farmlandgrab.org

English

Rice/Cassava: Vietnamese, Chinese set to boost production in Edo
- Business Daily
- 05 July 2010
Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice and cassava in Edo State, Nigeria, respectively.
Press release from the London International Oromo Workshop
- LIOW
- 03 July 2010
Participants denounced land grabbing and agreed to co-ordinate their efforts globally to campaign to STOP the irresponsible greedy practice by the transnational conglomerates.
PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 03 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
Tunisia to lease farmland to foreigners -official
- Reuters
- 02 July 2010
Tunisia plans to lease over 9,641 hectares of farmland to foreign investors this year to help increase agricultural production and exports, a government official said on Friday.
Assessing international investments in agriculture: A systems perspective
- EAAE Seminar
- 02 July 2010
The paper attempts to present an integrated look at international investments in agriculture from a systems perspective, focusing on Arab investments in Sudan.
Bilateral investment treaties and land reform in southern Africa
- Rights & Democracy
- 01 July 2010
A special international legal regime exists to protect cross-border investments, including ownership of land and property.
Pension funds – future farmers
- IPE Magazine
- 01 July 2010
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company seeking investment in Brazil agriculture projects
- Invest Brazil
- 01 July 2010
Libya has mobilised investment funds and is seeking area for production and export of food.
Small farmers should get on the "land grab" bandwagon
- IRIN
- 30 June 2010
If you are a small farmer in a developing country, and there is a big agricultural land investment deal going down in your neighbourhood, you could become part of it and make money in several ways, said a new UN-backed study.
Statement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, US Social Forum 2010
- USSF
- 29 June 2010
We call on others in the US to demand an end to the global land grab and commit to participating in a global campaign against land grabs
TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now 'like gold'
- Bloomberg
- 29 June 2010
TIAA-CREF owns agricultural land in the US, Australia, Brazil and central and Eastern Europe, most of which is leased out.
ANALYSIS-Pension funds to bulk up farmland investments
- Reuters
- 29 June 2010
Pension funds are deepening their commitment to farmland, upping investments by billions of dollars and moving to active strategies, as a hedge against potential inflation and to diversifty from riskier investments.