Switzerland

$1b Arab fund to buy Aussie farms
- The Land
- 22 June 2010
Western Gulf Advisory, a Bahrain-Zurich based company, plans to invest $1 billion into the Australian economy, including farm acquisitions, over the next few years.
Conference in Geneva looks at opportunities for global farmland investment
- jetfin AGRO
- 07 June 2010
Institutional investors and wealth managers compare winning solutions, enabling them to take the right investment decisions in key markets such as farming, soft commodities or timber.
Advocacy campaign against landgrabbing in Sierra Leone
- MADAM
- 07 June 2010
Local NGOs investigate the acquisition of land by Swiss company ADDAX in Sierra Leone.
Spotlight turned on issue of land grabbing
- swissinfo.ch
- 25 May 2010
A seminar in Zurich brought together development experts to put the issue into context and take a long term view.
„Land Grabbing“ – die Gier nach Land
- Brot für alle
- 25 May 2010
EinBlick 1/2010 geht auf die Hintergründe und Konsequenzen von Landraub ein und gibt einen Überblick über die wichtigsten Akteure und Lösungsansätze.
L’accaparement des terres : La course aux terres aggrave la faim dans le monde
- PPP
- 20 May 2010
Un Collection Repères par Pain pour le Prochain et Action de Carème
Le vol des terres en Afrique
- Alter Info
- 19 May 2010
"Dans la mesure où je peux en juger, la résistance est petite dans les régions concernées. Il se forme plutôt une résistance internationale," estime un journaliste suisse.
El robo de las tierras de África
- DRS
- 19 May 2010
Entrevista a Ruedi Küng, corresponsal para África de la Radio suiza alemana DRS
North-South Forum: Transnational land acquisitions and rural development
- ETH
- 10 May 2010
The recent food crisis has triggered a rush for agricultural land overseas. We will debate this challenge at the North-South Forum, organised jointly by the NCCR North-South and the North-South Centre in Zurich on 18 May 2010
Bringing jobs, energy to Sierra Leone or another African land grab?
- WSR
- 16 February 2010
In the last four years, an area the size of Germany has been bought or rented to produce food and fuel in Africa. But not by Africans, nor for Africans, say critics.
Un code de conduite pour les investisseurs
- Le Temps
- 16 October 2009
La Suisse se veut le moteur d’un mouvement international qui revendique un code de conduite pour les investisseurs en quête de terres agricoles
SDC syposium: "Large-scale investment in agriculture and land – Opportunity and risk for food security"
- SDC
- 15 October 2009
Presentations at a symposium organised by the Swiss government on World Food Day 2009