Zambia

Civil society communiqué on large scale land acquisitions in Zambia
- ZLA
- 21 October 2010
Land is too important to be left to the whims of international commercial interests to overrun the land rights of the ordinary people of Zambia.
Is Zambia Africa's next breadbasket?
- Mail & Guardian
- 01 October 2010
International investors from Britain to South Africa have begun putting money into infrastructure development and transport, and about 200 exiled Zimbabwean farmers have taken leases from the Zambian government to develop farmland in the country.
African farms lure overseas investment
- Business Report
- 01 September 2010
45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
African agricultural finance under the spotlight
- Reuters
- 24 August 2010
African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters
ZDA, Chinese firm seal agro deal
- Times of Zambia
- 21 August 2010
Zambia Development Agency (ZDA) has signed an agreement with Yuan Longping High-Tech Agriculture Company of China for the development of an agriculture farm bloc.
Farmers plan to invest in Zambia - govt
- Reuters
- 05 August 2010
Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the government.
Standard Bank says set to fund more S.Africa farmers
- Reuters
- 16 July 2010
Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.
SAfrica farmers get land offers in Africa
- Reuters
- 09 July 2010
A South African farmers group said on Friday it had received fresh offers from African states, including Sudan and Mozambique, to invest in agriculture to grow export crops and some of the deals will be concluded soon.
AAF Code of conduct for land acquisition and land use in agricultural and agribusiness projects
- Phatisa
- 13 June 2010
The African Agriculture Fund and its portfolio companies commit themselves to these principles and guidelines in undertaking agricultural and agribusiness investments across Africa.
SilverStreet Fund focuses on agriculture in Africa
- Institutional Investor
- 04 June 2010
SilverStreet is scouting for commercial farms in five countries — Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
Unlocking Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural potential
- World Bank
- 04 June 2010
World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.
SilverStreet Fund focuses on agriculture in Africa
- Institutional Investor
- 28 May 2010
Vaughan-Smith and his team of seven professionals are scouting for commercial farms in five countries — Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia — where conditions are deemed to be the most favorable.