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Wilmar move to secure Burdekin land
- The Australian
- 25 January 2013
Wilmar has flagged the purchase of another 778 hectares of land in the Burdekin region south of Townsville, Australia as part of its campaign to lock up as much supply as possible.
Justiça Ambiental/FOE Mozambique’s position on the Prosavana Program
- JA!/FOE
- 25 January 2013
Justiça Ambiental (Friends of the Earth - Mozambique) strongly condemns the whole process of preparing and implementing ProSavana
Corporate land grabs reveal a hidden agenda: controlling the water
- 24 January 2013
The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food—the land and the water that flows under or by it—are equally or even more important.
New Zealand to assist UAE in food security issue
- Gulf News
- 24 January 2013
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs says his country can be a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf countries as a producer of food in places like Africa, where experts say half of the potential agricultural land is under-utilised.
Laos: Land concession inventory launched
- CDE
- 23 January 2013
The most comprehensive publication to date on land concessions and leases in Lao PDR has been presented to the public.
Convention on the great land grab saga in Ethiopia and India
- Oakland Institute
- 23 January 2013
A day-long conference will be held on Feb. 6, 2013 at the India International Centre, New Delhi to deliberate on the ongoing land takeover in India and in African countries like Ethiopia by Indian companies.
Sen-Ethanol, le projet agricole qui rend les Sénégalais fous de rage
- Slate Afrique
- 23 January 2013
«Si on nous enlève notre terre, autant mourir», assène, en se tranchant symboliquement la gorge d’un doigt, le chef d’un des villages de la communauté rurale de Gnith, au nord-ouest du Sénégal.
Sen-Ethanol, el proyecto agrícola que llena de rabia a los senegaleses
- Slate Afrique
- 23 January 2013
"Si nos quitan nuestra tierra, antes morir", asegura cortándose simbólicamente la garganta con un dedo, el jefe de uno de los poblados de la comunidad rural de Gnith, en el nordeste del Senegal.
Investors look to plough cash into farmland
- Euromoney
- 23 January 2013
An increasing number of investors are looking at their feet as they cast around for returns in a zero interest rate environment. Farmland is likely to become a more and more attractive asset class as food scarcity worsens and land becomes a precious commodity.
China must invest abroad for food security, forum told
- SCMP
- 22 January 2013
With a need to import 100m tonnes of grain each year by 2020, Beijing needs to invest in global agricultural markets, experts say
Ethiopia's resettlement scheme leaves lives shattered and UK facing questions
- Guardian
- 22 January 2013
A 'villagisation' programme that has been linked to the leasing of large tracts of land for commercial agriculture has left people from Ethiopia's Gambella region bereft of land and loved ones, casting donor support in an unflattering light
Brazilian agro-investments set to rise
- Euromoney
- 22 January 2013
Valiance, a London-based asset manager, launched a fund in May 2012 that aims to invest in Brazilian farmland through a joint venture with Bovespa-listed farming company SLC Agrícola