The great Southeast Asian land grab

• The Diplomat
• 08 August 2013

Disputes over land tenure threaten social harmony in a number of ASEAN countries

Financial crisis paralyses flower farm operations

• The People
• 08 August 2013

Operations at Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, have been paralyzed due to a financial crisis.

Clinton's seed initiative, a shot in the arm for Tanzania

• Tanzania Daily News
• 07 August 2013

Mr Clinton said that some farmers had told him sadly that a few foreign investors came to their land claiming to have large agriculture investment capacities but their projects collapsed after a short period.

Tanzania: Smallholder farmers lose in most govt programmes

• The Citizen
• 07 August 2013

"For instance, SAGCOT targets to help 100,000 farmers in all regions it operates. Nothing is said about 38 million farmers in Tanzania!" says the head of the Network of Farmers’ Groups in Tanzania (Mviwata)

Sugar co-op to run farmland in Mozambique

• Hindustan Times
• 07 August 2013

An Indian state minister-controlled sugar cooperative will sign an agreement with the government of Mozambique to operate a 17,000 ha farm near the Zambezi River under 49-year lease. The minister is also eyeing an opportunity to run a sugar mill in Kenya.

Wheat is the real deal for Rwandan farmers - Experts

• Rwanda Focus
• 07 August 2013

Figures show that the demand for wheat even within African countries is growing - making it one of the most strategic crops for investors seeking to buy land in Africa to invest in.

Grain Yields Starting to Plateau

• 06 August 2013

Some of the factors influencing grain yields are natural, while others are of human origin. Natural conditions of inherent soil fertility, rainfall, day length, and solar intensity strongly influence crop yield potentials. Several areas of cropland with inherently high fertility are found widely scattered around the world: in the U.S. Midwest (often called the Corn Belt), Western Europe, the Gangetic Plain of India, and the North China Plain.

Expanding palm oil empires in the name of ‘green energy’ and “sustainable development’

• Rights Action et al.
• 06 August 2013

International environmental and human rights campaigners condemn the 4th Latin American Palm Oil Conference to be held by the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil in Honduras on 6th-8th August

Key partner in UAE's food security strategy looks to Latin America

• The National
• 05 August 2013

Al Dahra Agriculture, a private-sector partner of the UAE Government in securing key food staples, is targeting investments in coffee and sugar plantations in Brazil, Colombia and Chile, said the company's vice chairman.

Ten wheat and rice silos that can feed the UAE for six months

• The National
• 04 August 2013

As well as plans to build silos to store key commodities, the Government's approach includes partnering private sector players such as Al Dahra Agriculture to secure overseas land.

Indian rose growers raise scent of division in Ethiopia

• BBC
• 04 August 2013

Slideshow about controversies around Karuturi's flower farm operations in Ethiopia

China to invest $2.6 billion in Ukraine’s agriculture

• Ukrinform
• 03 August 2013

Ukraine’s State Food and Grain Corporation and China’s Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have signed a memorandum on cooperation in supporting priority projects in agriculture. Chinese investment in Ukraine’s agricultural sector will reach more than $2.6 billion.