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Global farm grab vs our native need for food
- The Call of The Land
- 07 May 2009
Land grabbing and food speculation are not just overseas phenomena; they are also happening in North America.
RP pitches investment opportunities to Saudi businessmen
- Business World
- 07 May 2009
The Philippine government yesterday proposed investment opportunities in the agriculture sector for Saudi Arabians to ensure the supply of agriculture commodities and develop idle government lands.
Russia's PAVA to offer farmland to Gulf investors
- Reuters
- 06 May 2009
Russian grain processing firm PAVA plans a farmland investment road show across the Gulf region over the next two months and is open to selling shares to Middle East investors as it aims to triple the land under its control.
’Food colonialism’ increasing hunger in Africa
- Modern Ghana
- 06 May 2009
The European Union is coercing some West African governments into allowing European-based fishing companies to deplete West Africa’s fishing stocks in a new "food colonialism" that is now taking place between rich and poor countries around the world, according to British author George Monbiot.
Deflating bubbles
- Financial Times
- 06 May 2009
For the far-sighted investor, especially one spending dollars, an agricultural downturn could be the time to consider buying farmland.
PAVA views land assets as unique investment opportunity
- PR-inside
- 06 May 2009
PAVA together with its agricultural subsidiary explores the investment potential of Russian lands amid the world booming demand on agricultural resources
Pakistan’s farmland sales: a fatal folly?
- Reuters
- 06 May 2009
Any student of history will tell you that a recurring feature of 20th century revolutions and civil wars was conflict over land ownership, driven by the resentment of the rural poor against the concentration of agricultural wealth in the hands of the elite.
NAWG: Buying foreign farmland will not provide food security
- National Association of Wheat Growers
- 05 May 2009
There have been numerous press stories about food importing countries planning to buy land abroad to secure their food supplies. While that is perhaps a natural reaction to the shockingly high prices that basic food commodities reached briefly early last year, it will not work.
Export bans stoke food fears, fuel land grab -FAO
- Reuters
- 05 May 2009
Export bans during last year's food crisis hurt global confidence in trade and helped push investors to buy up farmland in developing nations, an official from the United Nations' food agency said on Tuesday.
Wealthy foreigners taking over huge tracts of African land
- Globe and Mail
- 05 May 2009
When the new Land Reform Minister rummaged through his office in Madagascar's capital, he was shocked to discover the documents for a $2-billion deal to lease huge tracts of farmland to an Indian entrepreneur.
Marubeni, Amaggi strengthen cooperative
- World-Grain.com
- 05 May 2009
Marubeni Corporation and Amaggi Exportação e Importação announced on May 1 that the companies have concluded a comprehensive collaboration agreement
Foreigners lead global land rush
- Inter Press Service
- 05 May 2009
More than 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa and Latin America are now in the hands of foreign governments and companies, a sign of a global "land grab" that got a boost from last year's food crisis.
Sime Darby deal to create 20,000 jobs -Liberia
- Reuters
- 05 May 2009
Liberia's $800 million palm and rubber deal with Malaysian firm Sime Darby will create 20,000 much needed jobs in the West African country
Extranjeros a la caza de propiedades agrarias
- IPS
- 05 May 2009
Más de 20 millones de hectáreas de tierras en el mundo en desarrollo están en manos de gobiernos y empresas extranjeras, ejemplo de una apropiación agraria que se disparó con la crisis alimentaria del año pasado.
Rethinking corporate farming
- Daily Times
- 05 May 2009
Our government is planning to offer Arab investors legislative cover to protect them from changes in the government, but hardly any attention has yet been given to the need for protecting poor labourers who will be working for Arab corporate agriculture companies