COUNT ME IN! Swedish investor snaps up historic property for $20m

• The Standard
• 28 January 2010

Swedish Count Carl Gustav Wachmeister bought 3,310 ha in Victoria State, Australia

Dairy expertise exported in Middle East venture

• stuff.co.nz
• 28 January 2010

An ambitious project pooling New Zealand's farming expertise has received a fillip from Emirates Investment Group. Through EIG, there are two large Pakistan projects on the cards, one involving a 35,000ha farm.

Mauritian company to invest in agro-food industries in Mozambique

• PANA
• 28 January 2010

Mauritius has established a company to facilitate investment in Mozambique, particularly in the area of agro-food. The company was established after the Mozambican government granted Mauritius 23,500 hectares of land.

Achat des terres africaines: L'UA veut que l'Afrique se prononce

• PANA
• 28 January 2010

Banks eye increasing value of land

• Daily News Egypt
• 27 January 2010

Heightened land values have caused several Egyptian banks, private companies and government bodies to purchase agricultural land in Africa, in addition to focusing greater attention on Egypt’s land resources.

Unravelling the "land grab": How to protect the livelihoods of the poor

• Oxfam
• 27 January 2010

Oxfam Novib wants to come to grips with the land issue – trying to understand the implications of the capital-rich countries and companies endeavouring to purchase or lease large tracts of agricultural land in resource-rich developing States.

Khon Kaen Sugar set to double sugarcane output

• Bangkok Post
• 27 January 2010

Khon Kaen Sugar Industry Plc aims to invest about 15 billion baht over the next five years to double its sugarcane output in Thailand and continuously expand its presence in Cambodia and Laos.

Pakistan says committed to farmland deals

• Reuters
• 27 January 2010

Pakistan will press ahead with plans to lease or sell farmland to foreign investors despite United Nations concern over such deals, arguing the land would otherwise lie fallow, Pakistan's foreign minister said.

Fodder for war: Getting to the crux of the natural resources crisis

• RRI
• 27 January 2010

As interest in transnational land acquisition for food production grows, the importance of legal customary tenure recognition becomes more apparent.

The new way of bio-colonialism in Ethiopia

• Anyuak Media
• 26 January 2010

How could Meles know the legitimate owners of the land, namely the future generation of Ethiopians, may not need the land say 20 years from now?

Mideast supplies: Slowdown in Gulf states’ dash for farmland

• Financial Times
• 26 January 2010

The urgency among Gulf states to pursue farmland acquisitions has diminished as food prices have gone down and controversy has gone up. Still, Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with its plans.

Il nuovo colonialismo: Caccia alla terra coltivabile

• Egea
• 26 January 2010

Dal luglio 2007 ad aprile 2009, quasi 20 milioni di ettari di terreni coltivabili sono stati oggetto di negoziati e accordi tra governi e società private. Un fenomeno che è stato definito "neocolonialismo". Questo libro racconta chi sono i cacciatori di terra, dove agiscono e quali insidie, ma anche quali opportunità, si nascondono in questo rinnovato interesse per l'agricoltura.