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ISU pulls out as adviser of ag project in Tanzania
- Associated Press
- 11 February 2012
Iowa State University is no longer an adviser on an agricultural project in Tanzania led by Iowa-based AgriSol Energy.
Students stage teach-in against Vanderbilt investments
- Vandy
- 09 February 2012
Vanderbilt students and faculty staged a teach-in to voice disapproval of the university's investment practices, specifically claims that Vanderbilt investments in African land have negatively impacted local communities.
The land of Stronach: Canadian businessman has become Florida county's third-largest land holder
- Ocala
- 04 February 2012
The Canadian–based businessman has increased his Marion County land holdings in the past two years nearly sixfold, making him the largest private property owner in the county with 29,000 acres.
Une forêt tropicale ancestrale menacée au Cameroun
- France Inter
- 30 January 2012
Pour les défenseurs de l’environnement, la catastrophe écologique est imminente : en septembre 2009, l’Etat du Cameroun a octroyé à une firme agroalimentaire américaine, Héraklès Farms, plus de 70 000 hectares pour exploiter une plantation de palmiers à huile à proximité du Korup National Park.
AGCO holds Africa Ag Summit in Berlin
- GlobalAtlanta
- 24 January 2012
AGCO Corp. held its first Africa agriculture summit in Berlin on Jan. 23. The tractor company says it will fund the development of Model Farms and Training Centers in Algeria, Ethiopia, Libya, Morocco, South Africa and Zambia to teach farmers how to use its technology.
Land stolen from the poor
- Mennonite Weekly
- 04 January 2012
We should not invest in financial companies that perpetrate activities that rob agricultural land from the poor, argues Patricia Kisare of the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
Hedge-fund millionaire Diggle bets on farms, life sciences
- Bloomberg
- 28 December 2011
Stephen Diggle plans to open his personal portfolio of farmlands in the US, Uruguay and New Zealand to investors and to pour money into Africa and eastern Europe as global food prices soar.
AgriSol lands another 10,000 ha amid growing public outcry
- IPP Media
- 12 December 2011
The US-based AgriSol Company has landed another lucrative land deal involving 10,000 hectres amid growing public outcry about the recent land deals sealed by the company in Rukwa region.
Special investigation phase two: Understanding how land deals contribute to famine and conflict in Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 06 December 2011
Research released today by the Oakland Institute demonstrates that land grabs--largely unregulated land deals involving foreign corporations and speculators--continue to be promoted as a "development" solution for African nations.
Iowa State receives criticism for involvement in potential land grabbing
- Iowa State Daily
- 06 December 2011
Iowa State University has landed in some hot water regarding its involvement with an international land development project in Tanzania.
Huge interest in US and farmland investment
- Ag Professional
- 02 December 2011
"There's a lot of money chasing the grow-out of agricultural land right now," says Gary Thien of Thien Farm Management.
University land grabs in Africa and student activism
- EcoCentric
- 30 November 2011
If you care, and you attend or attended college, it is your responsibility as a student or alumni to speak up and say that you care. If enough of us do so, they will listen!