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Farmland and Water: China invests abroad
- IISD
- 30 August 2012
Study finds reports of 86 Chinese agriculture projects covering 9 million ha of land in developing countries and confirms the existence of 55 projects covering 4.9 million ha.
Stop land grabbing before it’s too late
- Daily Monitor
- 29 August 2012
For most Ugandans, the processes that government uses to acquire land for investment are not clearly understood. The land valuation processes, the purchase price and related transactions are never clear, leaving the majority of the occupants vulnerable.
GCC chambers discuss food security
- Oman News Agency
- 29 August 2012
Food investment outside the GCC states needs to be reconsidered under global variables, particularly political and economic ones that may pose a major threat to the Gulf food security, according to the Federation of GCC Chambers.
Colombia land grab by billionaires risks pledge
- Bloomberg
- 29 August 2012
New law for land restitution comes just as foreign and local billionaires such as Brazil’s Eike Batista and Colombia’s Luis Carlos Sarmiento are stepping up investments in remote parts of the nation.
Africa Food Security Conference
- AFSC
- 29 August 2012
1st Annual Africa Food Security Conference - AFSC 2012 is a regionally focused forum that aims to bring the interrelated parties together for discussions that will refocus food security issues in Africa in alignment with the continent’s requirement.
Ethiopia: Army commits torture, rape
- HRW
- 28 August 2012
The Ethiopian military responded to an attack on a farm in Gambella region owned by Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc with arbitrary arrests, rape, and other abuses against scores of local villagers, says Human Rights Watch.
The great land grab: The discovery of a new aquifer in Namibia
- Future Challenges
- 28 August 2012
The arid nation of Namibia has a newly discovered aquifer called Ohangwena II, that spans its northeast region, which flows under the boundary between Angola and Namibia, and now the challenge of balancing profit with sustainability looms overhead.
The global land grab, the next human rights challenge for business
- Triple Pundit
- 28 August 2012
Disclosure is the only option. To deny that products have their origins in land leased or purchased under dubious circumstances will only push discerning consumers away. The “fair use” or “land grab free” labels could find their way on food and other products in the coming decade.
Land Inc
- Terra Project
- 27 August 2012
In 2012, Terra Project started a long term documentation investigating the drivers, the trends, the mechanisms and the impacts of land acquisitions across the world.
IFAD rejects neocolonialism allegations, says Western investments in African agriculture is no land grab
- Daily Times
- 27 August 2012
IFAD President, Dr Anayo Nwanze, while speaking at a forum in Abuja, on Sunday, said that the term land grab gave an impression that the people’s land were being taken over without their consent.
English farmland prices treble in a decade as overseas buyers move in
- The Guardian
- 25 August 2012
European crisis plus rising grain prices combine to make land attractive to Greek and Italian investors as well as City bankers
MPIC, SL Agritech Forge Partnership
- Manila Bulletin
- 25 August 2012
A 1,000 hectare hybrid rice plantation will be established by a tie-up of Firs Pacific subsidiary Metro Pacific Investment Corp. and SL Agritech Corp.