Karuturi Global eyes East African markets for crops grown on Ethiopia land
    Karuturi has an agreement to provide 40,000 tons of rice to neighboring Djibouti.
    • Bloomberg
    • 12 November 2010
    Aquino urged to review farmlands lease to foreign investors
    Groups in the Philippines call on the government to review agreements with foreign investors allowing a lease of agricultural lands for food and biofuel production.
    • Inquirer
    • 12 November 2010
    Forum public : Main basse sur la planète
    Université de Montréal, le 26 novembre 2010 : Des paysans engagés expliquent comment de grandes entreprises cherchent à s’emparer de la biomasse.
    • Collectif TANY
    • 12 November 2010
    Sudamérica en la mira de inversionistas agrícolas
    Las tierras en Brasil y Argentina están entre los activos más preciados en el nuevo mercado global de terrenos agrícolas que surgió de la mano con el alza en los precios de materias primas.
    • Gestión
    • 12 November 2010
    The investor takeover of farmland
    Investors have found a new target -- farmland in eastern Germany. As a result, the price of agricultural land there has soared by up to 100 percent. Many farmers are concerned about their survival after their current lease agreements run out in two years.
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 12 November 2010
    S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
    Tanzania expects South Korea to begin farming 15,000 hectares of land in the east African country early next year for food production and processing, a senior official said on Thursday.
    • Reuters
    • 11 November 2010
    Land Grabbing and Right to Food Workshop
    Proceedings of the November 2010 workshop bringing together a wide range of NGO representatives from around Cambodia and overseas.
    • NGO Forum
    • 11 November 2010
    Shareholder demands to shape modern agriculture
    Increasing investor demand for agricultural land and the funneling of big money into farms is raising questions about whether small, family-sized operations can survive.
    • Reuters
    • 11 November 2010
    Response to Karuturi CEO on his Ethiopia land grab
    If what is going on in Gambella was happening in New Delhi, India; in Oxford, England; in Bismarck, North Dakota; in Saskatoon, Canada; this would be unthinkable.
    • SMNE
    • 10 November 2010
    Madagascar : Le projet de Constitution est inacceptable
    Ce projet de Constitution avalise le principe de la vente de terrains aux étrangers, une perspective que les membres du Collectif TANY ne peuvent accepter car elle est contraire à l’attachement profond de l’ensemble des citoyens malgaches à la terre de leurs ancêtres.
    • Collectif TANY
    • 10 November 2010
    South America tops farmland investors' wish-list
    Private equity and fund managers name South America a top place to buy, lease and manage agricultural lands for profit.
    • Reuters
    • 10 November 2010
    EAFF position on land grab
    Entebbe Declaration on Large Foreign Land Aquisitions
    • EAFF
    • 10 November 2010
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