Conflicts simmer over land concessions
      The Cambodian government’s moves to allocate vast tracts of land to foreign and local companies are often done without consulting local villagers.
      • IPS
      • 14 April 2010
      Fran O'Sullivan: Fear-mongering doesn't compute
      Someone needs to put Fonterra and the Feds into the same room.
      • NZ Herald
      • 14 April 2010
      Firm eyes 100 farms in South
      The Chinese-backed company seeking to buy 29 North Island dairy farms is also trying to buy up to 100 farms in Otago and Southland and build a dairy factory in Southland.
      • Otago Daily Times
      • 14 April 2010
      Land grabs continue as elites resist regulation
      A year after the purchases of vast swathes of farm land in Africa first drew public attention, transactions remain as opaque as ever.
      • IPS
      • 13 April 2010
      Saudi's Agroinvest to raise $533m for farm investments
      But company says it does not want to tarnish Saudi Arabia's image by buying farmlands abroad
      • Reuters
      • 12 April 2010
      Japan, US and AU to host "Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investment"
      Event aims to support “win-win” arrangements whereby investors and host countries can both benefit from international investment, supporting national or regional food security aims.
      • US and Japanese Governments
      • 12 April 2010
      Citadel turns to agriculture in search of investment
      Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital is seeking to buy Kenya’s firms and long-term land leases as it seeks agro-based raw materials to feed its food business.
      • Business Daily
      • 12 April 2010
      Stronger GCC-ASEAN ties pledged
      Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet, current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, pledged to bolster Saudi-ASEAN cooperation in view of ASEAN's reliance on the Gulf states' oil and the Gulf states' need for overseas farmland for their own food security.
      • Arab News
      • 12 April 2010
      Saudis, Vietnam mull rice cultivation deal
      Vietnam's president Nguyen Minh Triet on Saturday met Saudi business leaders who asked for flexible investment regulations and access to Vietnam's farmlands
      • Reuters
      • 11 April 2010
      Asian Peasant Coalition protest against global land grabbing
      Asian Peasant Coalition composed of 20 Asian country members join the protests on Sunday in Mendiola, Manila, calling to stop global landgrabbing
      • GMA News
      • 11 April 2010
      No 'land grab' in Ethiopia
      Rebuttal from Ethiopia's ambassador to Japan against the article "Japan, please don't go grabbing Ethiopians' land," insisting that the government is only leasing out "unutilized land and some other land holdings by government-owned enterprises".
      • Japan Times
      • 11 April 2010
      West Papua: Land grab to displace locals
      Plans for a US$6 billion food estate in the Merauke region of West Papua has been attacked by farmer and environmental organisations as a land grab that would destroy 2 million hectares of virgin forest.
      • GLW
      • 10 April 2010

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