Prime Minister Taro Aso says he will call on world to develop principles promoting responsible foreign investment in agriculture in the face of "land grabs" of large-scale farmland in poor nations to ensure food supplies for wealthy nations.

AFD has taken the initiative of studying the possibility of creating an investment fund. This fund would make equity investments in responsible companies that invest in African agriculture.

Video from The Global Report reporting that the G8 will address land grabbing through win-win solutions

La FAO s’inquiète des violations des droits des paysans que ces accaparements de terres peuvent entraîner, et s’interroge sur la participation des populations locales aux bénéfices générés. Mais elle y voit avant tout une perspective de développement. Au profit de qui ?

Earlier this year Daewoo Logistics’ $6bn deal to own 1.3m ha of prime agricultural land in Madagascar fell thorough after a military coup, leaving it with little hope of compensation.

Daewoo Logistics, one of South Korea’s leading shipping and logistics companies, has filed for receivership in Seoul Central District Court.

Thailand is keen on reaching bilateral agreements with Qatar on various economic investments from agriculture particularly on food, oil and gas and tourism sectors, visiting Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya said yesterday.

"We believe there are many opportunities for investment in Thailand and Philippines and for both countries in Bahrain," a Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry representative said. "Food security is one area we are trying to emphasise. We had discussions in planting and growing bananas and rice in both countries."

We need non-binding principles, not regulation, to make land grabbing win-win, says Japan's Prime Minister before the G8 Summit

Videos for and against outsourcing food production to Africa

Activists say as many as 150,000 people in the Tana River delta could be displaced by the Qatari land-lease deal -- and it is not the only one in Kenya.

In the case of Uganda, Egypt has shown interest in acquiring 200 hectares for wheat production.