SBY hails ‘success’ of first 100 days, with just 2 programs falling short

• Jakarta Globe
• 03 February 2010

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to inaugurate the food estate on Feb. 12-13.

Ukraine's law extending farmland sale moratorium enters into force

• ITAR-TASS
• 03 February 2010

A law that extends the moratorium on the sale of the farmland until 2012 has entered into force in Ukraine.

farmlandgrab-mail

• CSR Asia
• 03 February 2010

The land investment story - fear of unchecked land grabs

• CSR Asia
• 03 February 2010

The Indonesian government is wise to learn from the South Korea Daewoo-Madagascar deal, which demonstrated the enormous economic, social and political risks associated with foreign ownership of land and water rights.

Pakistan identifies 80 projects for FoDP investors

• Daily Times
• 03 February 2010

Foreign Office spokesman says Pakistan has 8.25m hectares of land that can be cultivated to cater to global food demand

SBY government’s food policy: Is there hope from food estates?

• Jakarta Post
• 03 February 2010

There are many controversies regarding the expected positive and negative impacts of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's “food estate” program to be launched in Indonesia in February

Mother Earth's Jansen sees risk of 'land grab' in Africa: video

• Bloomberg
• 02 February 2010

Roland Jansen, chief executive officer of Mother Earth Investments AG, talks about the outlook for the global farmland market.

Soros-backed venture weighs IPO to fund Brazil mill

• Bloomberg
• 02 February 2010

Billionaire George Soros’s Adecoagro venture, which invests in agriculture and renewable energy in Latin America, is considering an initial public offering to help fund projects in Brazil that include a $700 million sugar mill.

Egypt looks to lease land for agro-business in 2010

• Reuters
• 01 February 2010

Egypt plans to lease farmland for agro-business projects during 2010 but is waiting for the agriculture ministry to allocate suitable plots, the trade minister said on Monday.

NRE conference on food security in the Arab countries

• Sultan Qaboos University
• 01 February 2010

Conference in March 2010 on Arab food security, including through foreign farmland acquisition, to be held at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman

Tanzania: Citadel Capital to invest in country

• Tanzania Daily News
• 01 February 2010

Citadel Capital says that their investments will mainly focus on the agriculture sector, with Tanzania's 'Kilimo Kwanza' initiative taking the centre stage.

Australian agro-deal in Cambodia carries risks, rewards

• DPA
• 01 February 2010

Human rights workers said risks to the rural poor over such deals are significant because they are regularly evicted to make way for foreign investors.

Ethiopia on the verge of colony of many

• Anyuak Media
• 31 January 2010

The main objective of this essay is to draw the attention of fellow Ethiopians to the issue. So that it stays front and center in our contemporary political agenda, until we manage to mobilize the necessary popular pressure and try our best to stop it from taking effect.

Kazakhs protest against China's growing influence

• Reuters
• 30 January 2010

"They (the government) borrowed $13 billion from China and now they want to pay it back with our land," Bolat Abilov, a leader of the opposition party Azat, said at the rally. “No Chinese soya beans on the Kazakh land!” shouted one protester.

Kazakhs protest against China farmland lease

• BBC
• 30 January 2010

Several hundred people have gathered in the Kazakh city of Almaty to protest against what they call "Chinese expansionism".