Visit to a 2000 hectare farm in Uruguay on July 4, 2009 with Vinod Surana, CEO of Surana and Surana and leader of CII delegation from India visiting Argentina and Uruguay on June 29 - July 3, 2009

Agricultural experts, civil society activists, peasants and politicians condemn the PPP-led coalition government which has given nod to lease out 6m acres of Pakistani land to Gulf-based multinationals.

Questions persist as to whether the Government ought to tighten its control over the ownership of agricultural land, particularly by non-Kenyans.

There may emerge a situation when Ukrainians will be starving in spite of having the most fertile black earth.

Corporate pitch from Uruguay-based private equity firm Allied Venture for Indian investors to go into outsourced agriculture in Latin America

Allied Venture promo video for Indian investors

A multilateral framework would not only improve the protection of the human rights of the local population concerned; it could also avoid beggar-thy-neighbour policies, with countries competing against each other for foreign direct investment and thus lowering the requirements imposed on foreign investors.

A South Korean provincial government has leased a major plot of farmland in Mindoro to grow corn

As for the Chinese delegation and those of them who had the chance to state their minds one did not get the impression at all as regards purchase of land

Kuwait sees good investment opportunities in Africa and is in talks with countries there about securing food supplies, state news agency Kuna said citing the country's finance minister.

The Philippine government hopes it can sideline land reform by leasing lands to foreign governments and corporations.

Nigerian economist Jonas Chianu argues that the exchange of land for development provides a way out for growth.