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Destroying local livelihoods with Mifee
- Jakarta Globe
- 20 January 2013
“We don’t want to work for palm oil companies, we want our forest back,” says Christianus Ungkujay
Responsible investment in the food and agriculture sectors – Key factor for food security and rural development
- GFFA
- 19 January 2013
Ministers' Communiqué from the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture – Berlin, January 19th 2013
Rwanda seeks land reforms
- East African
- 18 January 2013
Foreigners will not be allowed to lease land for a period exceeding 49 years and those who fail to put their land to use will face stiff penalties, which include repossession.
Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production
- 17 January 2013
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops—namely corn in the United States (the world’s largest crop) and wheat in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Australia. Each of these countries also is an important exporter.
Argentine farm sales raise questions of land speculation by Soros
- CorpWatch
- 16 January 2013
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992 and was accused of doing the same against the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringitt in 1997. Today Soros is making a killing buying and selling farmland in South America.
Cambodia: Protesting Land-grabbing, "Gangnam Style"
- Cultural Survival
- 15 January 2013
Cambodian human rights activists showed once again that they are on cutting edge of pop culture by performing a choreographed dance to a land rights themed version of the viral video "Gangnam Style" in Phnom Penn.
Hidden billionaire milking Saudi dairy fortune in desert
- Bloomberg
- 15 January 2013
Almarai’s ownership of dairies, processing plants and a distribution system makes it more profitable than its peers. The operation’s earnings before interest and taxes margin is at least 30 percent bigger than Danone, Nestle and Savola.
Agribusiness crucial for sustainable development
- Tanzania Daily News
- 15 January 2013
Tanzania Investment Centre in collaboration with the Prime Minister's Office and the Southern Agriculture Corridor of Tanzania Centre recently organized a conference under the theme 'Accelerating Tanzania's Agribusiness Investment' in Dar es Salaam.
First Global Assessment of Land and Water ‘Grabbing’ Published in National Journal
- UVAToday
- 15 January 2013
As world food and energy demands grow, nations and some corporations increasingly are looking to acquire quality agricultural land for food production. Some nations are gaining land by buying up property – and accompanying water resources – in other, generally less wealthy countries.
Ethics and agriculture
- Project Syndicate
- 14 January 2013
Ethicist Peter Singer asks the purchase of body parts gives rise to international condemnation, while the purchase of agricultural land does not – even when it involves evicting local landholders and producing food for export to rich countries?
Al Dahra Agriculture signs EUR300 million agreement with Serbian Government
- WAM
- 14 January 2013
The intended aim is to meet Abu Dhabi's vision and strategy for long-term food security.
Japanese firm buys stake in local pork producer
- Winnipeg Free Press
- 12 January 2013
The Itochu Corporation acquires a 33.4% stake in HyLife, one of Canada's largest pig producers, for $56.5 million.