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Punjabi farmers find pastures new (and cheap) in Georgia
- The Guardian
- 07 January 2013
High land prices are forcing Indians to till the more welcoming soils of the Caucasus
EBG Capital key performance indicators for farmland investing
- Responsible Agri Investments
- 07 January 2013
EBG Capital, global environmental investment boutique based in Zürich, Switzerland, is developing a membership-based voluntary reporting system on responsible farmland investing that revolves around "key performance indicators".
Land rush – why poverty?
- Land Rush – Why Poverty?
- 06 January 2013
75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism.
Agricon Global Corporation announces signing letter of intent to merge with Africa Farmlands, Inc.
- Market Wire
- 04 January 2013
Agricon has negotiated terms to acquire 12,000 hectares plus several additional opportunities for the acquisition of over 50,000 hectares in Ghana.
Soros-backed Adecoagro takes land gains to $132m
- Agrimoney
- 04 January 2013
Adecoagro realised more of the substantial gains within its 283,000-hectare landbank by selling one of its Argentine farms in a deal valuing it at 11 times the purchase price a decade ago.
Guidelines for land allocation to investors
- Mpakasi
- 03 January 2013
In 2012, PM Mizengo Pinda announced that from January 2013, Tanzania will start restricting the size of land that single large-scale foreign and local investors can “lease” for agricultural use. And Tanzania Investment Centre announced that guidelines that will make the Tanzania Land Bank functional will be ready early 2013.
Kuwait, Saudi eye Sudan farmland
- Kuwait Times
- 03 January 2013
Sudan launched a major dam project on Tuesday to boost power supply and agricultural irrigation, a plan officials hope will foster farmland exports and attract more Gulf investment to the African country as it battles an economic crisis.
Food, fuel and the global land grab
- The Futurist
- 03 January 2013
As land and water become scarce, as the earth’s temperature rises, and as world food security deteriorates, a dangerous geopolitics of food scarcity is emerging, writes Lester Brown
Iran wants to lease Armenian pasture land
- Asbarez.com
- 02 January 2013
Armenian and Iranian authorities are negotiating on the possible lease by Iranian sheep and cattle breeders of mountain pastures in southeastern Armenia, it was officially confirmed on Friday.
Land grabs: Resisting the land gluttons
- The Land
- 02 January 2013
Winter 2012-2013 issue of The Land magazine
Wealthy Gulf investors warm to Africa
- Reuters
- 02 January 2013
Wealthy Gulf Arab companies are boosting their investment in Africa's vast lands and untapped resources, marking a shift for investors who have traditionally directed their money towards assets in the United States and Europe.
Global land and water grabbing
- PNAS
- 02 January 2013
It is found that about 0.31 × 1012 m3⋅y−1 of green water (i.e., rainwater) and up to 0.14 × 1012 m3⋅y−1 of blue water (i.e., irrigation water) are appropriated globally for crop and livestock production in 47 × 106 ha of grabbed land worldwide (i.e., in 90% of the reported global grabbed land).