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Spotlight turned on agro investment boom
- swissinfo.ch
- 09 June 2011
Protestors have been demonstrating in Geneva against the growth in investments in agriculture that they say endangers food security in many developing countries.
US universities in Africa 'land grab'
- Guardian
- 09 June 2011
Institutions including Harvard and Vanderbilt reportedly use hedge funds to buy land in deals that may force farmers out.
Beidahuang will invest $1.5 billion on Patagonian farms that it won’t own
- Bloomberg
- 09 June 2011
The Chinese firm will finance farming of wheat, corn, soybeans, fruit and vegetables and the production of wine in Rio Negro without buying the 300,000 hectares of land, said Rio Negro's economy development secretary Maximiliano Bruno.
Investment in land opens new chapter in the colonisation of the continent
- Angola Press
- 08 June 2011
Foreign investment in land opens a new chapter in the colonization of Africa, said today (Tuesday) in London one of the leaders of the think-tank Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA).
African land-lease deals need more transparency, Botswana’s Mogae says
- Bloomberg
- 08 June 2011
Large-scale land deals in Africa have been characterized by a lack of transparency, making it impossible to assess their benefits, according to Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana.
South Africa: New curbs for foreign land ownership
- Business Day
- 08 June 2011
Land Minister Nkwinti proposes "precarious tenure" policy rather than outright prevention of foreigners from owning SA land
Abraaj Captial is said to be in talks to buy stake in Citadel of Egypt
- Bloomberg
- 08 June 2011
Both companies are active farmland investors, with Citadel controlling a reported 200,000 hectares in Sudan and operating Egypt's largest dairy farm.
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
- BBC
- 08 June 2011
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says
Swedish fund goes farming for diversification
- Top1000Funds
- 08 June 2011
The Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) will invest $250 million in a joint venture with a US pension fund and financial services provider to buy farmland in the United States, Brazil and Australia.
Understanding land investment deals in Ethiopia
- SMNE
- 08 June 2011
SMNE independent commentary on report regarding political impact and recommendations.
Investor land deals exploiting Africa, report alleges
- Reuters
- 08 June 2011
Wealthy U.S. and European investors are accumulating large swaths of African agricultural lands in deals that have little accountability and give them greater control over food supply for the world's poor
Land deals raise food security hopes
- IRIN
- 08 June 2011
By handing over 80,000 hectares of untilled land to a few dozen South African farmers, authorities in the Republic of Congo are confident they will greatly improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce the country's chronic dependence on food imports