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Report gives national view of land concessions in Lao PDR
- SDC
- 29 January 2013
"There is currently more land granted in concessions, than there is land being cultivated for rice."
New IIED publications on agricultural investments in Mali and Zambia
- IIED
- 29 January 2013
Two new reports by IIED look at agricultural investments and land acquisitions in Mali Ans Zambia.
Indonesia’s Salim Group enters Brazil
- Jakarta Globe
- 29 January 2013
Indofood Sukses Makmur is planning to acquire a 50 percent stake in a plantation company in Brazil through its subsidiary Indofood Agri Resources, as the company expands its sugar plantation business.
Analysis of the discourse and background of the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique – focusing on Japan’s role
- 28 January 2013
Report on Japan's role in the ProSAVANA programme in Mozambique by Sayaka Funada Classen.
Investors wary of going back to the land
- Offshore Corporate
- 27 January 2013
Agriculture has scarred some big hitters in the investment world. Many are now wary of a sector that is at the mercy of fickle weather, political risk and quixotic governments.
Chinese firms and Gulf sheiks are snatching up farmland worldwide. Why?
- Washington Post
- 26 January 2013
A slew of countries and investors — from Chinese state corporations to Gulf sheiks to Wall Street firms — have started buying up farmland overseas, in an apparent attempt to acquire as much precious soil and water as possible.
Wilmar move to secure Burdekin land
- The Australian
- 25 January 2013
Wilmar has flagged the purchase of another 778 hectares of land in the Burdekin region south of Townsville, Australia as part of its campaign to lock up as much supply as possible.
Justiça Ambiental/FOE Mozambique’s position on the Prosavana Program
- JA!/FOE
- 25 January 2013
Justiça Ambiental (Friends of the Earth - Mozambique) strongly condemns the whole process of preparing and implementing ProSavana
Corporate land grabs reveal a hidden agenda: controlling the water
- 24 January 2013
The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food—the land and the water that flows under or by it—are equally or even more important.
New Zealand to assist UAE in food security issue
- Gulf News
- 24 January 2013
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs says his country can be a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf countries as a producer of food in places like Africa, where experts say half of the potential agricultural land is under-utilised.
Laos: Land concession inventory launched
- CDE
- 23 January 2013
The most comprehensive publication to date on land concessions and leases in Lao PDR has been presented to the public.
Convention on the great land grab saga in Ethiopia and India
- Oakland Institute
- 23 January 2013
A day-long conference will be held on Feb. 6, 2013 at the India International Centre, New Delhi to deliberate on the ongoing land takeover in India and in African countries like Ethiopia by Indian companies.