China's CITIC Construction says it has developed two 10,000 hectare farms in Angola and will invest $5 billion in a 500,000 hectare farm next year.
- China Daily
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18 November 2014
Review of concessions and conflict in eight emerging and frontier markets finds more than 93% of mining, oil & gas, logging, and agriculture developments involve inhabited land.
- Global Landscapes Forum
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18 November 2014
Farming revenues also plunged 64 percent, as AgriNurture closed its rice farming operations.
Agricultural investment, productivity and land rights in the context of large-scale investments
Black River Asset Management, a subsidiary of Cargill, one of the world's biggest food producers, has bought four grain-producing farms in the Darling Downs farming region between Dalby and Chinchilla.
- Financial Review
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17 November 2014
Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is teaming up with the China National Machinery Industry Corporation to acquire a 5,000 ha dairy farm in Queensland to supply infant formula to China.
- Bloomberg
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14 November 2014
Continental efforts to adopt land policies for inclusive and sustainable development took a step forward with the official launch of the AU's Guiding Principles on Large Scale Land Based Investments in Africa
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Indigenous communities, environmentalists and human rights defenders of West Papua gathered in Jayapura, 4-7 November 2014, to discuss problems linked to rapidly expanding plantations.
- Awas Mifee
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14 November 2014
Interview with Josh Maiyo of VU University Amsterdam about foreign investments in agriculture and land in Uganda.
- Africa Works!
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13 November 2014
Small-holder farmers hold key to Africa's food security, but are often excluded from debates on agricultural investments.
- Mail & Guardian
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13 November 2014
Fashion retailer has instructed its suppliers to ensure they do not use cotton from the Omo Valley, where there is an increased risk of land-grabbing - but admits it cannot provide an absolute guarantee.
- just-style
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12 November 2014