Four case studies document widespread abuses by Cargill palm oil supplier Kuala Lumpur Kepong
A new survey of 223 asset managers, pension plans and pension consultants with combined assets of $13.4 trillion shows investor interest in farmland
LICADHO documents half a million Cambodians evicted or at risk of eviction since 2000 because of government land seizures and policies to lease swathes of land to well-connected companies.
World Development Movement Report says G8's New Alliance will lead to increased land-grabbing, higher costs for small-scale farmers, and the prioritisation of crops for export.
- Economic Voice
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01 April 2014
The Ghana-based fund already has investments in farms in Zimbabwe and Cameroon, a fertiliser plant in Madagascar, a beverage company in Zambia and a bakery in Nigeria.
US government reviews efforts to implement voluntary guidelines and go further in legitimising or building consensus around largescale farmland deals
World Bank’s new country rankings system will prize deregulation of the agriculture sector and is expected to enable further land grabbing around the world.
- Oakland Institue
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31 Mar 2014
Southern Agricultural Resources Limited – a fund backed by overseas investors – has purchased Twynam Group's Gundaline Station in Australia's NSW Riverina for about $25 million.
- Financial Review
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31 Mar 2014
Edo State Government says 60,000 ha acquired for oil palm by instant noodle maker United Food Industries Ltd of Indonesia's Salim Group.
With 1.3 billion people to feed in a nation grappling with tainted food and polluted land, Chinese companies are investing in farmland overseas.
The company, which changed its name from Alpcot Agro, is considering selling its farms in Ukraine.
The clearing of forests inhabited by indigenous people in Indonesia's Papua Region by agribusinesses is fuelling conflict in the southern Merauke Regency.