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Resisting Sime Darby: Oil palm development slammed at Gbarpolu conference
- FrontPageAfrica
- 02 December 2012
Citizens at a conference in Bopolu expressed strong opposition to planned oil-palm development by Sime Darby in Gbarpolu County.
Letter and resolution of the landholding families, Malen Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- MALOA
- 01 December 2012
Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.
Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa: Turning Arab investment into Africa requires guaranteeing legislation
- BNA
- 01 December 2012
Shaikh Khalid said that the Arab countries have a serious desire to join the African market and benefit from the natural resources ready for investment, particularly in the agricultural field.
Civil society groups to investors: Stop land grabbing
- AkanimoReports
- 30 November 2012
Major farmland investors such as banks and pension funds must stop facilitating land grabs, civil society groups on the eve of a global farmland investment conference in London on December 3-5, have said.
Australian elite seeks to bridge Middle East investment gulf
- WSJ
- 30 November 2012
“When things are mortgaged up to the hilt and the banks are involved then it’s either bank ownership or foreign ownership,” says South Australian sheep farmer Brian Wilson
Invest in food on climate change risk: Baring
- Reuters
- 30 November 2012
Taking tracts of agricultural land is among ways to play the risks of climate change says Baring Asset Management's chief investment officer, Marino Valensise.
Kenana to invest US$ 2 bn in five years
- ANBA
- 30 November 2012
Kenana Sugar Company is the head of the spear of the Sudanese project for agricultural development. While governments and Arab companies discuss strategies for the sector, the organisation plans to invest US$ 2 billion over the next five years in several expansion projects.
Western Autralia Government not privy to Chinese farm deal
- AAP
- 30 November 2012
WA Australian Agriculture Minister Terry Redman can't shed light on reports a Chinese agricultural giant could buy up to $4 billion worth of prime farmland after snapping up some 30,000 hectares in the past month.
Brazilian agribusiness invades Africa
- Brasil de Fato
- 30 November 2012
A Brazilian megaproject in Mozambique is set to displace millions of peasants
Trigon swaps land, cuts exposure to Russia drought
- Agrimoney
- 28 November 2012
The Black Sea farm operator revealed it had "expanded" the deal to swap land holdings after a collapse of nearly 50% in its Russian crop production.
Investors to acquire limited land
- Daily News
- 28 November 2012
The Tanzanian government has agreed to put a ceiling with regard to what size of land a single large scale investor can be allocated for agriculture.
Move to block foreign land sales
- Herald Sun
- 28 November 2012
A campaign to block foreign ownership of Australian farmland until a national interest test has been conducted has received the backing of the Australian Greens and some Independents.