Ethiopia

Ethiopians say Indians grabbing land, Indian farmers claim it is official
- Tehelka
- 17 September 2010
Tensions against Indian companies acquiring farmland in Ethiopia are mounting, according to Tehelka
Unprecedented land grabbing and destruction of ecological environment in Gambela, Ethiopia
- ASO
- 08 September 2010
Anywaa Survival Organisation would like to call upon indigenous people to resist this kind of land grabbing effort of the Ethiopian government, now acknowledged by a World Bank report
Buying Africa for a song
- Guardian News and Media
- 27 August 2010
UNCTAD believes pension funds, with their apparent focus on reputation, accountability, and the long term, could set new best-practice standards as they join the farmland investment trend.
Ethiopia: Fear expressed over India’s massive land grabs in Gambela
- Afrik News
- 26 August 2010
Gambela’s new tag as a land grabbing hub comes as BHO Agro Plc becomes the third Indian firm to begin operations in the region after two other Indian companies, Karuturi and Ruchi Group, moved into Gambela in 2008 and early 2010, respectively.
African agricultural finance under the spotlight
- Reuters
- 24 August 2010
African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters
What’s the new global source for fresh, shiny produce? Famine-ridden Ethiopia
- Macleans
- 19 August 2010
Africa, where one in three people is malnourished, is now growing tomatoes and butter lettuce for export.
This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
- PTI
- 11 August 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.
Out of Africa
- Business Today
- 21 July 2010
Indian floriculture companies are moving into other agri-products in the world's second-largest continent.
Voices from the London International Oromo Workshop
- GRAIN
- 13 July 2010
Interviews about the current land grab in the Oromia and Gambela regions with some of the presenters at the London workshop.
Punjab farmers take up Ethiopian offer
- Sikh Sangat News
- 11 July 2010
A group of farmers from Punjab are planning to take 1 lakh hectare land on lease in the African nation of Ethiopia for cultivation.
Punjab’s African plot
- Indian Express
- 11 July 2010
In the last few months, the process seems to be speeding up with more and more Indian farmers checking out investments in Africa.
Produire du riz ou investir dans la région de Gambela : la vidéo de propagande du gouvernement éthiopien
- ASO
- 10 July 2010
La voix de l’Anywaa Survival Organisation s’est élevée contre la politique de cession des terres adoptée par le gouvernement éthiopien.