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Cameroonian farmers find justice in Fair Fruit
- IPS
- 14 Mar 2013
“Fair Fruit is grown by Cameroonian farmers who were forced off their land by a transnational company seeking to establish its vast plantations."
Hassad Food eyes new investments in Pakistan
- Gulf Times
- 14 Mar 2013
Qatar has plans to expand its food security options in Pakistan and the state-owned corporation, Hassad Food, has opened an office in Lahore, Pakistan’s ambassador Mohamed Sarfraz A Khanzada told Gulf Times in an exclusive interview.
Swedish Black Earth?
- FarmLandS
- 14 Mar 2013
"I’ve put together a table with what I think are the main Swedish land investments in Russia and Ukraine," writes Brian Kuns. "In doing this, I ran into some of the known difficulties associated with monitoring the phenomenon of large-scale land-acquisition."
La terre à ceux qui la travaillent
- Esther Vivas
- 13 Mar 2013
La terre est une source de profit pour quelques uns, que ce soit ici, dans l'Etat espagnol, ou à l’autre bout de la planète, écrit Esther Vivas
Velcourt Group plans farmland investment projects in Romania
- Bloomberg
- 13 Mar 2013
UK farm management company Velcourt Group said it’s planning to invest in farmland in Romania in a joint venture with Mintridge International.
Tanzania: Villagers cry over land grabbing
- The Citizen
- 13 Mar 2013
Bagamoyo villagers are up in arms over the government supporting an investor they accuse of grabbing about 6,000 hectares of their land in the district.
The G8 and land grabs in Africa
- GRAIN
- 13 Mar 2013
The G8 countries are implementing a New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition in six African countries that will facilitate the transfer of control over African agriculture from peasants to foreign agribusiness.
BRICS African agriculture investments paying off
- Ghana Web
- 13 Mar 2013
The African agriculture sector is showing signs of improvements attributed to BRICS investment flows in smaller agricultural projects, reversing the trend triggered by the global food crisis in 2008.
Govt can't produce foreign farmland figure
- NZN
- 13 Mar 2013
In New Zealand, an opposition party is demanding hard figures on how much farmland is owned by foreigners, but the government says it can't produce the figures.
Worreh Yeama people say no to Addax Bioenergy
- SEM
- 12 Mar 2013
On 2 March, officials of Swiss company Addax Bioenergy went to install pegs on a large stretch of boli land without reference to the owners of the land and in contrast with the lease agreement which says the company shall only concentrate on the upland.
Lakewood Asset Management launches Australian agricultural investment
- PR Web
- 12 Mar 2013
Lakewood Asset Management is pleased to announce the launch of its latest agricultural asset project -- Australian Farmland in partnership with Agri Firma Capital of the UK.
Farm manager looks east in search of fertile investment
- The Telegraph
- 12 Mar 2013
Britain's biggest farm management company is branching out into agricultural investment in Romania, believing eastern Europe offers far more fertile opportunities than those at home.
Accaparement des terres : quand les agrocarburants menacent la sécurité alimentaire
- Basta !
- 12 Mar 2013
Alors que 13 000 personnes vivraient sur les terres allouées à Addax Bioenergy, le réseau Silnorf demande que « le droit à la sécurité alimentaire soit effectivement mis en œuvre en Sierra Leone ».
Norwegian fund pulls out of 'unsustainable' palm oil companies
- Food Navigator
- 12 Mar 2013
Norway’s US$710bn sovereign investment fund has pulled its investment from 23 Southeast Asian palm oil companies, claiming that they source palm oil unsustainably.
Agribusiness in Africa – land tenure risk
- Aegis Advisory
- 12 Mar 2013
As ratings agencies and risk insurers increasingly factor in land tenure risk to their premiums, investors need to be aware of the potential costs that might be incurred through disruption, sabotage or loss of assets and the further possibility that the strong-arm tactics used by some African states to resolve disputes could invalidate or seriously impact on the level of insurance cover.