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Call for cases on land rights and the right to food
- UNHCR
- 08 January 2010
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food launches a call for cases that illustrate the links between security of land tenure, access to land and the right to food.
Call for papers: 4th London International Oromo Workshop on the scramble for land
- gadaa.com
- 08 January 2010
A one-day workshop on the scramble for land, ‘investment’ and environmental degradation in Oromia: consequences for the future (City University London, 3 July 2010)
Land grab? The race for the world's farmland
- Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars
- 08 January 2010
This new publication marks one of the first efforts in the United States to bring together perspectives from international organizations, farmers, and investors alike about a trend often referred to as a new phase of the world food crisis.
The South Africa-Congo concession: Exploitation or salvation?
- Pambazuka
- 07 January 2010
The much-discussed Congo land-lease, granting 200,000 hectares to South African farmers with a further 10 million hectares in the balance, appears to mark a departure from the usual terms underpinning foreign acquisition of fertile land by multinationals
Arab nations ask to set up rice processing outlets
- Bangkok Post
- 07 January 2010
Saudi Arabia and neighbours take a new tack in the quest to secure supplies of food from Thailand, this time seeking rice processing factories.
Corporate farming in Pakistan opposed
- The News
- 07 January 2010
Voicing aversion to corporate agriculture farming, speakers at a seminar on Wednesday underlined the need for taking effective steps to counter its adverse effects in Pakistan.
The scramble for land in Ethiopia
- Ethiopian Review
- 05 January 2010
Ginbot 7 wants to send an unequivocal message to the land grabbers that any land deal that has not been agreed to by the Ethiopian people will not be honored by future elected governments.
Sime Darby takes over Guthrie for 60-year operation
- Daily Observer
- 05 January 2010
Sime Darby, which is expected to employ an estimated 22,000 Liberians over the next 10 years, will cultivate roughly 220,000 hectares of land in four counties including Gbarpolu, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount and Bong.
From the Bosphorus: Straight - A proposal to be stewed, roasted, baked or boiled
- Hurriyet
- 04 January 2010
This proposal smacks of the 18th and 19th century capitalizations of the Ottoman government that made Turkey a vassal of European powers. Thanks Mr. Korkmaz. But no thanks.
Industrialization by invitation: Will it work in Ethiopia?
- Aiga Forum
- 04 January 2010
Ethiopia’s strategy of leasing farmland to foreign investors is not without critics.
Turkey to hire lands to foreign funds
- Hurriyet
- 03 January 2010
Turkey has been in talks for the past year with “three big international funds” in order to hire out agricultural lands. One of the deals will be announced very soon, the country's investment promotion agency says.
Indian companies buy land abroad for agricultural products
- Economic Times
- 02 January 2010
The list of Indian companies that have purchased land in Africa is quite long and includes companies in businesses ranging from agriculture and horticulture to engineering and metals.