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Mozambique farmland is prize in land grab fever
- NPR
- 14 June 2012
NPR takes a closer look at the reality behind the rhetoric, and went to Mozambique, a hot spot in the global rush for land.
Egyptian model farm in Ethiopia
- Egyptian Gazette
- 14 June 2012
An Egyptian model farm is to be created in Ethiopia on an area of some 500 feddans [210 ha] with the potential for expansion in the regional state of Afar some 600 kilometres north of Addis Ababa.
Soros-backed farms ripe for bid at 36% discount: Real M&A
- Bloomberg
- 14 June 2012
Adecoagro, the agricultural company that counts George Soros as its biggest investor, is giving potential buyers the chance to get a hold of farms in Brazil and Argentina at a 36 percent discount to its net assets.
New proposal would relax Brazil's restrictions on farmland ownership by foreigners
- Farmland Investor Centre
- 13 June 2012
Under a new proposal from the Agricultural Committee of Brazil's Congress, any company established in Brazil, even if controlled by foreigners, would be considered Brazilian and not subject to restrictions on farmland ownership.
Karuturi seeks $100 million to start Ethiopian sugar plantation
- Bloomberg
- 13 June 2012
The company has approached the African Development Bank, the African Export-Import Bank and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank to raise another $100 million for a sugarcane estate.
Soy farming and land grab in the Brazilian Amazon
- TheWaterChannel
- 13 June 2012
Large-scale soy monoculture is expanding rapidly in Latin America. Boosted by dubious investment from multi-national corporations, it has moved well beyond the southern states and into the Amazon area.
NZ debates China's agricultural appetite
- Wall Street Journal
- 12 June 2012
Foreign ownership of farm land is a sensitive issue in Australia and "across the ditch" in New Zealand.
Islamic Corporation launches $600 mln food fund
- Reuters
- 12 June 2012
Islamic Development Bank and Rabobank team up to launch fund that intends to invest 5-10% of its funds in global farmland.
Water grabbing? Focus on the (re)appropriation of finite water resources
- Water Alternatives
- 12 June 2012
Special issue of Water Alternatives
5 ways to re-think land grabs
- TheWaterChannel
- 11 June 2012
Our conception of land-grabs and global discussions on the phenomenon are informed too much by contentious, large-scale land deals in Africa and too little by examples from other regions. This has led to many unfounded assumptions about the nature of land-grab.
Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
- GRAIN
- 11 June 2012
GRAIN looks behind the current scramble for land in Africa to reveal a global struggle for what is increasingly seen as a commodity more precious than gold or oil - water.
Buy a farm, says investment guru
- Stock & Land
- 10 June 2012
As Europe's debt crisis rattles global equity market confidence farming is being increasingly championed by many as a sound, long-term bet for investors needing a safe haven for their money - particularly superannuation funds.