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Ethiopia builds 10 new sugar plants as it aims to become leading exporter
- Bloomberg
- 13 September 2011
Foreign investment is being sought to develop projects on 5 million hectares of land that has been identified for sugar production.
Group says US desire to own land in PH behind fresh bid on charter change
- ALLVOICES
- 13 September 2011
"The desire of foreign monopoly capitalists in the US to acquire lands in PH is an open book. It is not a best kept secret. The monopolists in the US also want 100 percent ownership of other profitable sectors in the Philippines including but not limited to mining, eco-tourism, energy, public utilities, mass media, oil and gas, health and education."
Bittersweet Harvest: Thai sugar company on land grab in Cambodia?
- Khmerization
- 13 September 2011
Major Thai producer among businesses facing land-grab allegations in Cambodia's lucrative sugar industry.
The war over land
- IPS
- 12 September 2011
In Guatemala, land is fiercely disputed, especially by agribusiness interests keen on expanding export crops like sugar cane and African oil palm.
Half a million lives threatened by land & water grabs in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley
- Oakland Institute
- 12 September 2011
Oakland Institute report exposes how a controversial hydroelectric project in Ethiopia's Omo Valley is facilitating the take over of 350,000 ha of land for sugar cane and cotton plantations and resulting in state-sponsored human rights violations.
A huge oil palm plantation puts African rainforest at risk
- Yale Environment 360
- 12 September 2011
As global agricultural companies turn to Africa, a U.S. firm, Herakles Farms, is planning a massive oil palm plantation (60 000 ha) in Cameroon
Romanian farmland set to cultivate future growth
- Business Review
- 12 September 2011
"We are in negotiations with several foreign investment funds that are interested in buying thousands of hectares of Romanian farmland,” says analyst with DTZ Echinox.
Africa land grab: New century, more colonisers
- Newsclick
- 12 September 2011
Indian companies acquire land in Africa at throw away prices to ensure India's food security. Prof Jayati Ghosh analyses the issue and offers alternative solutions.
Who owns the farm? Foreign ownership stats released
- Beef Central
- 12 September 2011
Shadow minister for agriculture and food security, John Cobb, said it was concerning that in the past three years there had been a 10-fold increase in foreign investment in ownership and control of agricultural supply lines.
Farm groups still concerned about foreign ownership
- ABC
- 12 September 2011
The National Farmers Federation says the figures that show Australian farm land to be about 90 per cent locally owned is a small part of the picture. It's just one of three studies, with the others looking into the value of farm production.
Farmers leave land, foreign buyers on the rise
- The Advertiser
- 10 September 2011
New figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than 12 per cent of land used for agriculture in South Australia is owned by foreign interests.
German investment fund buying up Kiwi dairy farms
- Stuff
- 10 September 2011
Aquila Capital Green Assets has helped European investors acquire $111 million of New Zealand farmland.