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Liberian politician speaks out against landgrabbing
- FOEi
- 11 June 2014
Byron Browne, Member of Parliament from Grand Bassa County, Liberia, has lambasted the government for protecting investors rather than the rights of its own people.
Finance, real estate investors pour money into agriculture
- VietNamNet
- 11 June 2014
Vietnamese businessmen, who have earned high profits with their finance and real estate investment deals, are now rushing to pour money into agriculture projects.
MIGA and OPIC team to unlock investments in African agriculture
- Devex
- 11 June 2014
A US government agency, a World Bank Group member and a private equity fund plan to help half a million small-scale farmers boost yields and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
UBS launches farmland investment service
- Financial Standard
- 10 June 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia.
Cambodia's Tep Vanny: 'I am ready to die for justice'
- Asia Calling
- 09 June 2014
Across Cambodia developers are seizing valuable pieces of land, throw the existing community out, and after protests ebb away, building new developments on them: malls and apartments for the newly rich.
Foreclosure notice forces Karuturi to pay off 25 percent debt
- The Reporter
- 07 June 2014
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is pressuring Karuturi Global Ltd to repay a credit provision of 65 million birr (US$3.3 million).
Our land, our future
- SESDev
- 06 June 2014
From May 26th-28th Liberian communities impacted by palm oil came together to share their experiences and discuss their hopes for the future.
Grow Africa sees local agribusiness improving
- Daily News
- 06 June 2014
Government of Tanzania pilots a win-win deal whereby communities receive a 10% shareholding in Bagamoyo EcoEnergy Ltd. in exchange for a 99-year lease of their land free from encumbrance.
KKR backs Cofco drive to ramp up China hog output
- APK
- 06 June 2014
Cofco revealed that its pork subsidiary had sold stakes to private equity groups including KKR in a "strategic partnership" to construct and manage "large scale" hog farms and meat processing plants in China.
Borrowing bonanza: Is Ethiopia rich or poor to lend to multinationals
- Ethiiomedia
- 06 June 2014
Profit maximization for multinationals like Karuturi is bolstered by the fact that borrowing locally is highly profitable.
Smallholders lose land to large-scale farmers: study
- The Citizen
- 05 June 2014
A study titled ‘Sad stories about agricultural investment on right to food: A case of SAGCOT areas in Ruvuma’ notes that “cries of loss of land for small-scale farmers are widespread”.
KKR makes maiden African investment
- FIN Alternatives
- 05 June 2014
KKR will invest about US$200 million from its European fund in Afriflora, an Ethiopian flower farm.