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Karuturi Global eyes East African markets for crops grown on Ethiopia land
- Bloomberg
- 12 November 2010
Karuturi has an agreement to provide 40,000 tons of rice to neighboring Djibouti.
Aquino urged to review farmlands lease to foreign investors
- Inquirer
- 12 November 2010
Groups in the Philippines call on the government to review agreements with foreign investors allowing a lease of agricultural lands for food and biofuel production.
The investor takeover of farmland
- Deutsche Welle
- 12 November 2010
Investors have found a new target -- farmland in eastern Germany. As a result, the price of agricultural land there has soared by up to 100 percent. Many farmers are concerned about their survival after their current lease agreements run out in two years.
S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
- Reuters
- 11 November 2010
Tanzania expects South Korea to begin farming 15,000 hectares of land in the east African country early next year for food production and processing, a senior official said on Thursday.
Land Grabbing and Right to Food Workshop
- NGO Forum
- 11 November 2010
Proceedings of the November 2010 workshop bringing together a wide range of NGO representatives from around Cambodia and overseas.
Shareholder demands to shape modern agriculture
- Reuters
- 11 November 2010
Increasing investor demand for agricultural land and the funneling of big money into farms is raising questions about whether small, family-sized operations can survive.
Response to Karuturi CEO on his Ethiopia land grab
- SMNE
- 10 November 2010
If what is going on in Gambella was happening in New Delhi, India; in Oxford, England; in Bismarck, North Dakota; in Saskatoon, Canada; this would be unthinkable.
South America tops farmland investors' wish-list
- Reuters
- 10 November 2010
Private equity and fund managers name South America a top place to buy, lease and manage agricultural lands for profit.
EAFF position on land grab
- EAFF
- 10 November 2010
Entebbe Declaration on Large Foreign Land Aquisitions
Bankers, funds try to cope with demand for farms
- Reuters
- 09 November 2010
Bankers and fund managers are scrambling to build up rural expertise in response to rocketing investor demand to buy entire farms as an inflation hedge.
Climate change, land acquisition and food security in West Africa
- ROPPA & CTA
- 09 November 2010
Presentations from the Briefing on “Land access, land acquisitions and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities".
Private equity sees "buckets of money" in water buys
- Reuters
- 09 November 2010
Water scarcity will generate big returns once climate change and population growth take their toll on farming.