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Ethiopia’s farm investment plans falter on flood plain
- Bloomberg
- 26 November 2013
Karuturi, like many other large-scale investors, underestimated the complexity of opening land for large-scale commercial agriculture.
Cameroon permits trimmed palm oil project by US firm Herakles
- Reuters
- 26 November 2013
Cameroon President Paul Biya has given final approval to New York venture capital firm Herakles Capital to start work on a 20,000 hectares palm oil plantation, despite opposition from some locals and conservation groups.
Jenaan changes Egypt strategy to wheat for local market
- Reuters
- 25 November 2013
Jenaan, which has agricultural investments from Spain to Ethiopia, said it changed its policy in part because it had been losing money in Egypt and in part due to advice from the government of Abu Dhabi.
US farming investors look to West Australia for land purchases
- ABC
- 25 November 2013
An American grain consultant says there's a lot of interest from the United States farming sector in investing in West Australian agriculture.
China reaps rewards of farm plunge
- West Australian
- 23 November 2013
The writing is on the wall for anyone who doubts China's plans to invest billions of dollars for a big stake in WA agriculture.
China will grow our food
- City Press
- 23 November 2013
BEK-Pengxin Agritech aims to have more than one million hectares of land producing food and high-end by-products from agricultural estates in each of South Africa’s provinces.
Ethiopia: Saudi Star rice project feels the pinch
- The Reporter
- 23 November 2013
The Pakistani company MCG Consulting, which had been working with Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc on a rice farm in the Gambella Regional State, has pulled out of the project.
Sarawak indigenous communities launch campaign against land grabbing
- Aliran
- 23 November 2013
Leaders of Sarawak indigenous groups gathered at a public forum in Kuching to launch an online signature campaign against land grabbing by private and government corporations in their communties.
Financiers of palm oil must stop deforestation and illegal activity
- FOE
- 21 November 2013
Illegal and harmful production of palmoil in Indonesia is continuing, reveals a new report released today by Friends of the Earth.
Where the buffalo shouldn't roam
- openDemocracy
- 20 November 2013
In Romania traditional livelihoods and rare animal species are about to give way to a bizarre, private project to introduce American buffalo. It's part of a rural exodus, and EU law will make future land grabs even easier.
Papua New Guinea losing independence
- Oakland Institute
- 19 November 2013
Papua New Guinea is the latest known victim in a modern era of land grabs orchestrated by foreign corporations according to an investigative report and a film.
Beefing up ties with Myanmar
- Financial Express
- 19 November 2013
Myanmar officials have proposed to Bangladesh to invest in agriculture in their country as it has a lot of arable lands for this purpose. The Myanmar government also said they were ready to give long-term lease of land to Bangladeshi entrepreneurs for agricultural purposes from which both the countries would benefit.