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Declaration of the Social Movements Assembly – World Social Forum 2013 29 March 2013, Tunisia
- WSF
- 29 Mar 2013
We call for a mass mobilisation to stop the landgrab and support local peasants struggles.
The geopolitics of sheep in an Armenian region
- News.az
- 29 Mar 2013
On Feb. 14, four days before Armenia's highly contested presidential election, Hasmik Evoyan and others protested the sheep deal in front of Armenia's National Assembly building in Yerevan.
Change of tactic to guard UAE food supply
- The National
- 28 Mar 2013
"The UAE is looking not just at land [acquisitions] but developing the whole supply chain," says Nicholas Lodge, managing partner at Clarity, a consultancy that advises on investments in agricultural industries.
Al-Dahra to invest $400m in Serbian agriculture
- Reuters
- 28 Mar 2013
Abu Dhabi-based firm Al-Dahra agreed to invest $ 400 million to buy eight Serbian farm companies and develop them to grow and process food and fodder for export, in the biggest investment in Serbian agriculture for decades.
BRICS grab African land and sovereignty
- Pambazuka
- 28 Mar 2013
BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent with their proclamations of sustainable development, cooperation solidarity, and respect of national sovereignty.
Dreyfus unveils targets for $900m spending splurge
- Agrimoney
- 28 Mar 2013
In its 2012 Annual Report, Louis Dreyfus Commodities says it owns and operates a total of more than 180,000 hectares of farming land distributed around the world, and that it is looking into more farming opportunities in the Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Tanzania.
Romania has ag land investment potential
- Ag Professional
- 28 Mar 2013
The potential for investment in Eastern European agricultural land is gaining more and more attention. Information is being dug up by individual commercial investment organizations to make investment moves.
Karuturi to borrow from sovereign fund after first Ethiopia crop
- Bloomberg
- 28 Mar 2013
Karuturi said it will borrow "hundreds of millions" of dollars from a sovereign wealth fund to invest in farming in East Africa after development banks declined to provide assistance because of “unfair” criticism by advocacy groups
Saudi extends foreign land spree with CFG takeover
- Agrimoney
- 28 Mar 2013
A consortium of Saudi groups - comprising dairy giant Almarai, grain importer Al Rajhi and Salic, the agriculture arm of the country's Public Investment Fund sovereign wealth fund – buys Continental Farmers Group, which has large farming operations in Poland and the Ukraine.
Water and land grab week: Global food security and land grabs
- Progressio
- 28 Mar 2013
In recent times the practice of land grabbing (which is intrinsically tied with water grabbing) has increased.
Philippines: Oil palm expansion is tearing apart indigenous peoples lives
- InterContinental Cry
- 27 Mar 2013
The bulk of oil palm operations are being carried out by the Palawan Palm & Vegetable Oil Mills Inc. and its sister company Agumil Philippines Inc., which were established through joint ventures between Filipino, Singaporean and Malaysian investors.
Singapore asset manager in talks over Australian farms --exec
- Dow Jones
- 26 Mar 2013
Singapore-based Duxton Asset Management said it is in talks over planned investments in four Australian farms despite increasing scrutiny of farm purchases by foreigners.