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Investment in agriculture sector sought
- Arab News
- 08 February 2013
He said the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority and Finance Ministry would sign agreements with foreign countries to ensure investment security of Saudis.
Large-scale land acquisitions and food security
- DFID
- 08 February 2013
Report prepared for DFID considers the impacts of large-scale land acquisitions on local food insecurity and malnutrition levels.
Government invests in Sudan farming plan
- Today's Zaman
- 07 February 2013
The Turkish Ministry of Food and Animal Husbandry purchased 5,000 square kilometers of farmland in the country's fertile south, where it secured land rights for the next 99 years
New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations
- 07 February 2013
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold.
Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land
- Guardian
- 07 February 2013
Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent.
Indian companies' investments in Ethiopia displace people: Activists
- Business Standard
- 06 February 2013
Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.
Cairns Mayor open to Chinese farmland investment
- ABC
- 06 February 2013
The Cairns Mayor says he would support the sale of agricultural land to Chinese investors if it was good for the far north Queensland region of Australia.
Charts: The top 5 land-grabbing countries
- Mother Jones
- 06 February 2013
Of the countries that lost the highest percentages of their cultivated land to land grabs, nine out of 10 have malnourishment rates of 5 percent or more.
Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
- RRI
- 06 February 2013
Would developing countries choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of their citizens, and the rule of law? Or would they seek a short-cut to development and opt to hand over community land and natural resources to international investors and national elites?
The global farmland rush
- New York Times
- 05 February 2013
Over the last decade, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture. Poor governments have embraced these deals, but their people are in danger of losing their patrimony, not to mention their sources of food.
“Unheard voices” speak out
- Oakland Institute
- 05 February 2013
Indigenous Ethiopians demand a stop to human rights abuses stemming from agricultural investment policies
Global land grab brings investment risk, communities react to economic harm, rights abuses
- RRI
- 05 February 2013
Risk analysts show that operational cost increases can approach 2,800 percent; Myanmar is latest flashpoint in alarming trend