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6 February 2010The government is aiming to attract less than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.6 billion) in investment through the development of three special economic zones (SEZs) producing agricultural products this year.
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18 November 2009Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur
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![Food security: Putting food on plates]( "Food security: Putting food on plates")
22 October 2009Japan is leading an international effort to define a new set of 'investor principles' to govern such deals. These efforts are gaining support but will need to involve investors, many of whom are far removed from the donors, global banks and multinational corporations that are used to working with such initiatives.
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5 October 2009Several companies like Mitsubishi Corporation are interested in promoting Merauke as a new rice barn in Asia.
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29 September 2009The Government of Japan, with the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, try to initiate a coordinated global response to the growing land grabbing trend at the UN
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![El neocolonialismo agrario amenaza con dejar sin alimentos a los países en desarrollo]( "El neocolonialismo agrario amenaza con dejar sin alimentos a los países en desarrollo")
15 September 2009Casi 20 millones de hectáreas en África, Asia o América Latina han pasado a manos de gobiernos o inversores privados extranjeros
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31 August 2009Russia is in talks with Japanese companies to secure investment in Siberian farmland and Pacific ports that would allow the world's No. 3 wheat exporter to carve a greater share of Asian markets, a senior grain official said.
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22 August 2009The congress will look at one of the key trends in world rice and other food production, including the "off-shoring" of farm production by several influential countries, including China, South Korea and Japan, he said.
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3 August 2009After focusing for decades on oil, metals and minerals, Japan's huge trading houses are turning to agricultural commodities, with Tokyo enthusiastically supporting the shift amid concerns about local and global food security .
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![Jinggoy questions lease of prime farmlands to foreigners]( "Jinggoy questions lease of prime farmlands to foreigners")
31 July 2009"We would also like to know why this government has been so aggressive in pushing these lease deals of our farmlands to the rich countries," Philippines Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said.
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14 July 2009I wonder how many other behind-the-scenes transactions are currently underway in the continent that will only be announced when the deals have been signed and perhaps money has exchanged hands.
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12 July 2009Rather than participating in the race for farmland overseas, Japan should concentrate on raising its food self-sufficiency rate, which is now at about 40 percent.
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10 July 2009Tokyo is now preparing to expand Official development assistance to support agricultural technology innovations and improve social infrastructure in such areas, which in turn could help activate private agricultural investment
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9 July 2009Japan's proposal to set up a set of common guidelines to promote smooth global investment in agriculture was endorsed by other leaders of the G8
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8 July 2009Prime Minister Taro Aso says he will call on world to develop principles promoting responsible foreign investment in agriculture in the face of "land grabs" of large-scale farmland in poor nations to ensure food supplies for wealthy nations.
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5 July 2009We need non-binding principles, not regulation, to make land grabbing win-win, says Japan's Prime Minister before the G8 Summit
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11 June 2009De Schutter said that instead of ceding millions of hectares to foreign investors, by sale or on long-term leases, the possibility of contract farming should be explored.
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![Foreign cropland deals]( "Foreign cropland deals")
1 June 2009A flurry of announced international purchases of grain-producing acreage sparks debate about their merits
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28 May 2009This would be the first time for an international set of guidelines of this kind to be formulated
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26 May 2009Japan will spearhead a drive at the Group of Eight summit to prevent "farmland grabbing" in developing countries and encourage responsible investing in agriculture.