Saudis, Vietnam mull rice cultivation deal
    Vietnam's president Nguyen Minh Triet on Saturday met Saudi business leaders who asked for flexible investment regulations and access to Vietnam's farmlands
    • Reuters
    • 11 April 2010
    Asian Peasant Coalition protest against global land grabbing
    Asian Peasant Coalition composed of 20 Asian country members join the protests on Sunday in Mendiola, Manila, calling to stop global landgrabbing
    • GMA News
    • 11 April 2010
    No 'land grab' in Ethiopia
    Rebuttal from Ethiopia's ambassador to Japan against the article "Japan, please don't go grabbing Ethiopians' land," insisting that the government is only leasing out "unutilized land and some other land holdings by government-owned enterprises".
    • Japan Times
    • 11 April 2010
    West Papua: Land grab to displace locals
    Plans for a US$6 billion food estate in the Merauke region of West Papua has been attacked by farmer and environmental organisations as a land grab that would destroy 2 million hectares of virgin forest.
    • GLW
    • 10 April 2010
    Terres africaines à louer
    Les gouvernements africains ont multiplié les contrats de location de terres agricoles avec des sociétés étrangères au cours de ces cinq dernières années. Le phénomène n'est pas nouveau mais les motivations, les acquéreurs et le rythme d'acquisition, oui.
    • RFI
    • 09 April 2010
    Indian farmers upbeat on possible LatAm ventures
    India's food crisis can be lessened by growing some of the relevant crops like wheat, rice, pulses and oilseeds in Argentina.
    • Financial Express
    • 09 April 2010
    Former President Rawlings calls on African governments to institute protective land laws
    "We need to employ some protectionist policies to save our continent from a new form of colonization"
    • J.J. Rawlings blog
    • 09 April 2010
    Ukraine's Rise 'to seek' IPO on foreign market
    Flotation would go towards plans to increase elevator capacity and expand the group's land bank to 200,000 hectares.
    • Agrimoney
    • 08 April 2010
    Algeria plans to invite bids for farmland
    Algeria plans for the first time to invite bids from foreign investors to lease farmland
    • Reuters
    • 08 April 2010
    Sénégal : Loi sur la privatisation des terres
    Selon le Parti pour l’indépendance et le travail, la nouvelle loi sénégalaise sur la privatisation des terres est une vaste opération de bradage des terres utiles du Sénégal au profit des agrobusiness, entamée avec la bénédiction des institutions de Bretton Woods.
    • Le Quotidien
    • 07 April 2010
    African land grab not a cure to Arab food concerns
    Interview with Wadid Erian of the Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands.
    • Reuters
    • 07 April 2010
    Mali : Ruée des spéculateurs sur les terres arables
    Les investisseurs nationaux et internationaux occupent de plus en plus de terres arables au Mali pour une production répondant à la crise céréalière.
    • IPS
    • 06 April 2010
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