Ethiopia

Ethiopia: land of tomorrow
- YouTube
- 21 November 2009
Documentary highlighting the investment opportunities in Ethiopia, produced for the Saudi-East African Forum.
Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?
- New York Times
- 19 November 2009
There’s a whole school of economic thought that says that Collier is wrong, that big is not necessarily better in agriculture — and that the land deals therefore might be unwise not because they’re wrong but because they’re unprofitable.
Africa: Opportunity to lease farming land
- TradeInvest Africa
- 17 November 2009
Ethiopia's agriculture ministry put an advertisement in its website for 180,625 hectares along the Omo River in southern Ethiopia.
Riyad lorgne sur les terres d’Afrique de l’Est
- RFI
- 16 November 2009
Un forum Arabie Saoudite/Afrique de l’Est s’est tenu le 15 novembre à Addis Abeba auquel assistaient le ministre saoudien du Commerce et des représentants d’une cinquantaine de compagnies saoudiennes.
The new phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa and its impact on livelihoods and ecosystems
- UNU-IAS
- 13 November 2009
A look at land grabbing in Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea with a particular focus on pastoral and peasant farming communities, by Dr. Zeremariam Fre
SPECIAL REPORT-Is Africa selling out its farmers?
- Reuters
- 12 November 2009
Many small Ethopian farmers do not share their leaders' enthusiasm for leasing off farmland to foreign investors
Ethiopia leases land for agriculture to earn foreign exchange
- Bloomberg
- 10 November 2009
The Ethiopian government says concerns about foreign investors exporting food are outweighed by the plantations’ capacity to bring the country foreign exchange and technology, as well as creating employment.
INTERVIEW-Ethiopia targets 3 million ha for commercial farms
- Reuters
- 05 November 2009
Ethiopia plans to offer 3 million hectares of land over the next two years for investors to develop large-scale commercial farms, a government official said on Thursday.
Wikileaks: Saudi Arabia investing in Ethiopia to improve food security
- Wikileaks
- 01 November 2009
Representatives from the Ministries of Agriculture, Commerce and Industry, Finance, and Transportation will participate in a forum on November 14-15 [2009] in Addis Ababa to officially mark the beginning of a cooperative project under which Ethiopia made one million hectares of land available for Saudi private companies to develop.
Foreign direct investment in the agricultural sector in Ethiopia
- EcoFair Trade Dialogue
- 30 October 2009
This study, published by Misereor and Heinrich Boell Foundation, has given a first regional overview of the development of FDI inflows over the last decade in Ethiopia.
Hiber Sugar joins forces for convenience sake
- Addis Fortune
- 26 October 2009
BDFC has already been given 17,400ha of land in 2008 for the production of sugar cane, a year after it came to Ethiopia. It is also getting close to receiving an additional 13,000hct in the same area of the Tana-Beles Basin of Jawi Wereda, Hawi Zone of Amhara Regional State.
Ethiopia's farmland in high demand
- Washington Post
- 22 October 2009
Officials in Ethiopia hope that the investment can help improve agriculture, replacing ox-and-plough with tractors, but some are concerned about whether the deals benefit the lessors.