• Farmland suddenly attractive to investors, says Callan
    • Business Wire
    • 24 September 2012

    Though farmland investing has been around for more than 20 years and Callan has covered the asset class for more than 12 years, it was only within the last 2 years that Shen saw an explosion in client interest.

  • Béziers: Ils marchent pour la sauvegarde des terres agricoles
    • Midi Libre
    • 24 September 2012

    Le Collectif des paysans sans terre d'ici et d'ailleurs dénonce "l'accaparement des terres par l'urbanisme, la disparition des surfaces agricoles et le recul de l'alimentation locale".

  • Land grab in Sinoe County: Equatorial Palm Oil Company accused by locals
    • FrontPageAfrica
    • 24 September 2012

    A group calling itself the Greater Tarsue Community of Butaw, Sinoe County, Liberia has strongly protested what they refer to as illegal land grab by Equatorial Palm Oil Company.

  • Agricultores de Malí pelean por sus tierras
    • IPS
    • 24 September 2012

    BAMAKO, sep (IPS) - En medio de la gran inestabilidad política de Malí, un grupo de pequeños agricultores recurren a la justicia para recuperar sus tierras pues, según dicen, fueron adquiridas por grandes inversores privados.

  • China targets dairy industry
    • AFR
    • 24 September 2012

    China’s giant sovereign wealth fund is looking to make its first significant investment in the Australian dairy industry, as it tries to lock up food ­supplies for its growing middle class.

  • Qandil: Egypt-Qatar cooperation for boosting agricultural investments
    • SIS
    • 23 September 2012

    Egypt's Prime Minister received Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed Al Hageri, the head of the Qatari Hassad Foodstuff Company who is currently visiting Egypt to explore agricultural investments.

  • Uncertain futures
    • SDI
    • 23 September 2012

    A new report by the Liberian NGO Sustainable Development Institute presents testimonies of people affected by Sime Darby operations in western Liberia and highlights the fears of others where the company plans to expand in the coming years.

  • Obang speaks about the land, water and resource-grabbing and Its impact on food security in Africa
    • AllAfrica
    • 21 September 2012

    One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing

  • The great Cambodian giveaway
    • Trust.org
    • 21 September 2012

    Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial agriculture firms.

  • Investissements étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique
    • PANA
    • 21 September 2012

    Un projet de 'code de conduite international' pour encadrer les Investissements directs étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique est en circulation auprès des parties prenantes et d’institutions panafricaines, a indiqué jeudi à la PANA à Paris une source proche du dossier.

  • Land grabbing in reverse
    • 20 September 2012

    Small farmers are relocating their fields just to earn compensation from the commercial farmer...

  • Saudi to invest over US$11bn in farmland projects
    • Arabian Business
    • 20 September 2012

    Saudi Arabia has invested around 40 billion riyals in agricultural and livestock projects in the Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Sudan, says chairman of the agricultural investment committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers.

  • Laguna digests stake in Australia’s PrimeAg
    • WSJ
    • 20 September 2012

    Laguna Bay Pastoral Company Crop Fund No. 8 is a relatively new player in Australia’s rural property game, backed by the Global Endowment Fund based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  • Bahrain pushes to ensure GCC food security
    • 24x7 News
    • 19 September 2012

    The Kingdom of Bahrain is seeking to conclude an agreement with the African Union Commission paving the way for the GCC bloc to ensure the food security by utilising the natural resources rich African continent.

  • Land grabbing and food sovereignty in West and Central Africa
    • GRAIN
    • 19 September 2012

    February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.

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