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Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land
- Guardian
- 07 February 2013
Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent.
Indian companies' investments in Ethiopia displace people: Activists
- Business Standard
- 06 February 2013
Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.
Cairns Mayor open to Chinese farmland investment
- ABC
- 06 February 2013
The Cairns Mayor says he would support the sale of agricultural land to Chinese investors if it was good for the far north Queensland region of Australia.
Charts: The top 5 land-grabbing countries
- Mother Jones
- 06 February 2013
Of the countries that lost the highest percentages of their cultivated land to land grabs, nine out of 10 have malnourishment rates of 5 percent or more.
Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
- RRI
- 06 February 2013
Would developing countries choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of their citizens, and the rule of law? Or would they seek a short-cut to development and opt to hand over community land and natural resources to international investors and national elites?
The global farmland rush
- New York Times
- 05 February 2013
Over the last decade, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture. Poor governments have embraced these deals, but their people are in danger of losing their patrimony, not to mention their sources of food.
“Unheard voices” speak out
- Oakland Institute
- 05 February 2013
Indigenous Ethiopians demand a stop to human rights abuses stemming from agricultural investment policies
Global land grab brings investment risk, communities react to economic harm, rights abuses
- RRI
- 05 February 2013
Risk analysts show that operational cost increases can approach 2,800 percent; Myanmar is latest flashpoint in alarming trend
Minister of Agriculture meets Iranian Ambassador
- SUNA
- 02 February 2013
Sudan's Minister of Agriculture discusses aspects of joint cooperation with Iran in sugar beet crops, cotton, oilseeds and rice, expressing his ministry's keenness to remove all obstacles impeding the work of investors.
Government of Mauritania and Al-Rajhi sign MOU to transform the food security roadmap in the muslim world and collaborate on $1bn investments
- NAQUA
- 02 February 2013
This agreement comes in line with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz’s initiative to encourage agricultural investments abroad and the council’s ongoing efforts to develop and expand the field of agriculture.
Hungry in the food bowl
- The Australian
- 01 February 2013
In rural Australia, the hyperbole about agriculture as a boom industry for global investors is not translating into practical benefits at the farm gate
Land grabs and human rights violations exposed in Liberia ahead of global development summit
- FOE
- 01 February 2013
Palm oil companies are grabbing more than 1.5 million acres of land in Liberia and are violating the human rights of local communities, warn Liberian NGOs.