• Is Indian investment in Ethiopian farms a 'land grab?'
      • CS Monitor
      • 23 December 2011

      Investment by Indian-owned Karuturi Global has raised questions about whether Ethiopia is literally giving away the farm, or conversely, launching a 'green revolution' to help Ethiopia feed itself.

    • Argentina fences off land to foreign buyers
      • Wall Street Journal
      • 23 December 2011

      Argentina has joined a handful of other big farming nations such as Brazil that have taken steps to limit foreign ownership of what their governments consider precious resources: farmland.

    • Dan Rather: A land grab university?
      • Des Moines Register
      • 23 December 2011

      The people of Iowa — not to mention the refugees of Katumba, Tanzania — deserve an honest explanation for Iowa State University’s part in the AgriSol deal, and not just shameless denials.

    • PZ Cussons' Nigeria palm refinery starts work in Q3
      • Reuters
      • 23 December 2011

      Its joint venture with Singapore's Wilmar will invest 100 billion naira in Nigeria over the next 5-7 years to develop oil palm plantations that will feed the refinery.

    • African soil for sale: Large-scale land acquisitions
      • Life & Peace Institute
      • 23 December 2011

      Issue number 4/2011 of 'New Routes' by Life & Peace Institute (Uppsala)

    • S.Sudan seeks food and farmland investments
      • Reuters
      • 23 December 2011

      South Sudan hopes to attract investors from Gulf Arab states, Israel, China and fellow African countries to boost production of basic food items, a government official said on Thursday.

    • Advance the struggle to end land grabbing, declares Asian farmers group
      • APC
      • 22 December 2011

      “End Landgrabbing! was declared by the participants of the “South Asian Caravan on Climate, Gender, and Food Sovereignty 2011” that went from North to South Bangladesh.

    • Saudis buy Argentine farms on eve of land curbs
      • Agrimoney
      • 21 December 2011

      Saudi Arabia, seeking foreign farmland to boost its food security, has bought 12,000 hectares of Argentine farmland just as the South American country is attempting to limit foreign farm ownership.

    • The Indian land grab In Africa
      • Goimonitor.com
      • 21 December 2011

      Joining the neo-colonial bandwagon, Indian companies are taking over agricultural land in African nations and exporting produced food at the cost of locals

    • Saudi dairy giant spends $83M on Argentina farms
      • AP
      • 21 December 2011

      Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company said Wednesday it is buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte S.A. for $83 million to secure access to a supply of animal feed.

    • Ukraine extends ban on sale of farmland through January 2013
      • Bloomberg
      • 20 December 2011

      Ukraine’s parliament extended a ban on the sale of farmland for a year to January 2013, saying that more time was needed to prepare the market for such sales.

    • Ethiopia: Gibe III - a dam too far?
      • RNW
      • 20 December 2011

      Domestic and foreign investors are expected to grow sugar cane and other cash crops on a large-scale in the south of Ethiopia, an area known for its numerous indigenous tribes.

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