In its letter to the RSPO, Plantaciones de Pucallpa claims to have divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industry.

PT Nabire Baru plantation encroaches on the customary lands of the Yerisiam Gua peoples, who have written letters and protested peacefully against the project for the last four years. In 2012, the company was reported to have cleared 32,000 hectares in Nabire province.

Olam has started developing a second 13,500 ha fully irrigated paddy farm on a greenfield site in Ondorie, Na­sarawa State.

Interior and Local Government Secretary Ismael Sueno said he will meet with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to help Chinese investors set-up a 6,000 ha tea plantation within the rebels' controlled territory in Mindanao.

As the global rush for land intensifies, provoked in particular by the demand for alternatives to fossil fuels, governments across Southeast Asia have welcomed investments by both local and foreign agribusiness companies

The amount of agricultural land owned by Chinese interests has soared above 3 million hectares, more than double the 1.46 million declared by the Australian Taxation Office last month, according to a Fairfax Media analysis of reported land sales.

A worrying number of land grabs in developing countries involve European companies or are backed by European money – from banks, equity and pension funds, for instance.

A case study of the situation in Lamu, Isiolo and Siaya Counties by the Land Development and Governance Institute (LDGI)

New animated video shows how a global farmland fund, managed by US financial giant TIAA-CREF, used a complex company structure to avoid restrictions on foreign investment in farmland in Brazil.

Pinned for fraud, with damages of more than 8 billion CFA, Senhuile had agreed to a compromise. However, it only honoured a part of its commitment, and Senegalese customs reacted with strong measures.

France Télévisions, poursuivi en France par le groupe Bolloré après la diffusion d’un reportage s’intéressant à une société de production d’huile de palme dont Bolloré est actionnaire, est assigné pour diffamation au Cameroun pour ce même magazine

Les intellectuels congolais acquièrent la propriété de terres agricoles qu’ils ne souhaitent ou ne peuvent exploiter au détriment des populations rurales qui perdent ainsi leur unique moyen de subsistance. C’est ce que dénonce l’ONG Tropenbos International.

Une nouvelle vidéo animée montre comment un fonds international d’acquisition de terres agricoles s’est servi d’une structure d’entreprise complexe pour contourner les restrictions de la législation brésilienne sur les investissements étrangers dans le foncier agricole.

Le gouvernement birman devrait agir d’urgence pour mettre fin aux confiscations illégales de terres dans l’État Karen, a déclaré Human Rights Watch dans un rapport publié aujourd’hui.

La somme ira à la Compagnie agricole de Saint-Louis, filiale de la société française Arthur-Straight Investissement, qui produira du riz sur 4 000 hectares

Entretien avec Mamy Rakotondrainibe, Présidente du Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches (TANY) et Valérie Cabanes, Juriste, auteure de « Une nouveau droit pour la terre » aux éditions du Seuil.

Por todo el mundo, hay campesinos que están perdiendo sus tierras, en ocasiones violentamente, a manos de grandes compañías y especuladores que consideran la tierra agrícola como lucrativa inversión.

Mesmo perante todas as irregularidades já denunciadas, os governos de Moçambique, Brasil e Japão avançam com o processo de “Redesenho” do Plano Director.

Este vídeo de animação mostra como um fundo global agrícola usou uma complexa estrutura corporativa para evitar as restrições brasileiras a investimentos estrangeiros na agricultura do país.