• A new report on peasant and farmer mobilization against land grabbing
      • Via Campesina
      • 07 May 2012

      The National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) of Mali and La Via Campesina have today published a new report on the mobilization of social movements against land grabbing.

    • Great resource rush
      • Zawya
      • 07 May 2012

      Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.

    • Ukraine’s foreign investors and the lifting of farmland moratorium
      • Frishberg.com
      • 07 May 2012

      Ukraine has long been called “the bread-basket of Europe,” and for one excellent reason: its fertile, black soil. The estimated value of this treasure is anywhere between 40 and 80 billion dollars. The only problem with investing in such an obviously profitable business was an artificial bureaucratic/legislative barrier commonly known as the “moratorium on alienation of farm land” (the “Moratorium”).

    • Museveni angry over NGO report on land grabbing
      • The Independent
      • 06 May 2012

      Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.

    • World Bank under attack for aiding land grabs in Uganda
      • The Independent
      • 06 May 2012

      BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala

    • Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle targets $150 million for farm fund
      • Bloomberg
      • 03 May 2012

      Vulpes Investment Management, the Singapore company set up by hedge-fund manager Stephen Diggle, plans to raise as much as $150 million to invest in farms in Africa and Eastern Europe.

    • Sierra Leone: Popular resistance and corporate landgrabbing in Sierra Leone
      • Pambazuka
      • 03 May 2012

      A new report from the Oakland Institute examines a controversial land investment deal in Sierra Leone. Pambazuka News caught up with its Policy Director to find out why the report has attracted so much attention.

    • Pakistan offers mega projects
      • Khaleej Times
      • 03 May 2012

      “We are offering investment opportunities in agriculture farming, livestock, grain-storage project as well as in infrastructure development projects,” says chairman of the Sindh Board of Investment

    • Hassad wraps up purchase
      • The Land
      • 03 May 2012

      With the purchase of nearly 15,000ha of land in Jerramungup last month, the Qatar-based Hassad Food Company now owns 250,000ha of farmland in Austalia

    • Human rights violations and deteriorating security threaten indigenous peoples in Ethiopia
      • ASO
      • 03 May 2012

      The attack on the Saudi Star Company has served as a pretext for a hunting down of innocent civilians and a campaign of murder, torture, harassment and intimidation in the remote corners of the country, warns Anywaa Survival.

    • Study on private equity in agribusiness in Southern Africa
      • USAID
      • 03 May 2012

      The overall objective of this report is to identify potential interventions to enhance the capacity of newly created private equity funds in agriculture and/or agribusiness in Africa, especially the stimulation of technical assistance to agricultural value chains.

    • Land rights and the World Bank Group: Setting the record straight
      • FOE
      • 03 May 2012

      Responding to concerns raised by Friends of the Earth International and others about the impacts of land grabbing, The World Bank claims that land lease deals in developing countries can reduce hunger and poverty, and build sustainable agriculture. The facts tell otherwise.

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