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Farmers protest at ANZ Bank against land grabs
- Yahoo!
- 01 October 2014
Farmers held a demonstration at a branch of the ANZ Royal Bank in Phnom Penh on October 1, 2014 to protest against the bank’s financing of sugar plantations.
Thousands of hectares taken back from concessions
- VOA
- 30 September 2014
Cambodian authorities have taken back thousands of hectares of land concessions from eight private companies, in order to create a national park
Chinese investors eye fruit plantations in Saravan
- Vientiane Times
- 29 September 2014
Chinese investors are eying the potential of multi-million dollar investments in banana and other tropical fruit plantation projects in Saravan province, according to the provincial deputy governor.
Indonesia’s oil palm dilemma
- The Star
- 27 September 2014
Indonesia’s attractiveness for being the preferred destination of Malaysian oil palm planters has been shaken by reports of the country’s plan for a plantation bill that will limit foreign ownership to 30% from the present 95%.
How financialisation influences the dynamics in the food supply chain
- SOMO
- 26 September 2014
Discussion paper for the workshop ‘Mapping the State of Play on the Global Food Landscape’ Waterloo, 25-27 September 2014.
Qatar increases its investments in Turkey's agribusiness sector
- Daily Sabah
- 24 September 2014
Officials from Hassad Food arrived in Turkey to make investments aiming to slake the country’s basic agricultural requirements as the small peninsula lacks sufficient arable land
Planet palm oil: peasants pay the price for cheap vegetable oil
- GRAIN
- 24 September 2014
Over the past fifteen years, foreign companies have signed over 60 deals covering nearly 4 million hectares in central and western Africa for the development of oil palm plantations, reports GRAIN.
How Wall Street's robber barons are exploiting America's farmers
- AlterNet
- 24 September 2014
The latest fast-buck fad for high-roller investment trusts, hedge funds and venture capital speculators is "farming."
Video explores land grabs, development in Ethiopia
- Grassroots International
- 24 September 2014
Video by Alfredo Bini explores the phenomenon of land grabs through the eyes of foreign investors, governments and the people on the land.
Video: Large scale land acquisitions and responsible investment in Africa
- ODI
- 24 September 2014
Presentation by Ruth Hall of PLAAS on responsible or irresponsible agricultural investment in Africa at the Future Agricultures London Policy Dialogue.
Food and finance: the financial transformation of agro-food supply chains
- JPS
- 24 September 2014
Land is becoming increasingly more coveted by transnational agribusiness and financial investors.
Ukrainian, Chinese investors launch joint agriculture project
- Xinhua
- 24 September 2014
The DARA Group and Chinese Agricultural Corporation HuanFan Qu agree on a US$58 million 5-year project to develop cereal farms, pig farms and greenhouses in the Ukraine.