The Philippines and Qatar signed 4 bilateral agreements and one private sector agreement seen to boost cooperation in investments, tourism, fisheries and the legal field.

According to the November 2011 Peace Brigades International Colombia Newsletter, today, 40% of Colombia's 280 million acres of land "has been licensed to, or is being solicited by, multinational corporations."

The craze in recent years for huge investments in bio energy and agribusiness in Tanzania has seen small poor farmers being dispossessed of their lands through tricky contracts and the false hope of making riches overnight.

India, which doesn’t allow corporate farming domestically, has joined the growing list of countries going overseas to look for food security.

Myanmar diplomatically bypassed a Bangladesh proposal last year for taking agricultural land on lease for cultivation in that country.

Combined firm, RZ Agro Holding Ltd., will control 97,500 ha in the Rostov Region of Russia.

Saudi businessman Saleh Kamel announced last week that the Sudanese government agreed to give his country two million acres [809 371 hectares] of farmland for a project that will allow the Arab Gulf state to ensure a steady food supply.

The increasing dominance of China in Africa - industry, not agriculture. UK and US deserve greater critique.

New Zealand's reputation will be damaged in Asia if the sale of the Crafar dairy farms to Chinese interests does not go through, says a Kiwi managing investments in China.

How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.

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

Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.