• Thai govt finds foreigners buying farmland
    • Bangkok Post
    • 19 August 2009

    The Government of Thailand has uncovered evidence suggesting foreigners could have obtained illegal ownership of about 10,000 rai (1,600 ha) of farmland in the central region and employed farmers to grow crops there.

  • Egypt's Beltone, Sudan's Kenana to invest in farms
    • Reuters
    • 19 August 2009

    Egypt's Beltone Private Equity and Sudan's Kenana Sugar Company have agreed to set up a firm to invest up to $1 billion in large-scale agriculture projects in both countries, Beltone said in a statement on Wednesday.

  • Cheap Canadian farmland lures foreign buyers
    • Mail and Globe
    • 19 August 2009

    Hancock Agricultural Investment Group, a Boston-based unit of Toronto's Manulife Financial Corp., decided its first Canadian purchase would be an 1,100-acre (450-hectare) patch of land that it called "one of the most highly productive properties in the industry." The company will not disclose how much it paid, or even the exact location of the farm. But president Jeff Conrad said the company is in Canada to stay, and the fund plans to seek more land.

  • Les terres inaccessibles aux étrangers
    • L'Express de Madagascar
    • 19 August 2009

    Les nouveaux investisseurs à Madagascar devront encore patienter. Selon une mesure infirmant la nouvelle loi, ils ne peuvent accéder aux terres malgaches.

  • ASEAN states plan rice cartel
    • VNS
    • 18 August 2009

    Laos has approached Thailand as a partner in a joint venture with Kuwait to grow rice in Laos. The Lao government has allocated 200,000ha.

  • Agriterra Ltd seeks to acquire West African palm oil company
    • Agriterra
    • 18 August 2009

    EBF, which Agriterra will acquire, has land holdings of more than 169,000 hectares in Liberia, West Africa.

  • Consórcio líbio-moçambicano vai produzir arroz na província de Maputo
    • Macauhub
    • 18 August 2009

    O consórcio líbio-moçambicano Lap/Ubuntu vai iniciar o projecto denominado Bela Vista Rice, destinado à produção mecanizada e processamento integrado de arroz no distrito de Matutuíne, província de Maputo, informou o jornal Notícias, de Maputo.

  • Thailand set for food deals with the Gulf
    • Bangkok Post
    • 18 August 2009

    Thailand is poised to establish joint ventures with Gulf states to secure rice, processed agricultural products and food supplies for the oil-rich countries. But the government has reiterated that foreigners will not be allowed to invest in farming and livestock businesses in Thailand.

  • La Libye s'accapare des terres rizicoles maliennes
    • Via Campesina
    • 17 August 2009

    L’accaparement des terres des petits paysans par des grandes entreprises nationales et étrangères devient un sujet de plus en plus révoltant au Mali.

  • Financiers scent food-security deals
    • Financial Times
    • 17 August 2009

    As financiers seek to diversify their fee bases, investment banks are scenting an opportunity in Gulf states’ eagerness to secure long-term food supplies in the form of agricultural investment deals.

  • Sime Darby $800 million Contract: Another Form of Extortion in Liberia?
    • New Liberian
    • 17 August 2009

    The recently signed $800 million United States dollars Concession contract between the government of Liberia and the multinational conglomerate, Sime Darby, is raising questions in counties to be affected.

  • Mamadou Cissokho du CNCR : ’’la question foncière doit être analysée en terme de terres agricoles utiles’’
    • APS
    • 17 August 2009

    Si les paysans perdent leurs terres, ils deviendront ’’des clochards’’ avertit Mamadou Cissokho

Who's involved?

Whos Involved?

Carbon land deals




  • 30 Jun 2025 - Online
    Webinar: Land reform at a crossroads
    07 Oct 2025 - Cape Town
    Land, life and society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20
  • Languages



    Special content



    Archives


    Resistance & actions