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22 Oct 2009Washington Post
Ethiopia's farmland in high demand
Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, but some are concerned about whether the deals benefit the lessors.
19 Oct 2009Les Echos
Razzia sur les terres agricoles
« On présente ces contrats comme “ gagnant-gagnant ”, mais c'est de la foutaise ! », s'agace Michel Merlet, directeur de l'ONG Agter.
16 Oct 2009Reuters
Egyptian companies seek African land deals: Abaza
Farmland deals in Africa inked by private Egyptian firms, commonly called "land grabs," could help the import-dependent nation get access to grain when markets spike, Egypt's agriculture minister Amin Abaza said. "This is going to be a private initiative."
14 Oct 2009Democracy Now!
As US and other wealthy nations slash aid, UN warns of “silent tsunami of hunger” in global food crisis
Devinder Sharma talks about landgrabbing in the context of the world food crisis on "Democracy Now!"
12 Oct 2009Addis Fortune
Sheik’s new agro firm shells out $80m
Al Amoudi has a new company whose purpose is to grow food in Ethiopia for Saudi Arabia.
29 Sep 2009Reuters
Egypt's Citadel to invest $200-$400 mln in 2010
Citadel, which also announced on Tuesday that it was investing in 500,000 feddans (210,000 hectares) of farmland in Sudan, is also looking to potential investments elsewhere in Africa: Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia.
26 Sep 2009Times of India
The constant gardener
He owns land eight times the size of Mumbai, most of it in distant Ethiopia. His company, Karuturi Global, figures among the top 25 agri transnational corporations. But he wants more -- to break into the top 10 and rub shoulders with the likes of ConAgro and Cargill.
26 Sep 2009Times of India
The new landlords
Ramakrishna Karuturi does not feature on any international power list. Perhaps he should.
24 Sep 2009Ground Reality
Food pirates are expanding their tentacles, Pakistan an easy target
The 'Food Pirates' are fast expanding their network, their reach and their control over land. And it is happening fast in our own neighbourhood, writes Devinder Sharma.
17 Sep 2009Fahamu
Land grabs - Another scramble for Africa
Civil society, including African farmers unions, need to educate local people that such land deals are not in their interests, however couched in 'win-win' terminology they appear to be.
15 Sep 2009EthioPlanet
Ethiopia’s gives away 2.7 million hectars of land
Ethiopia’s government ruling tribal junta has defended its plan to offer 2.7 million hectares of farmland to foreign companies despite millions of citizens who need food aid from the international community.
14 Sep 2009Addis Fortune
Al Amoudi’s hunt for arable land swells to half a million hectares
Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al Amoudi, the second richest person in Saudi Arabia, is preparing to farm cereals on hundreds of thousands of hectares of Ethiopian land for export to Saudi Arabia
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