Germany

'Land grab' ups prices in eastern Germany
- AFP
- 26 January 2014
Land prices in eastern Germany are rising at dizzying rates and local farmers feel they are being squeezed out by foreign investors in a phenomenon known as "land grabbing".
Les terres agricoles de ex-Rda, objets de convoitise
- AFP
- 19 January 2014
Les grandes exploitations agricoles de ex-RDA héritées du communisme attisent la convoitise d'investisseurs et les prix flambent dans cette partie de l'Allemagne où la grogne monte contre le "landgrabbing".
Land governance programme map
- Donor Platform
- 16 January 2014
On January 22 a comprehensive database on land and resource governance programmes funded by members of the Global Donor Working Group on Land will be presented during the AGA in Paris.
German holding company farming in Zambia
- Deutsche Welle
- 16 January 2014
Amatheon, a company part owned by the German holding company Sapinda, grows wheat and soya beans on 30,000 ha that it has leased in Zambia.
Farmland: Yield-starved investors go back to the land
- Euromoney
- 13 January 2014
This year could see a surge in interest in farmland from investors with very little experience in this complicated asset class, reports Euromoney
Farmers struggle to survive in Eastern Germany
- Deutsche Welle
- 17 December 2013
Young farmers in eastern Germany are scrambling to find land as they compete with large multinationals.
Featherstone: G8 land deal to boost land rights in Ethiopia
- DFID
- 09 December 2013
Governments of Ethiopia, UK, US and Germany sign land country partnership to work together to improve rural land governance for economic growth and to protect the land rights of local citizens in Ethiopia.
Land grab: Foreign firms drive Cambodians from farms
- Der Spiegel
- 27 November 2013
Human rights groups claim German taxpayer money is used to fund a program that benefits land grabbers.
Ekosem flags 'huge potential' in Russian dairy
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
The group said it had acquired 10,000 hectares of land during the half year, taking its total portfolio to 186,000 hectares, of which it owns 101,000 hectares.
Claims of illegal eviction in Uganda haunt German firm
- Deutsche Welle
- 27 August 2013
In 2001, more than 4,000 people were evicted from land in Uganda after it had been acquired by a German coffee firm on a 99-year lease. The company insists the deal was above board, but an NGO is now raising doubts
Deutsche Bank and IFC accused of bankrolling Vietnam firms' land grabs
- The Guardian
- 13 May 2013
Two Vietnamese firms bankrolled by Deutsche Bank and the International Finance Corporation – the World Bank's private lending arm – are leading a wave of land grabs in Cambodia and Laos, causing widespread evictions, illegal logging and food insecurity, according to a report.
Mosambik: „Terras baratas“
- afrika süd
- 03 May 2013
Mosambik lockt kommerzielle Farmer, um die vernachlässigte Landwirtschaft zu modernisieren. Mega-Projekt ProSavana: Dem Agrobusiness wird ein riesiges Gebiet im Norden zur Erschließung überlassen. Brasilien exportiert mit Finanzmitteln aus Japan sein Agrarmodell samt der Widersprüche nach Afrika. Doch formiert sich Widerstand.