Ethiopia

Al-Amoudi’s Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, which is primarily growing rice to export to Saudi Arabia, has leased 10,000 hectares in Gambella region and is in the “process of leasing an additional 290,000 hectares”.

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“I wouldn’t define it as land grabbing. We exploit the economic opportunities which came about after the food price shock of 2007,” says Birinder Singh, the manager of Karuturi Agro Products. BBC slideshow.

The recent rush to acquire farmland in order to meet rising global demands for food and fuel is putting African countries at risk of bearing costs of global resource scarcity, says a new study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

The growing insecurity and violence in Gambela, seen in the recent loss of human lives and attacks on government institutions, should be seen as a clear warning to investors about the dangers involved in large scale agricultural investments, says the Anywaa Survival Organisation.

Women, who are already compensating for rising food prices and energy costs with additional time and labor, are now further disadvantaged through land grabbing.

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Karuturi Agro Products Plc, part of holding company Karuturi Glolabal Ltd, is planning to go public, floating 200,000 shares worth 1,000 Br each to Ethiopian investors, once it gets the nod from its board of directors.

Bargain prices on Ethiopia's prime farmland! Who's down for some land grabbing?! Anybody?

Este fenómeno de acaparamiento de tierras, presenta ahora su cara más dramática. Como denuncia la organización Human Rights Watch, recientemente el Gobierno de Etiopía ha obligado a 70.000 indígenas de la región de Gambella a dejar sus tierras, que han sido adquiridas para destinarlas a dichos cultivos comerciales

Ethiopia is forcibly relocating 70,000 people from Gambella to make fertile land available for foreign investment in agriculture--aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia

Large-scale land investment should be seen as an extension of the historical processes of state formation, says this paper from Chatham House