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Reap what you sow: Why there's money in farmland
- IFA Online
- 15 December 2011
Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, puts forward the case for including farmland in clients’ self-invested personal pensions (UK)
New data sets on land grabbing
- GRAIN
- 15 December 2011
In the past few months, GRAIN staff have been participating in a range of meetings and workshops in different parts of the world on land grabbing. Here are some of the documents we prepared for these meetings.
Reasons of scarcity of Arab investments in Sudan: Is It due to poor promotion or fear of procedures?
- Sudan Vision Daily
- 15 December 2011
Editor of Banking Magazine, El Tijani Hussein Al Khabeir, says that Sudan is capable of feeding one quarter of world population and five folds of Arab countries population
Small-scale farmers decry exclusion, marginalisation
- Guardian
- 14 December 2011
Farmers from Tanzania's Network of Small Scale Farmers (Mviwata) visit the Ministry of Agriculture to explain how recent development projects allocate huge pieces of land to big investors, leaving local farmers without farming land.
Poor paying the cost of large land deals - study
- AlertNet
- 14 December 2011
The global rush to acquire large amounts of land in developing countries has done more harm than good, especially to the poorest people who often lose access to land and resources essential to their livelihoods.
China's $300 billion fund a wake-up call to U.S.
- Reuters
- 14 December 2011
New fund reflects desire in Beijing to acquire real assets, including agricultural lands, say analysts.
Large-scale land deals threaten poor countries – Study
- GBN
- 14 December 2011
The most comprehensive study of large land acquisitions in developing countries to date published Wednesday online by the International Land Coalition (ILC) has found more evidence of harm than benefits.
Call for due procedure in rectifying the Land Expropriation Act
- Taiwan Rural Front
- 12 December 2011
Government sponsored land grabbing in Taiwan has caused not only domestic grievances but also international concern.
Land deals "threaten South Sudan's development"
- IRIN
- 12 December 2011
The government has said it will review all the deals done by foreign companies and try to close the many legal loopholes that have allowed foreign companies to “grab” large tracts of land without the knowledge of government and communities.
Thai sugar giant Mitr Phol seeks to take over 125-year-old Queensland sugar company MSF Sugar
- Property Observer
- 12 December 2011
The Thai company is seeking to acquire four far north Queensland sugar mills, more than 6,000 hectares of agricultural land and other infrastructure assets owned by MSF Sugar
Ukraine. Parliament makes first step towards sale of land from 2013
- UKRINFORM
- 12 December 2011
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted at first reading a bill on the land market. The document has been posted on the website of the Ukrainian parliament.
AgriSol lands another 10,000 ha amid growing public outcry
- IPP Media
- 12 December 2011
The US-based AgriSol Company has landed another lucrative land deal involving 10,000 hectres amid growing public outcry about the recent land deals sealed by the company in Rukwa region.