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How land grabs in Africa could herald a new dystopian age of hunger
- Guardian
- 28 January 2011
Africa is up for sale by the acre to the highest bidder. But how can rice exports from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia be justified?
Guardian Focus Podcast: Land grabs in Africa
- Guardian
- 28 January 2011
With climate change and rising demand for biofuels pushing up food prices, rich countries are increasingly looking for land in poorer nations to feed themselves. But is this at the expense of the host country?
Food Crises: We need Architects, not Firefighters
- Project Syndicate
- 28 January 2011
The G-20 could call for a moratorium on large-scale agriculture investments until an agreement on appropriate ground rules is reached, says Olivier DeSchutter
Chinese developer may buy Crafar Farms in New Zealand
- Bloomberg
- 28 January 2011
Shanghai Pengxin Group, a Chinese property developer and owner of agriculture and mining ventures, is seeking to buy 16 dairy farms in New Zealand after the government rejected an earlier bid by another Chinese company.
Zambia gives 5,000 hectares land to Saudi businessmen
- Zambian Watchdog
- 28 January 2011
The Zambian Development Agency signed off the virgin land to a firm called Menafea Holding which will grow pineapples and produce juice
Tajikistan agrees to allow Chinese farmers to till land
- Radio Free Europe
- 27 January 2011
Deal adds to anger over decision just a week earlier to cede some 1,100 square kilometers of Tajik land to China.
Sarawak mission to Abu Dhabi to woo investors to Tanjung Manis Halal Hub
- Bernama
- 27 January 2011
Due to the food security issues currently plaguing Arab nations, the project is generating immense interest among GCC investors, says Malaysian official.
New Chinese buyer wants NZ Crafar farms
- NZPA
- 27 January 2011
Shanghai real-estate mogul Jiang Zhaobai wants to buy the family farms from receivers and predicts a bright future for food producers.
Palm oil giant Sime Darby ventures into Africa
- AFP
- 26 January 2011
The company was granted a 220,000 ha concession in Liberia in 2009 and will begin planting oil palm on 10,000 hectares in April.
Talk point: Land grabs
- Guardian
- 26 January 2011
In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.
Agricultural company Adecoagro preps for $400M IPO
- AP
- 25 January 2011
Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million
New agricultural agreement in Argentina: A land grabber's "instruction manual"
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China?