Ethiopia

African land, up for grabs
- Anyuak Media
- 27 Mar 2011
A land grab is taking place all across Africa, a transfer of control unprecedented in the post-colonial era.
Ethiopia: The great land-grab debate
- IRIN
- 25 Mar 2011
Foreign investors are leasing vast tracts of land in Ethiopia
Land Grabs: What’s in the contracts? And an Indian land grab In Ethiopia
- CounterCurrents
- 25 Mar 2011
One of the problems with so-called ‘land grabs’ is secrecy. Most of the contracts that seal such deals are hidden from public scrutiny, which makes it very hard to establish what is really going on.
Saudi billionaire's company will invest $2.5 billion in Ethiopia rice farm
- Bloomberg
- 23 Mar 2011
The company leased 10,000 hectares in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region for 60 years for $9.42 per hectare annually and plans to lease an additional 290,000 hectares from the government.
Journée mondiale de l’eau : l’Ethiopie aux prises avec un scandale international
- Survival
- 21 Mar 2011
Le gouvernement éthiopien a par ailleurs affecté 180 000 hectares de terres de la vallée de l’Omo à l’investissement agricole dont certaines se trouvent sur les territoires des tribus nyangatom, karo et mursi.
Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush
- Guardian
- 21 Mar 2011
Locals move out as international contractors seize opportunities offered by government to lease farmland at knockdown rates
How 'land-grabbing' is wrecking lives
- Guardian
- 18 Mar 2011
What happens when you are forced to leave the land that has fed your family for generations? What is the impact of wealthy foreigners having access to the best agricultural land in a very poor country? These questions addressed in new Guardian film.
Ethiopia: Regional agreement template (Ahmaric)
- Oakland Institute
- 10 Mar 2011
Contract template that was given to the Oakland Institute research team in Benishangul
Ethiopia: Regional agreement template (English)
- Oakland Institute
- 10 Mar 2011
English translation of a contract template (original in Amharic) that was given to the Oakland Institute research team in Benishangul
Agribusiness boom threatens key African wildlife migration
- Yale e360
- 07 Mar 2011
Karuturi's 15 John Deere tractors plough 500 hectares a day on its 300,000 land concession in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. This is land clearance on a gigantic scale.
Ruchi Group lines up $150 m for overseas expansion
- Business Line
- 01 Mar 2011
Indore-based Ruchi Group plans to grow oil palm in Cambodia on 20,000 ha.
International agri-capital farm renting intensifies Gambela’s woes
- Nazret
- 21 February 2011
Modern machineries of all sorts, owned and run by agri-companies, are turning the soils inside out, destroying forests and beginning to pollute the environment to get more production.