• Hambre S.A.
    • Blog de Javier Guzmán
    • 15 September 2013

    Las transnacionales toman el control de la alimentación en África

  • Africa needs ‘ethical land policies’
    • The Citizen
    • 13 September 2013

    African countries should have ethical economic land policies to save the continent from land conflicts, an international land conference was told on Wednesday.

  • Tata Capital plans $300 mn Africa PE fund
    • Economic Times
    • 13 September 2013

    The proposed Africa fund from Tata Capital, which is part of India's biggest business house, would mainly focus on segments such as consumer goods and agriculture and agri-processing.

  • Ekosem flags 'huge potential' in Russian dairy
    • Agrimoney
    • 13 September 2013

    The group said it had acquired 10,000 hectares of land during the half year, taking its total portfolio to 186,000 hectares, of which it owns 101,000 hectares.

  • Cameroon forest people alarmed at shifting tactics of US palm oil firm
    • Reuters
    • 13 September 2013

    Communities in Cameroon’s Southwest Region fear they could lose their land after environment groups warned that U.S.-owned palm oil firm Herakles Farms is seeking to sell off existing plantations.

  • Irrico close to doubling Russia farmland portfolio
    • Agrimoney
    • 13 September 2013

    Irrico, the Russia-based agricultural investment company, revealed it is on the verge of doubling its land portfolio as it unveiled it had attracted a third investor, emerging markets private equity group Hong Kong-based ADM Capital.

  • Moratorium on foreign ownership of agricultural land: Xenophobia, myopia or what?
    • Georgia Today
    • 12 September 2013

    Large scale privatization of state-owned agricultural lands in Georgia has the potential to trigger violence and social unrest of far graver consequences for investment – foreign and domestic – into the national economy than the notorious moratorium.

  • Big dairy farm expected to change hands
    • ABC
    • 12 September 2013

    It has been reported that the state-owned China Investment Corporation and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra are negotiating to buy Tasmanian dairy farm Van Diemen's Land under a proposed $200 million deal.

  • Farmers in Bombali, Tonkolili worried about losing land
    • Concord Times
    • 12 September 2013

    Farmers in Bombali and Tonkolili districts in northern Sierra Leone have said that land grabbing by multi-national companies and massive timber logging are some of the barriers to sustainable agriculture in the two districts.

  • Ethiopia to continue land grabbing and forced resettlement
    • InterContinental Cry
    • 12 September 2013

    Indigenous Peoples are being forced to become dependent on aid handouts having lost their land and their ability to produce their own food.

  • Liberia spending too little on agriculture
    • FOEi
    • 12 September 2013

    "Instead of handing over farming land to foreign companies, our government should promote policies that sustainably increase productivity and help Liberian farmers access local markets," says Friends of the Earth Liberia.

  • Europa rebaja el uso de los biocombustibles, pero no contenta a ecologistas ni ONG
    • El Diario
    • 12 September 2013

    Decenas de organizaciones los señalan como responsables de la subida del precio de los alimentos y el acaparamiento de tierras para cultivos.

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