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The next Great Trek? South African commercial farmers move north
- IDS
- 06 April 2011
This paper analyses the shifting role of South African farmers, agribusiness and capital elsewhere in the Southern African region and the rest of the continent.
The end of the African peasant? From investment funds and finance value-chains to peasant related questions
- Land Deal Politics Initiative
- 06 April 2011
This article details several new production and investment models developed in South Africa. According to the role of this country in the land grab rush, these models could become the norm.
Indirect expropriation : the role of national institutions and domestic elites in the Mozambican farmland grab
- IDS
- 06 April 2011
This paper highlights the role played by national-level land politics and domestic elites using material drawn from interviews with government officials, investors, and civil society organizations in Mozambique.
India expects big push in trade with Thailand
- Tehelka
- 06 April 2011
The cooperation in infrastructure and food processing sectors could fuel growth.
Grim prospects for Sime Darby in Bomi
- Liberian Observer
- 05 April 2011
It appears that the Bomi County operations of Sime Darby are being hindered as locals there are reportedly holding back lands leased by the government of Liberia to the company.
Amity Technology LLC intends to invest Dagestan agro-industrial complex
- RIAD
- 05 April 2011
The Republic of Dagestan will provide the US company with 100,000 hectares of land in Nogai district for a project to produce and process sugar beets and vegetables.
SA government not liable in Zim land cases
- SW Radio Africa
- 05 April 2011
If a similar case arises when land invasions happened during the time that a bilateral investment agreement has been signed, then the outcome in South Africa might be quite different, says South African lawyer
Low cost, high returns make Africa attractive to India Inc
- Economic Times
- 05 April 2011
Several Indian companies have planned huge investments in the African mining and agriculture sectors, buoyed by the prospects of high returns, on the back of rich resources and low labour and input costs, stakeholders maintain.
Land deals in Ethiopia bring food self-sufficiency, and prosperity
- Guardian
- 04 April 2011
Foreign investments help Ethiopia to develop, and provide knowledge, skills and taxes, says Ethiopia's Ambassador to the UK.
The myths of global land grabbing untangled
- The Broker
- 04 April 2011
The issue of land grabbing has been on the agenda for some years now, but it seems that the academic focus is changing.
Sudan farmers protest government 'land grab'
- AFP
- 04 April 2011
Around 800 farmers protested Friday against a government decision to seize land from a village in Gezira state, Sudan's agricultural heartland, without compensating the owners, witnesses said.
SA farm exodus shock
- Times
- 03 April 2011
South Africa's commercial farmers say they will continue setting up in other countries to flee "unreasonable" laws, such as a new bill the government says will "stop cruelty against farm workers".