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Voices from the London International Oromo Workshop
- GRAIN
- 13 July 2010
Interviews about the current land grab in the Oromia and Gambela regions with some of the presenters at the London workshop.
It’s not such a long way to Africa
- Financial Express
- 12 July 2010
Jagjit Singh Hara, a farmer in Jalandhar, has been getting offers from Congo, Namibia and Nigeria to take land on lease and start cultivation.
Big push from foreign investors into PNG
- Islands Business
- 12 July 2010
"We have Indonesians and Malaysians coming in and saying we want 100,000 hectares to make PNG a rice producing country," says PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister Sir Puka Temu
Food shortages puts rural Asia at risk of international exploitation
- Radio Australia
- 12 July 2010
The Asian Development Bank is warning the region's rural sector could be expoited by international investors as concerns about global food and fuel security intensify.
Punjab farmers take up Ethiopian offer
- Sikh Sangat News
- 11 July 2010
A group of farmers from Punjab are planning to take 1 lakh hectare land on lease in the African nation of Ethiopia for cultivation.
Punjab’s African plot
- Indian Express
- 11 July 2010
In the last few months, the process seems to be speeding up with more and more Indian farmers checking out investments in Africa.
The GCC stocks the larder against future food crisis
- The National
- 11 July 2010
The GCC states are rapidly pursuing contracts for the purchase of land from eastern Africa to Vietnam to guarantee ample food supplies
For better or worse: foreign ownership
- NZ Herald
- 10 July 2010
At least 24 countries have been given approval to invest in New Zealand's agricultural sector, covering 154,855ha and a wide range of sectors from sheep farming to viticulture
SAfrica farmers get land offers in Africa
- Reuters
- 09 July 2010
A South African farmers group said on Friday it had received fresh offers from African states, including Sudan and Mozambique, to invest in agriculture to grow export crops and some of the deals will be concluded soon.
The new shifting agriculture: Shopping for fields overseas
- Times of India
- 09 July 2010
Acquiring land elsewhere for cultivation impoverishes farmers there and degrades soil
A Debate on Geoengineering: Vandana Shiva vs. Gwynne Dyer
- Democracy Now!
- 08 July 2010
"The land rights of the poor defenseless indigenous person is the biggest peace initiative of today and it’s the biggest climate issue of today," says Vandana Shiva
Thousands rally in West Papua: Reject special autonomy, demand referendum on independence
- IndyBay
- 08 July 2010
In Merauke, over 1000 people marched to the regional legislature to present their demands, and rallied against the failure of Special Autonomy to protect indigenous people, particularly in regard to the planned 80 million-hectare Merauke Food Estate.