Australia

Tighter rules sought on land purchases
- AAP
- 12 April 2011
Australia is "asleep at the wheel" when it comes to foreign companies buying important agricultural land and greater scrutiny is needed, farmers say.
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
- North Queensland Register
- 03 April 2011
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
World hungers for more food
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2011
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
Foreign investment action
- The Land
- 01 April 2011
The Australian Parliament has moved to quell some of the anxieties surrounding a perceived foreign buy-up of local land, last week passing a motion regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness.
Fresh scrutiny for land grab
- Weekly Times
- 31 Mar 2011
Foreign ownership of Australian land and agribusiness will soon be monitored.
Food secrurity fears driving rush to buy farmland
- Stock & Land
- 27 Mar 2011
World food security fears may be driving the foreign rush to buy Australian farmland and agribusinesses, says Nationals' leader, Warren Truss.
Food security concerns lead to review of land ownership in Australia
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 24 Mar 2011
Parliament is calling on the Productivity Commission to review the recent surge in foreign investment in farming, focusing on its effects on the economy and food security.
South Sudan threatened by land grab
- NPA
- 23 Mar 2011
Four months before South Sudan becomes an independant nation nine percent of the country has been targeted by investors, a Norwegian People's Aid report reveals.
Wake up on foreign land grab
- WeeklyTimesNow
- 23 Mar 2011
For the sake of our farmers and our national food security, the Federal Government needs to get tough on Australia's foreign investment policy.
Chinese agricultural group to acquire 200K hectares of land globally
- Fresh Fruit Portal
- 15 Mar 2011
China’s largest agricultural company plans to acquire 200,000 hectares of land in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, the Philippines, Zimbabwe and Russia in 2011.
China busca áreas de cultivo no Brasil
- EFE
- 14 Mar 2011
O principal grupo agrícola da China, Heilongjiang Beidahuang Nongken Group, anunciou que adquirirá ou arrendará 200 mil hectares de cultivo em países latino-americanos como o Brasil, assim como em Rússia, Filipinas, Austrália e Zimbábue, informou o jornal oficial "China Daily".
Australian firms eye investment in food processing sector
- Pakistan Observer
- 13 Mar 2011
Australian companies are interested in making investment in Pakistan’s agriculture sector from production of crops to their processing and export.