US

Farmland investing: Arable land is no longer dirt-cheap
- Daily Finance
- 02 August 2011
Review of US farmland prices from an investor perspective
Global X files for Global X Farmland & Timberland ETF
- ETF Daily News
- 01 August 2011
Global X has filed paperwork with the United States' Securities and Exchange Commission for a “Global X Farmland & Timberland ETF.”
Green revolution or Green plunder?
- Guardian
- 31 July 2011
While Serengeti Advisers and their partners as well as the Tanzanian government thought theirs was a move to attract Foreign Direct Investment in commercial farming, to critics the deal is another land grabbing done by the pimps of globalization.
Govt quizzed over controversial land deal with US firm
- The Guardian
- 26 July 2011
Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives shadow minister Meshack Opurukwa has questioned a contract between the government of Tanzania and a US-based firm – Agrisol Energy – in which the latter is to acquire huge chunks of land in Rukwa region to produce food crops.
Down on the farm, investors see big potential
- AP
- 16 July 2011
They believe food will only get more expensive around the world
US investors acquire more land, to produce food crops
- The Guardian
- 12 July 2011
At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.
US civil society letter to the Committee on World Food Security
- courtesy of WHY Hunger
- 11 July 2011
"We request that the US government recognize that simply trying to make land grabs more 'responsible' is not enough to address the problems of growing hunger in the Global South."
The secret sale of a country
- The Times
- 02 July 2011
Investors, such as Jarch Management and Nile Trading and Development, are buying up huge tracts of fertile land in Southern Sudan.
Asia leads the charge in Aussie land grab
- ANA
- 02 July 2011
Asian investors have overtaken Europeans as the biggest buyers of Australian land, a snapshot of foreign acquisitions reveals.
PepsiCo looking to farm Chinese market
- China Daily
- 01 July 2011
PepsiCo Inc, the world's second-largest food and beverage company, will continue its investment in China's agricultural sector.
OPIC board approves nearly $500 million for renewable resources investment funds
- OPIC
- 28 June 2011
The US Overseas Private Investment Corporation pours $150 million into fund targeting farmland acquisitions in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia
Why investing in international farmland can be perilous
- Business Insider
- 15 June 2011
Farmland has been placed into the spotlight by "guru investors," wealth management funds, growing mega agri-industries, wealthy individuals, and food insecure nations.