Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.

Mosambik lockt kommerzielle Farmer, um die vernachlässigte Landwirtschaft zu modernisieren. Mega-Projekt ProSavana: Dem Agrobusiness wird ein riesiges Gebiet im Norden zur Erschließung überlassen. Brasilien exportiert mit Finanzmitteln aus Japan sein Agrarmodell samt der Widersprüche nach Afrika. Doch formiert sich Widerstand.

Nouvel épisode à rebondissement pour Charles Beigbeder. L'homme d'affaires a annoncé, vendredi 3 mai, qu'il associait ses fermes en Ukraine à celles de son concurrent Harmelia, contrôlé par un fonds américain, le texan SigmaBleyzer.

Reportage diffusé par la radio ZIK-FM de Kaolack sur la campagne de lutte contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles conduite par le Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux (CNCR).

Global rules for investment in agriculture need to be overhauled, Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, said yesterday, as signs emerge of rising barriers to the flow of investment around the world.

Hesham Al Shirawi, Chairman of Economic Zones World, mooted the idea of establishing free zones for agri-business in Africa during the Africa Global Business Forum 2013. The establishment of corn farms is also a lucrative business proposition, he added.

The member countries also agreed to draft a unified strategy for cooperation with other Arab countries that have agricultural land, including Sudan, Morocco and Yemen, as well as with African countries.

Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. will work with the Department of Agriculture to identify lands in the Philippine for the production of cash crops, hoping to eventually control over 200,000ha.

Chinese executives of state farms in Ningxia Province visit Ghana to explore opportunites in rice farming and express interest in acquiring the struggling state-owned Aveyime Cattle Ranch.

Grupos da sociedade civil finalmente viram, após uma fuga, um exemplar da versão mais recente do Plano Director para o programa ProSAVANA, com data de Março de 2013. O documento deixa claras as intenções do projecto e confirma que os governos do Japão, do Brasil e de Moçambique estão secretamente a preparar o caminho para a usurpação de terras em grande escala no Norte de Moçambique.

Last week, hundreds of Sudanese protested in Eastern Khartoum demanding the government revoke the sale of farming lands to Gulf investors. There is no logical reason behind these demonstrations except ignorance of the reality of the GCC approach, says economist.

Univanich Palm Oil, one of the Thailand's leading palm-oil producers and its largest exporter of crude palm oil, is expanding into Asean with its first investment in the Philippines.