Whether it is customary land rights in Africa, struggles for land reform on the Philippines or resistance in Irian Jaya against settlers from the Indonesian population centers, once Gulf countries invest in a country they own its socio-economic conflicts.
With little arable land around the world left unfarmed and with ever more mouths to feed, farmers face an uphill climb in their efforts to feed the world’s people.
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf admits of errors in contract but calls on Liberians to respect the agreement and accuses NGOs of creating problems because they want funding from their partners.
Tanzania is among countries currently faced with increased pressure from foreign investors acquiring unprecedented sizes of land for various bio-fuel projects and food production.
Chairman of National Transitional Council says Libya will make major direct agricultural investments in Sudan and other countries close to Libya.
"Western countries always say China is 'enclosing land' in Africa. In fact, China has not enclosed land in Africa; on the contrary I know that the west has enclosed a lot of land in Africa," says China's Director-General of African Affairs.
The level and manner of foreign investment in Australian agriculture is sounding alarm bells amid growing concern that the nation's own food security could be compromised.
An Irish-owned agricultural company that owns and operates three farms in Argentina has been sold to Saudi Arabia’s largest food company for $83 million.
Foreign investment in agricultural assets would be subject to much greater scrutiny under a Coalition government, says Australia's shadow treasurer.
SLC Agricola took its Brazilian landbank above 300,000 hectares, an area bigger than Luxembourg, with its fourth purchase in four months, in a deal which highlighted the price gap between different parts of the country
Rich soil, a tropical climate, and an abundance of water: the region of Gambela in the west of the country is fertile. Foreign investors are renting thousands of hectares of it to develop intensive agriculture without regard for the environment and the population, reports Le Monde.
We should not invest in financial companies that perpetrate activities that rob agricultural land from the poor, argues Patricia Kisare of the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
