Trans-Latin business and land grabbing in Latin America

• ALAI
• 16 December 2013

Land grabbing has taken on a distinct characteristic in Latin America, as Cristobal Kay, a specialist in development and agrarian reform, explains.

SEFE calls President of Cameroon's land deal with US company Herakles Farms a grave injustice and hindrance to conventional values

• SEFE
• 16 December 2013

Three Presidential decrees attributing lands to Herakles Farms in the South West region of Cameroon are reminiscent of colonialism and slavery.

Indonesian palm oil company demolishes homes and evicts villagers in week-long raid

• Mongabay
• 14 December 2013

Nearly 150 homes destroyed in the latest incident in conflict between indigenous Batin Sembilan residents and former Wilmar company.

Land laws block private equity flow into region’s agribusiness

• East African
• 13 December 2013

Differing land ownership laws in East Africa are hurting the growth of agribusiness as the sector is unable to attract needed private equity funds.

Canada's CPPIB to buy farmland portfolio in Saskatchewan

• Reuters
• 12 December 2013

Last year, CPPIB launched its agriculture investment program which is initially focusing on farmland opportunities in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

Latvian farmers advised to exercise caution in signing land lease contracts with foreigners

• Baltic Course
• 12 December 2013

Several farmers in Latvia report incidents with foreign entities that offer farmers highly complex land rental agreements where, should farmers fail to meet certain contractual provisions, they can lose the land.

Land as a matter of human rights

• The Broker
• 12 December 2013

Land grabbing is an expression of the dominant development model based on production and consumption patterns in which financial capital reigns.

Former Blackstone unit exec Bruce Wrobel dies

• CNBC
• 12 December 2013

Wrobel was CEO of Herakles Farms, which had sought to build palm oil farms in Cameroon.

Land conflicts in Argentina: From resistance to systemic transformation

• Food First
• 12 December 2013

Peasant movements are resisting this assault on their lands and fighting to transform the system.

CapMan Russia fund exits Russian Baltic Pork Invest ASA to international agro-food conglomerate

• GlobeNewswire
• 12 December 2013

Fund sells large scale pork farm in Russia to Thailand's Charoen Pokphand Foods.

CPPIB buys Saskatchewan farms in $128-million deal

• Globe and Mail
• 12 December 2013

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is buying a portfolio of Saskatchewan farms, with the $128-million purchase of Assiniboia Farmland LP.

South-South land grabbing: what the case of Egypt and its southern neighbours reveals

• Pambazuka
• 12 December 2013

Emerging regional powers’ in the South have produced powerful finance capitalists such as the Egyptian firm, Citadel Capital. Allied with global governance institutions, such firms represent greater control over vital resources and distribution routes for private wealth accumulation