Turkey's Ayka Investment is in the process of withdrawing its investment in cotton production in the Lower Omo Valley on the advice of its German customer Tchibo which has raised concerns about cotton projects in the area.
Forest regions and local livelihoods under threat as palm oil producers looking for new agricultural land are welcomed by African governments
Lao authorities granted the first ‘land as equity' project to a Chinese entrepreneur for a 10,000 ha plantation in Phonthong district.
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is labelling the Overseas Investment Office a rubber stamping machine, saying all 189 applications for overseas ownership of New Zealand land in the past two years have been approved.
What Obama administration officials need to realize is that the G8 New Alliance is fueling a rapidly growing trend where investors based in African cities are rapidly grabbing up land in rural communities by whatever means they can.
Focus on large-scale Chinese investments in African agriculture has fueled popular misperceptions of Chinese "land grabs" and overshadowed another phenomenon the rise of medium-scale private Chinese farmers and rural entrepreneurs.
As Indonesia’s national inquiry into land conflicts affecting indigenous peoples draws to a close, it has become clear that police brutality has become a serial feature and that legions of companies are operating without permits.
L’acquisition des terres arables camerounaises par les intérêts chinois n’a pas pu être évitée lors de l’audience et de la séance de travail bipartite animées par le ministre Moukoko Mbonjo et son hôte Wang Yi.
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency— the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank— announces additional support for Agrivision Africa (Chayton Africa) of Mauritius.
"Cabe preguntarse si el gobierno del presidente Horacio Cartes será sordo y ciego a la hora de enfrentar esta realidad condicionando incluso nuestra subsistencia como Estado Nación, ante el proceso de extranjerización del territorio".
While Vietnamese investors always have to wait long time to get land allocated, foreign invested enterprises do not have to spend much time on administrative procedures.
Finding the key personnel to manage a complex and capital intensive 200,000 hectare agribusiness can represent a major operational headache, says agribusiness advisor for PwC.
