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Spotlight turned on issue of land grabbing
- swissinfo.ch
- 25 May 2010
A seminar in Zurich brought together development experts to put the issue into context and take a long term view.
Africa Progress Report calls on African leaders to turn “scramble for Africa” into real results for the continent
- APP
- 25 May 2010
The 2010 edition of the Africa Progress Panel report, produced under the chairmanship of Mr Kofi Annan, addresses land grabbing in Africa.
Foreign investors pour into Brazilian sugar
- Agrimoney
- 24 May 2010
Foreign investors are not just snapping up Brazilian farmland – they are taking a bigger stake in sugar operators too, tripling their participation within three years.
UAE takes rapid steps towards food security
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 24 May 2010
The UAE has embarked on an overseas investment spree to ensure domestic food security in a country with miniscule arable area -- a spree that will only grow
The commercial ‘land rush’ – human rights-based versus corporate social responsibility models
- Terra Nullius
- 23 May 2010
Most people involved in land rights issues are likely to agree that the most abusive companies (and governments) should be vigorously prosecuted using national, regional and global legal fora.
Community rights should be at the centre of resource use in Africa
- WRM
- 22 May 2010
Liberia conference decries the negative impacts from the increasing amount of land being targeted for large scale monoculture plantation in Africa in recent years.
Singapore firms to invest in $16 bln China farm project
- Reuters
- 21 May 2010
Singapore plans to help develop a $16 billion agricultural project in northeastern China as the city-state aims to boost its food security.
New food source for Singapore
- Straits Times
- 21 May 2010
Singapore could gain access to a major new source of meat, fruit and vegetables if a massive new farming project in north-eastern China takes off
British firm to invest $20m in agri-business
- Times of Zambia
- 21 May 2010
Chayton Capital, a UK-based company, is to invest US$20 million in the purchase and expansion of six irrigated farms in various parts of Zambia to enhance growth in the agriculture sector
L’accaparement des terres : La course aux terres aggrave la faim dans le monde
- PPP
- 20 May 2010
Un Collection Repères par Pain pour le Prochain et Action de Carème
AfDB commits USD 40 million in the African Agriculture Fund
- AfDB
- 19 May 2010
The Fund will operate according to a Socially Responsible Investment Manual that features, for the first time in the area of Agribusiness private equity, a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in Agricultural and Agribusiness Projects to prevent unsustainable practices in land acquisition and land use.
Bunge seeks investors for Brazil land fund
- Reuters
- 19 May 2010
Bunge says investor interest in farmland ownership appeared to be growing, and Bunge was aiming to draw more than $100 million in investor dollars to its land fund.