Bulgarian REIT Advance Terrafund sells 2,336 ha of farmland in Jan-Aug

• SeeNews
• 15 September 2014

Bulgarian real estate investment trust Advance Terrafund said on Monday it sold 2,336 hectares of farmland.

Chinese fund to splash $3bn on Australian agriculture

• Weekly Times
• 15 September 2014

A new $3 billion fund jointly initiated by the Beijing Agricultural Investment Fund and Yuhu Agriculture Investment Pty Ltd. is planning to invest $3 billion capital in various projects in Australia.

85 squatter farmers face arrest

• Bangkok Post
• 15 September 2014

Authorities plan to arrest about 85 farmers who have occupied a large tract of land, formerly an oil palm plantation, in Plai Phraya district of Krabi today.

Sudan requires US$ 14 billion in investment

• ANBA
• 11 September 2014

One of the main topics at the Mining and Food Security Forum in Khartoum was Sudan’s food production potential and the need for international cooperation, especially from Arab countries.

'If you take away land, you take away life'

• Foreign Policy
• 11 September 2014

Cambodia's prime minister made a promise to tackle the country's most nagging social problem. Now his compatriots are taking him at his word.

Tropical forests illegally destroyed for commercial agriculture

• Guardian
• 11 September 2014

Increasing international demand for palm oil, beef, soy and wood is fuelling the illegal destruction of tropical forests at an alarming rate.

Environmental journalist faces harassment from Indian multinational corporation for critical article

• IFEX
• 10 September 2014

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn an attempt to harass a well-known environmental journalist by Karuturi Global Limited (KGL).

Palm oil, poverty and ‘imperialism’: A reality check from Liberia

• Global Witness
• 10 September 2014

Silas Sikor of the Sustainable Development Institute responds to Sir Jonathon Porritt's suggestion that oil palm plantations are a solution to poverty.

Africa’s dividing farmlands a threat to food security

• IPS
• 10 September 2014

As investors rush to East and southern Africa for large-scale land acquisitions, a majority of Africa’s farmers now farm on less than one hectare.

Chinese authorities eye agricultural investment in Laos

• Vientiane Times
• 10 September 2014

Authorities of Quanzhou city in China’s Fujian province have expressed their interest in agricultural investment in growing rice and organic vegetables to supply the Chinese market.

Africa an El Dorado for South Africa’s agribusiness giants

• ACB
• 09 September 2014

The ACB releases new report which shows the extent to which South African agribusinesses dominate the farm to fork agribusiness value chain in Africa-worth billions of dollars.

Michigan pension fund to invest more in Australian nuts, livestock

• Reuters
• 09 September 2014

Thousands of miles from pricey U.S. farmland, a Michigan pension fund is expanding its investments in Australian farms, betting on good returns from the comparatively cheaper assets and surging commodity prices.