-states but, instead, by multi-national corporations but the essence of the saga is unchanged: A poor continent is being raped by powerful, wealthy Westerners.
Commencement of a joint EU-Cambodia process to assess displacement claims pertaining to sugarcane plantations in Cambodia pivotal step towards justice for thousands of Cambodian suffered at the hands of sugar industry.
Vast global land transactions take place as nations scramble to ensure they can eat. But are these deals always fair? And what happens when yield countries change their mind?
Qatar joins a growing list of countries that includes other Gulf states, India, China and South Korea, that are not just importing food but buying the land abroad on which it is grown.
Talks with CITIC follow July agreement on business alliance between Itochu, Japan’s third-largest trading company, and the CP Group in an attempt to expand food supply in the world’s most populous region.
Japanese NGOs’ fact-finding on ProSAVANA, an agricultural development program implemented in Mozambique by Japanese Official Development Assistance.
Non-Canadian owned Skyline Agriculture Financial Corp’s plan could open Saskatchewan to more foreign investment in farmland.
