Kenya

India joins race for land in Africa, China way ahead
- Hindustan Times
- 04 May 2009
After years of competing for overseas oil and mines, India and China are silently scouring the world for their next great need: farmland to grow food.
Troubles in the Delta
- Seed Magazine
- 27 April 2009
On the eastern coast of Kenya, controversy erupts over plans to turn a biodiversity hotspot into farmland for Qatar.
Learning tricks of the trade
- Gulf News
- 25 April 2009
Some Gulf countries may now be realising the importance of offering direct loans to African countries as a means to increase Arab investment.
Proposed Kenya-Qatar Land Deal Stirs Controversy
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSoym58ut0Q&feature=player_embedded
- 18 Mar 2009
The Kenyan government is considering leasing a large tract of land in the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya to Qatar's government. In return, Qatar would build a port in the seaside town of Lamu.
Infrastructure investments necessary, but at what cost?
- The Daily Nation
- 01 February 2009
While I am all for infrastructure projects, the way these large-scale agriculture projects are being conceived leaves a lot to be desired. One, they are shrouded in secrecy. Two, this being Kenya, it is not clear who will benefit most.
Ministry says it was not consulted over Qatar land deal
- Business Daily Africa
- 16 January 2009
The Lands ministry has denied any knowledge of an arrangement between Kenya and Qatar to lease 40,000 hectares of its prime farm land to the Arabian country to grow food while over 10 million households face starvation.
Qatar signs food for port deal with Kenya
- Arabian Business
- 13 January 2009
The government has defended its decision, saying that under the agreement, Qatar will help Kenya develop an equivalent number of hectares for its own food security.
Kenyans Have Concerns Over Land Deal in Time of Hunger
- VOA
- 13 January 2009
As Kenya prepares to declare a national emergency in response to food shortages, the government's agricultural policies have come under growing scrutiny. A proposed deal to lease land to the government of Qatar for agricultural use has received particular attention.
Kenya defends plans to parcel out 40,000 hectares to Qatar
- Daily Nation
- 11 January 2009
Most of the produce from the proposed project, mainly vegetables and fruits, would be exported to the Gulf. Questions have been raised on why the Government has chosen to lease the land instead of engaging local farmers to boost food security in the country.
Qatar land deal not unique to Kenya
- The Standard (Nairobi)
- 06 January 2009
The reported land deal between Kenya and Qatar is not unique. The Philippines Department of Agrarian Reform said in 2007 it was looking at large tracts of land for agribusiness development under a MoU signed with China. The memo calls for the development of land to grow hybrid corn, rice and sorghum.
Move to lease land to the Qatari is ill-advised
- Daily Nation
- 27 December 2008
The area around Tana Delta which the government seeks to lease to the Qatari is of immense strategic value. It is fertile, has fresh water and, more importantly, is located in a region that has the highest potential oil and gas deposits in the country as well as other mineral deposits.
Madgascar, Kenya question widsom of foreign land deals
- Global Voices
- 21 December 2008
Such blockbuster deals neglect to take into consideration the true interests of the farmers