Could failure be the best outcome?

• Morning Star
• 27 November 2009

Over the next couple of weeks we will see a level of political frenzy let loose on the international stage.

European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2009 on the FAO Summit and food security

• European Parliament
• 27 November 2009

22. Stresses that farmland acquisition by foreign investors, particularly in Africa, must not have an adverse impact on local food security or lead to unsustainable land use; points out that it may also have positive effects by bringing land into productive use; urges the FAO and the Member States to work towards common rules and legislative proposals which recognise the right of local people in every country to control farmland and other natural resources vital to their food security;

Ethiopia: ‘Land to the Grabber’ – the Rise of the Neo-Gebbar System

• gadaa.com
• 26 November 2009

Land grabs: Africa's new ‘resource curse’?

• Pambazuka
• 26 November 2009

Developed nations attempt to secure supplies of food and biofuels to mitigate the impacts of climate change on the food and energy security of their populations, Khadija Sharife writes in this week’s Pambazuka News

Arabian sheik to invest in Sarangani

• Manila Times
• 26 November 2009

Tadco has visited the Kalumbarak Skyline Village in Malungon town, Philippines, with the intention of putting up a multimillion dollar worth agricultural investment.

Qatar is eyeing food investment in Belarus

• Gulf Times
• 25 November 2009

Belarus has fertile land for agriculture and Hassad Food is evaluating different features in such markets like ease of laws

Jim Rogers on why gold is glittering so brightly

• Business Week
• 25 November 2009

"It's very, very cheap, it's incredibly fertile, and it hasn't been overexploited. And if you take in some expertise and some machinery and some fertilizer, you should make a lot of money," says investment guru Jim Rogers of Africa's farmlands

Land rush in Africa

• Business Week
• 25 November 2009

Agribusiness and global investors are scooping up farmland. Are corporate farmers the new colonialists? asks BusinessWeek

RP eyes agribusiness investments from Middle East

• Philippine Daily Inquirer
• 25 November 2009

A delegation from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce will be in Manila on Friday and Saturday for a briefing on potential food production investment sites in the Philippines.

Program food estate bukan solusi mendongkrak produksi padi nasional

• Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI)
• 24 November 2009

Henry Saragih, Ketua Umum Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) menyesalkan langkah yang diambil pemerintah untuk mendongkrak produksi padi nasional melalui program food estate. Pengembangan food estate justru bertentangan dengan upaya pemerintah mendorong ekonomi kerakyatan, khususnya ekonomi kaum tani.

Food Estate is Not a Solution to Increase National Rice Production

• Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI)
• 24 November 2009

The food estate program will shift the character of Indonesian agriculture from family farming to corporate based food and agriculture production and weaken national food sovereignty.

Pension funds seek out agricultural assets

• Global Pensions
• 24 November 2009

Pension funds are seeking out agricultural and commodity-related assets that offer diversification from traditional asset classes and superior returns to listed equities.