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The new land rush in Africa: An interview with Michael Taylor of the ILC
- SID
- 07 June 2010
ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
AfDB commits USD 40 million in the African Agriculture Fund
- AfDB
- 19 May 2010
The Fund will operate according to a Socially Responsible Investment Manual that features, for the first time in the area of Agribusiness private equity, a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in Agricultural and Agribusiness Projects to prevent unsustainable practices in land acquisition and land use.
Tanzania: Nation mulls ambitious farming projects
- Tanzania Daily News
- 06 May 2010
Tanzania's President says his government has decided to work with the private sector in large scale farming and the Tazara corridor is the starting point.
Let's welcome Japanese investors
- Japan Times
- 29 April 2010
Recently, Kanayo Nwanze, head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, told a news conference: "It is the wrong language to call them land grabs. They are investments in farmland--like investments in oil exploration."
African farmland leases threaten to drive conflict, but rules could help
- AlertNet
- 29 Mar 2010
Even with new guidelines on land leases in Africa, the deals could lead to growing problems down the road, warned Emmy Simmons, a longtime USAID official
Farm investors must avoid resentment: IFAD
- Reuters
- 15 February 2010
Foreign investors must avoid provoking resentment as they buy and lease farmland from developing nations by using local manpower instead of industrialised agriculture, the head of the UN's IFAD said.
Principles for responsible agricultural investment that respects rights, livelihoods and resources
- World Bank
- 25 January 2010
A discussion note prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group to contribute to an ongoing global dialogue.
Gaddafi asks food summit to stop Africa "landgrab"
- Reuters
- 17 November 2009
Libya's Muammar Gaddafi called for an end to the purchase of African farmland by food-importing nations at a UN hunger summit on Monday, describing it as "new feudalism" which could spread to Latin America as well.
Regulations for farmland acquisitions are years away, UN officials say
- Circle of Blue
- 17 November 2009
A strong set of guidelines for land acquisitions abroad could take years, but is necessary for protecting the interests of small farmers, political leaders said.
Interview - Guidelines could help improve farmland deals - IFAD
- Reuters
- 30 October 2009
A draft of the first-ever international code of conduct for farmland deals should be ready by the end of the year, the head of the United Nations' International Fund for Agricultural Development said.
Promoting responsible international investment in agriculture
- MOFA
- 29 September 2009
The Government of Japan, with the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, try to initiate a coordinated global response to the growing land grabbing trend at the UN
Why corporations, emerging powers and petro-states are snapping up huge chunks of farmland in the developing world
- AlterNet
- 11 August 2009
To be brutally honest, mutual interest is the opposite of what investor countries are looking for