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Fight foreign ownership of Wisconsin farmland
- Agri-View
- 15 January 2015
The foreign ownership of agricultural land is a significant issue in many countries and is gaining increasing attention here in the United States.
Ayka to shelve Ethiopian cotton project
- Ecotextile News
- 15 January 2015
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.
Palm oil risk to Africa as prospectors eye swaths of land
- Guardian
- 15 January 2015
Forest regions and local livelihoods under threat as palm oil producers looking for new agricultural land are welcomed by African governments
Champassak moves towards ‘land as equity' project model
- Vientiane Times
- 15 January 2015
Lao authorities granted the first ‘land as equity' project to a Chinese entrepreneur for a 10,000 ha plantation in Phonthong district.
All foreign applications to buy NZ land approved - Peters
- One News
- 14 January 2015
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.
Will the White House change course on the New Alliance?
- ActionAid
- 14 January 2015
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.
Chinese agricultural engagement in Zambia: A grassroots analysis
- SAIS
- 14 January 2015
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.
Indonesian hearings reveal forest ravages
- Asia Sentinel
- 14 January 2015
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.
Relations Chine-Cameroun : la question foncière divise
- News du Camer
- 14 January 2015
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.
MIGA backs agribusiness investment in Zambia
- MIGA
- 13 January 2015
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.
Admiten que productores de soja paraguayos dañan el medio ambiente
- Prensa Latina
- 13 January 2015
"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".
Foreign businesses control of farm produce exports questioned
- VietNamNet
- 13 January 2015
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.
When worlds collide – farmers and financiers
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 13 January 2015
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.
Ethiopia dam will turn Lake Turkana into 'endless battlefield', locals warn
- Guardian
- 13 January 2015
Kenyans near world’s largest desert lake predict conflict, hunger and cultural devastation when hydroelectric project and sugar plantations are completed.
Indian police stop mass protest against land grabs
- IUF
- 12 January 2015
Police have suppressed a mass protest against Indian government plans to legalize corporate land grabs.