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Meles Zenawi's land lease and famine in Ethiopia
- Abugida
- 05 August 2011
Failing rains and drought are not the primary causes of the chronic food shortage and persistent famine hitting Ethiopia given the immense potential the country has.
Indonesia food security project threatens Papuan way of life
- AlertNet
- 05 August 2011
Indigenous Papuans are at risk of further marginalisation and the forests on which they rely face destruction due to a project by the Indonesian government, activists say.
Agriculture Investment Summit Americas 2011 (Miami, 19-21 October)
- Terrapinn
- 04 August 2011
The Agriculture Investment Summit Americas is a three-day senior-level conference for US, Canadian, and Latin American investors to access global agribusiness and farmland opportunities.
Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
- 3 News
- 04 August 2011
The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
Farmers demand owners' register
- The Age
- 04 August 2011
Farmers have urged the state government to establish a register that would list Victorian farms that have been bought by foreign owners. The call comes as concerns grow over the level of foreign ownership of Australian farms and over the control of productive food resources.
PCs another pest for Australian wheat growers
- Reuters
- 03 August 2011
Outback Australian farmers - hardened from dealing with extreme weather, fires and pests - now have to wrestle with modern trading tools and technology after a tough day tilling the land as they adapt to the rigors of a deregulated market.
Ghana to become leading rice producer in West Africa
- GNA
- 03 August 2011
Mr Daniel Amelorku, District Chief Executive of South Tongu District in the Volta Region of Ghana said his district has provided 1,000 hectares of land to Global Agri-Development Company (GADCO) and would be expanded to 4,000 hectares within four years to achieve the target.
Plan for China to invest in agricultural business rather than buy the farm
- The Australian
- 03 August 2011
Chinese companies could be encouraged to invest in Australian agricultural businesses instead of buying up farms under a new foreign investment model based on the practice in the mining sector.
GES 2011: Dealing with the race for agricultural land
- Future Challenges
- 02 August 2011
Global Economic Symposium, to be held 4-6 October in Kiel, Germany, will have a special session on land grabbing.
Agriculture: “The New Economy” of the 21st century?
- momagri
- 02 August 2011
Who has not recently heard a radio advertisement from one investment fund or another extolling the virtues of agricultural investments in Argentina or the Ukraine?
Farmland investing: Arable land is no longer dirt-cheap
- Daily Finance
- 02 August 2011
Review of US farmland prices from an investor perspective
Agri-investing for the long term: The investment case for responsible investments in agriculture
- onValues
- 02 August 2011
Summary report of the conference hosted June 17, 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland