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Land grabbing and the global food crisis - Presentation
- GRAIN
- 02 December 2009
An illustrated overview of the global land grabbing trend, with tables and figures.
Mali: Land grab fears linger
- IRIN
- 02 December 2009
In Mali the government has approved long-term leases for outside investors to develop more than 160,000 hectares of land. Local farmers say they fear being pushed out.
The African land-grab: Creating equitable governance strategies through codes-of-conduct and certification schemes
- Earth System Governance
- 02 December 2009
This paper examines two failed land acquisition processes for food and biofuels production in Africa (SEKAB-Tanzania and Daewoo-Madagascar) with the aim to establishing more equitable governance strategies.
Even Island States can make plans to improve food security
- IPS
- 01 December 2009
"Mauritius cannot depend on [Mozambique and Madagascar] for sustainable agricultural development. It’s better for us to cultivate our own land to produce more food and leave some land for future generations."
Sudan arable land attracting Arab, Asian investors
- AFP
- 01 December 2009
"I think it is not right to sell or give your land to foreigners... until you have exhausted every local possibility," said Osama Daoud, chief executive of the Sudanese DAL group which runs large agricultural projects.
China’s Centre for Agricultural Technology in Mozambique opens at start of 2010 to boost productivity
- Macauhub
- 30 November 2009
According to researcher, Loro Horta, the technological centres project is the result of a growing Chinese interest in African agricultural resources.
Farmland investments and political risk - Venezuelan nationalisations
- Ag Capita
- 30 November 2009
"Foreign governments and institutional investors have only recently been moving into the space and in a very limited way and yet they have already generated considerable controversy and political backlash where they have deployed capital into the emerging markets. We believe that this will only become worse over time," says Agcapita's Stephen Johnston.
Korea leases African land to ensure food security
- APA
- 30 November 2009
The South Korean government has realised that its 49 million people cannot, in the long term, be fed sustainably without the assistance of Africa’s abundant land resources.
AFSA urges leaders to resist massive land grabs
- Daily Monitor
- 29 November 2009
The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa urged African leaders to resist the corporate industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, and for the issue to be raised at the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
Karuturi fructifies further to conquer overseas
- Economic Times
- 29 November 2009
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director of Karuturi Global Ltd was conferred with the award for business excellence in agribusiness in Africa by Corporate Council on Africa, for the year 2009.
Dominion Farms rebuttal to Business Week article
- Dominion Farms Ltd
- 28 November 2009
While Dominion Farms is honored that Business Week saw our company as a global front runner in doing business in Africa, we are disheartened by the lack of commitment to the true story of Dominion Farms.
Rubada gets Sh65bn loan for rice project
- The Citizen
- 27 November 2009
South Korea, through the Korean Economic Development Fund, has extended a $50 million (about Sh65 billion) loan to the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada). About 100,000 hectares of land have been set aside for modern rice farming under the project.