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Investing in farmland: Reaping returns
- InvestorWise
- 01 May 2012
A global food crisis and rapid population growth are making farmland an increasingly attractive investment. Holly Black looks at the options.
Romania: A fertile land of opportunity
- PressEurop
- 30 April 2012
Attracted by the low cost of agricultural land, Farmers from elsewhere in the EU are taking the plunge to set up in Romania.
Middle Eastern investors “grab” Sudan farmland
- CorpWatch
- 30 April 2012
Dalla Al Baraka, a Saudi conglomerate with $5 billion in annual revenue, has acquired two million acres of farmland in eastern Sudan to produce food for export to the Middle Eastern kingdom. While the investors are hoping to wean Saudi Arabia off imports from South America, such agreements cause concern among local Sudanese farmers.
"Zombie" Chinese land grabs in Africa rise again in new database!
- China Africa Real Story
- 30 April 2012
Last week, the Land Matrix "land grab" database was released. On paper, they have a strong methodology and strict criteria about projects to be included. In practice, they seem to violate their own rules, at least when it comes to Chinese "projects" in Africa.
Chinese bid to buy Kimberley land for beef and sugar production
- ABC
- 30 April 2012
A Chinese investment group has reportedly lodged a bid to buy the entire 15,000 hectares of the Ord Expansion Project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
Argentina: Denuncian la concentración de tierras
- Tiempo Argentino
- 30 April 2012
Un informe de Grain indica que en la Argentina un millón de hectáreas pasaron a ser controladas por corporaciones del agronegocio. Aunque destaca el impacto positivo de la Ley de Tierras, aboga por un cambio del modelo agrícola.
Apologise or face closure, Government tells Uganda Land Alliance
- ULA
- 30 April 2012
The price for Alliance’s investigations into cases of land grabbing has been set so high that once paid it will become extremely risky for anyone to question the vices of land grabbing and forceful evictions of innocent citizens.
Tehan calls for foreign investor review
- Stock & Land
- 30 April 2012
Liberal MP backs calls from farming groups nationwide to tighten government regulations that scrutinise potential sales of Australian farmland and water assets to foreign investors and increase transparency.
Saudi Star Pakistani foreign workers and Ethiopians killed in raid on Saudi farm compound—believed related to land grabs
- SMNE
- 30 April 2012
Indigenous people fear collective retaliation by government security forces.
Main basse sur les terres au Mali
- Radio Zinzine
- 30 April 2012
Entretiens réalisés lors du Forum Alternatif Mondial de l'Eau en mars 2012 à Marseille avec Charlotte Zama et Chantal Jacovetti venues du Mali et avec Renée Vellve de l'association GRAIN.
Roumanie : Des terres fertiles en opportunités
- PressEurop
- 30 April 2012
Attirés par le bas prix des terrains agricoles, de nombreux Européens n’hésitent plus à monter une exploitation en Roumanie. Ils contribuent ainsi à réinventer la culture locale, en particulier par le bio.
Ethiopia: Three-day campaign on human rights and land-grabbing a success
- Gadaa.com
- 30 April 2012
Discussions with EU officials covered various aspects of human rights violations in Ethiopia with a focus on the large-scale land-lease to local and international commercial farmers, the evictions of Oromo farmers from their homes and farmlands, and the situation of Oromo refugees in the Horn of Africa and Yemen.