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Karuturi: Why the hype?
- Rural Modernity
- 07 April 2012
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
Who will protect environmental human rights defenders?
- UNOHCHR
- 05 April 2012
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, has called for swift action by States to combat impunity for attacks and violations against people trying to resolve land conflicts or denounce land grabbing and evictions
Ethiopia to charge more on commercial farm leases
- Reuters
- 05 April 2012
Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.
Saudi billionaire to invest $600 million in Ethiopia cooking oil
- Bloomberg
- 05 April 2012
Ethiopia’s Agriculture Ministry has transferred 100,000 hectares in Benishangul to commercial farmers, and is offering a further 981,000 hectares, about one-fifth of the state’s land.
Concerns over land use in Salone
- Politico
- 04 April 2012
Meeting of delegates from eight districts and twenty chiefdoms affected by large scale land acquisitions for agribusiness in Sierra Leone ends with formation of a coalition to serve as a watchdog on land issues in the country.
Africa: Private equity deal to spur growth in agribusiness
- TradeInvest Africa
- 04 April 2012
Chayton already produces 10% of Zambia's soya and 5% of the country's wheat. Over the next 12 months, production will increase to at least 35% and 15% respectively.
Uncertainty is frightening off large-scale investors
- NZ Herald
- 04 April 2012
The Government clearly hopes the Crafar Farms' controversy will be put to bed before China's fourth-ranked leader Jia Qinglin visits Christchurch and Wellington in mid-April.
EBRD buys into Kazakh wheat
- OCA Magazine
- 03 April 2012
Against a backdrop of rising world wheat prices, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has chosen Kazakhstan as the destination for its first ever equity investment in farming.
Grab the land
- Huffington Post
- 03 April 2012
For millions of indigenous villagers and pastoralists land grabbing means forced relocation, loss of livelihoods, and a death blow to their ancient cultures.
Agriculture: a challenging investment with great potential
- bfinance
- 02 April 2012
While agricultural land has the potential to provide a source of long term fixed income, the hurdles are enormous. Extreme illiquidity and sensitivity to geo-political risk mean that diversification of holdings and careful selection are key.
A new report exposes French tycoon's land grab in Sierra Leone
- Oakland Institute
- 02 April 2012
In yet another exposé of exploitative practices associated with large-scale land acquisitions, the Oakland Institute examines Socfin Agricultural Corporation Sierra Leone (Socfin), controlled by the powerful French corporate titan Vincent Bolloré
Macquarie goes grain farming
- Australian Financial Review
- 02 April 2012
Macquarie Group's new farmland fund, which is targeting farms in Australia and Brazil, has purchased its first two properties in Australia worth a total of almost $40 million.