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Chinese firm's farmland purchase sparks fears
- ABC
- 08 November 2012
An Australian farmer has voiced concerns about a Chinese company's $29 million purchase of 23,000 ha of prime, grain-growing land in Western Australia's south.
The corporate take-over of African food security
- Pambazuka
- 08 November 2012
There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness.
The future of finance is in... farming. For real.
- Institutional Investor
- 08 November 2012
A new report by PRI offers some really useful information for investors interested in accessing farmland opportunities, with five case studies of funds making farmland investments.
The faces of land grabbing: from Laos to Romania
- Arc2020
- 08 November 2012
Romanian authorities have a history of giving up fertile agricultural land to foreign companies or Romanian “fat-cats”, all to the detriment of small scale, diverse, economically sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture.
Land grabbing, foreign investment and Nigerian agriculture
- Business Day
- 08 November 2012
By virtue of Dominion Farms’ responsibility to train young students in farming techniques in Kenya and then absorb them into the enterprise or equip them for owning their own enterprises, this is not your typical land-grabbing project, writes Tukeni Obasi
International civil society warns nations of ‘resource grabbing’
- Inquirer
- 08 November 2012
The Asia-Europe People’s Forum has urged the 51 state leaders of the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit to protect the tenure rights of small-scale food producers and to ensure a more equitable governance of natural resources.
Business models for foreign investment in agriculture in Laos
- IISD
- 07 November 2012
Study estimates that foreign investors have acquired between 10–14 per cent of the total agricultural land in Laos.
Disease costs FirstFarms last hope of dodging loss
- Agrimoney
- 07 November 2012
The eastern Europe farm operator ditched its last hopes of avoiding a return into the red after disease at its dairy herd added to the pressure on profits from poor weather for its arable operations.
Foreign ownership register consultations begin
- The Land
- 06 November 2012
A consultation paper on Australia's foreign ownership register for agricultural land is now available for public comment.
How Africa could feed the world
- CNN
- 06 November 2012
Former Nigerian president Obasanjo calls on African Union to develop a framework for managing foreign investment in agriculture, and says governments should consider a moratorium on large-scale land deals pending legislation to protect smallholder farmers.
China buys Japan water rights on two-decade land price slump
- Bloomberg
- 06 November 2012
A two-decade slump in Japan’s real estate prices, an incomplete land registry and lax rules on buying forest with water rights are attracting investors led by China.
Ekosem to sell E60m in bonds to support land deals
- Agrimoney
- 05 November 2012
Ekosem-Agrar stoked a run of debt issuance by corporates by unveiling plans for raising E60m through bonds to support its growth plans, including expansion of its sizeable Russian land bank.