Liberian government publishes landmark resource audit, but urgently needs to address findings
      Audit says Liberian government failed to fully apply its own laws when awarding land concessions to palm oil companies Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum and recommends urgent remedial action
      • Global Witness
      • 22 May 2013
      Herakles Exposed: The truth behind Herakles Farms false promises in Cameroon
      Company documents provided to the Oakland Institute contain evidence that Herakles Farms is misleading investors, local communities, the Cameroonian government, and the general public.
      • Oakland Institute
      • 22 May 2013
      The anatomy of a Mozambique land deal
      A multi-million dollar “ethical” plantation development in northwestern Mozambique - the initiative of a clutch of Scandinavian faith-based organizations - has faced alleged acts of sabotage by the very people it was designed to assist, illustrating the divisions between foreign benefactors and local communities.
      • IRIN
      • 22 May 2013
      Are Indian companies “land grabbing” in Africa?
      The Hindu's Addis Ababa correspondent Aman Sethi has recently written about Indian companies’ involvement in Ethiopia and Mali, and on 19 May he took part in a Q&A session on Facebook on the issue of so-called Indian land grabs in African countries.
      • Global Voices
      • 22 May 2013
      MVP Group eyes Davao farm
      Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd’s agribusiness unit PT Indofood is eyeing 30,000 hectares of land in Davao Oriental, Philippines, for palm oil production.
      • PhilStar
      • 22 May 2013
      Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800m in Sudan
      Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday.
      • Reuters
      • 21 May 2013
      European banks and penion funds fuel land-grabs in Uganda
      European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe.
      • FOE
      • 21 May 2013
      Animated guide to land grabs
      Animation from Oxfam showing how families are being unfairly evicted from their land and left with no way to grow food or earn a living as a result of big land deals in poor countries.
      • Oxfam
      • 21 May 2013
      Interview with FGV coordinator Cleber Guarany about the ProSavana Project in Mozambique.
      Translation of an interview given by the coordinator of the consulting firm responsible for developing the ProSavana master plan and coordinating private sector investment.
      • Terraviva
      • 21 May 2013
      Saudi investor to delay Sudan farm project over dollar curbs
      A Saudi firm will hold off its planned project in Sudan to produce wheat and other basic food items until the government eases a ban to repatriate profits.
      • Reuters
      • 20 May 2013
      Stallion Group to invest in rice production in Edo
      A private initiative, Stallion Group, has indicated its readiness to invest in rice production in Edo State, just as the state government assured it of a conducive environment.
      • This Day
      • 20 May 2013
      Arabs invest little in agriculture
      Agricultural investment firm GLB presented its Sudan alfafa production project, which produces feed for animals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to participants at the agriculture investment conference in Sudan.
      • ANBA
      • 20 May 2013

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