US

Garifuna People of Honduras launch land recovery campaign
- OFRANEH
- 23 August 2012
Campaign opposes land grabs of traditional territories in Honduras by elites and foreign investors.
Africa farm firm acquires 220,000-hectare landbank
- Agrimoney
- 09 August 2012
The Nevada US firm Farm Lands of Africa has, after two years, accelerated its development into an agricultural producer by buying a rice-to-eucalyptus group in the Republic of Guinea with a landbank of 220,000 hectares, an area nearly the size of Luxembourg.
Protesters disrupt Board of Regents meeting, want Rastetter removed
- The Gazette
- 03 August 2012
Group says regent abused position in pursuing relationship between Iowa State University and Ratsetter's agribusiness corporation, which is developing a farming operation in Tanzania.
Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
- The Guardian
- 31 July 2012
The Obama model's first project in Mozambique will be to support Cargill, the giant grain trader and largest private company in the world, to take 40,000 hectares of farmland.
Foreign investment in US land on the rise
- USA Today
- 25 July 2012
Investors from Canada and the Netherlands have almost half of all foreign forest and farmland holdings in the USA. The Canadian holdings reflect investment by timber companies, while the Dutch holdings reflect pension fund investments.
Drought devastation has sunny side for farmland, timber investors
- PIP
- 23 July 2012
Drought conditions in much of the US this year could turn into a boon, rather than a bust, for institutional investors in farmland, timber and agricultural stocks.
Iowa regent admits PR mistakes in Africa land deal
- AP
- 19 July 2012
Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter has defended working with Iowa State Univ. to pursue a large-scale land development in Africa and blamed growing criticism over his involvement on misinformation and public relations mistakes.
National nonprofit Food & Water Watch joins complaint against Rastetter, exposes another AgriSol executive as complicit in Tanzania land grab
- FWW
- 19 July 2012
Food & Water Watch has joined Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement’s ethics complaint against Iowa Regent Bruce Rastetter for egregious conflict of interest involving a Tanzania land deal he brokered in partnership with Iowa State University.
« Ne nous étonnons pas si des révoltes éclatent »
- Malango
- 18 July 2012
Des voix s’élèvent contre les prêts de terres de 99 ans à des sociétés étrangères. Les Tanzaniens se sentent ignorés par leur gouvernement…
Africa palm-oil plan pits activists vs NY investors
- Reuters
- 18 July 2012
Herakles says it will provide locals with steady work, roads and health care. But critics call the planned plantation, which would cover Fabe and at least 30 other forest villages in Cameroon, a land grab. Special report from Reuters.
Detroit: A tale of two... farms?
- FoodFirst
- 10 July 2012
Does the Hantz megafarm project in Detroit (US) have anything in common with the brutal, large-scale land acquisitions sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America?
Lives on hold
- Oakland Institute
- 09 July 2012
AgriSol's land deal in Tanzania creates an uncertain future for more than 160,000 people