A study commissioned by Aquila Capital reveals that institutional investors are to increase their direct ownership of real assets, including farmland, by 14%.
Saudi dairy company Almarai completed the purchase of 9,834 acres of farmland in Arizona, US, as part of its efforts to secure a supply of alfalfa hay from outside the Kingdom to support its dairy business.
Union Development Group continues to bulldoze the land of Koh Kong province families. Villagers say the company is breaking with its concession agreement by planting cassava instead of building a luxury resort.
Why the struggle to quantify the global land grabbing crisis is part of the problem.
Report describes and analyzes specific cases of land grabbing around the world within various socio economical contexts and with diverse social and environmental consequences .
Global Witness and SAMFU welcome the commitment by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf to make any expansion by Equatorial Palm Oil onto Jogbahn Clan land dependent on the approval of the communities affected.
Paradis agricole, la Roumanie est de plus en plus convoitée par les investisseurs étrangers, au risque de voir ses terres arables lui échapper.
One month after the confrontation between land owners in southern Sierra Leone and the SOCFIN Agricultural Company, Green Scenery published a 13-page report on the clamp down on community members who have been advocating for their rights to their land.
Sunny Ajele, talks about how life for the communities in Edo State Nigeria has changed with the expansion of the oil palm plantations by a SOCFIN subsidiary
Austrian farmers working in Hungary could be forced off their land under new laws initiated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a prospect that angers Vienna and could revive conflict between Orban and Brussels.
There is growing interest from international investors in the New Zealand agricultural sector, particularly from wealthy Europeans, boutique funds manager Mint Asset Management says.
La population locale s’oppose au projet. ActionAid lance une pétition contre l’entreprise italienne Tampieri accusée d’accaparement des terres. La réponse : « Nous agissons selon les règles, dans l’intérêt de la population. »
Austrian farmers working in Hungary could be forced off their land under new laws initiated by Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a prospect that angers Vienna and could revive conflict between Orban and Brussels.
The long fight between the people of Joghban and other surrounding clans and the Equatorial Palm Oil Company seems to be over.
A fonte acrescentou que para além dos brasileiros e espanhóis, existe, igualmente, um forte interesse da Itália no desenvolvimento da agricultura em Moçambique.
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Here’s how this fundie is making money from the land
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