The World Food Program intends to buy some of the grain produced in Ethiopia by foreign investors in order to assist hungry people. Ironically, this group of intended food aid recipients will include those working to produce it in the first place. Ethiopia's government is calling this sustainable development.

Black River's investment pipeline includes a Chinese pork producer and distributor, a duck farming firm in northern China, a fish producer in Costa Rica and a frozen fish processor in Singapore.

China's Cofco Corporation has acquired an equity stake in Australian sugar producer Tully Sugar and is said to be pursuing a take-over.

The EAFF President was a discussant during the World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty which took place in Washington DC USA 18th to 20th April 2011. The following were his focal points

The highly-contested Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investment are back on the table this week, as the annual Conference on Land and Poverty opens at the World Bank.

The Land Portal, an online platform to find, share, and collaborate on land information, was launched today at the annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty.

The emerging resistance against MIFEE is located within a national (and international) alliance against land grabs and within the indigeous movement against Indonesian occupation and exploitation.

International investors have suspended at least $15 billion in Brazilian farming and forestry projects since August, when the government put limits on land buying by foreigners, sector analysts said on Monday.

Tanzania should seize the opportunity of rising food prices by investing in smallholder farmers and allow large scale foreign investors targeting exports, Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT) Chairman, Salum Shamte has said.

According to Pessôa, as a result of limitations on foreign capital, Brazil will have problems increasing its production at a rate adequate to meet the global demand.

Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.

Video of the Panel: Can Funds and Financial Institutions promote good land-based investment practice? Featuring represetatives of Rabobank, Emergent Asset Management, TIAA-CREF and Galtere Ltd).