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Congo seeks investors for farmland bigger than France
- WSJ
- 28 October 2014
The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lease as much as 640,000 square kilometers of farmland, or more than one-quarter of the central African nation.
Friction in American Samoa over farming programme
- RNZ
- 28 October 2014
American Samoan farmers have repeated their fears to the Governor that foreign farmers are buying up land and cashing in on government programmes to the detriment of locals.
Chinese interest in Australian farms is high but action is slow as China calls for reduced scrutiny from the Foreign Investment Review Board
- ABC
- 28 October 2014
There's no question that after five years of investing about $60 billion in the Australian resources and power sectors, the focus of Chinese investment is now on food.
Saudi Arabia facing food security issues head on
- Global AgInvesting
- 28 October 2014
Saudi Arabia's strategy is to encourage the Saudi private sector to invest abroad using their financial surpluses, their ‘ag’ experience and the modern production and irrigation technology they have.
Deforestation and the rise of industrial-scale farming in Africa could lie behind Ebola outbreak
- The Conversation
- 28 October 2014
The growing Ebola virus outbreak not only highlights the tragedy enveloping the areas most affected but also offers a commentary on they way in which the political ecology in West Africa has allowed this disease to become established.
More than 540 civilians killed in ethnic conflicts in Ethiopia
- Diplomat
- 27 October 2014
The gruesome massacre in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia was a direct consequence of the ill-fated land grab policy of the Ethiopian government.
Cambodia: One million hectares reclassified, gov’t says
- Phnom Penh Post
- 27 October 2014
More than 1 million hectares of forest terrain and land leased by private companies has been put under government control since a moratorium on new economic land concessions was initiated in May 2012.
Chinese covet cattle stations
- The Land
- 27 October 2014
China's ravenous demand for Australian beef could soon lead to some major cattle station purchases, with one of several Chinese importers, Snow Dragon Group, looking to buy land.
Lufwanyama headed for edible oil boom
- Zambia Daily Mail
- 27 October 2014
Wilmar subsidiary says it is targeting a total investment of US$100 million on 20,000 hectares of farmland to produce 100,000 metric tonnes of edible oils per annum.
UAE firm set to produce 300,000 tonnes of wheat in Egypt's Toshka
- Reuters
- 27 October 2014
UAE-based Al Dahra Agriculture aims to pump water from the country's Aswan High Dam reservoir and deliver it via a 50-kilometre canal to 100,000 acres of reclaimed farmland 60 km from the border with Sudan.
Harvest of hardship: Yala Swamp land grab destroys Kenyan farmers' livelihoods
- GRAIN
- 27 October 2014
A June 2014 interview with farmer Erastus Odindo about his community's struggle to defend their lands from US-based Dominion Farms
Tanzania seeks Omani investment in agriculture and minerals
- Times of Oman
- 26 October 2014
The Tanzanian food industry that Omani business companies can tap into is not only confined to what is grown on the field but the fishing industry as well, says speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Anne Makinda.