Cambodia: Protesting Land-grabbing, "Gangnam Style"
      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.
      • Cultural Survival
      • 15 January 2013
      Hidden billionaire milking Saudi dairy fortune in desert
      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.
      • Bloomberg
      • 15 January 2013
      Agribusiness crucial for sustainable development
      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.
      • Tanzania Daily News
      • 15 January 2013
      First Global Assessment of Land and Water ‘Grabbing’ Published in National Journal
      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.
      • UVAToday
      • 15 January 2013
      Ethics and agriculture
      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?
      • Project Syndicate
      • 14 January 2013
      Al Dahra Agriculture signs EUR300 million agreement with Serbian Government
      The intended aim is to meet Abu Dhabi's vision and strategy for long-term food security.
      • WAM
      • 14 January 2013
      Japanese firm buys stake in local pork producer
      The Itochu Corporation acquires a 33.4% stake in HyLife, one of Canada's largest pig producers, for $56.5 million.
      • Winnipeg Free Press
      • 12 January 2013
      Soya boom in Gúruè has produced few bigger farmers – so far
      Thousands of subsistence farmers in Gúruè district are earning small amounts of money from soya. However, there are a few larger farmers. And land conflicts are increasing.
      • 11 January 2013
      UAE crown prince announces numerous investments
      Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will become a majority owner of eight Serbian agriculture corporations that own 9,000 hectares of land and will lease an additional 14,000 hectares of arable land in Serbia for EUR 250 per hectare per year.
      • B92
      • 10 January 2013
      Indian company invests in mung bean and sesame seed production in Mozambique
      Primus Agri Products is investing US$3 million to commercially produce mung beans and sesame seeds on 170 ha in Mozambique’s Nampula province for export to Asia.
      • Macauhub
      • 10 January 2013
      Egypt: Turning deserts into fields
      A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to visit Sudan later this year to examine the possibility of growing wheat on as many as 470,000 hectares of Sudanese land.
      • IRIN
      • 10 January 2013
      China fund vying for stake in Australia dairy
      China's sovereign-wealth fund is one of three large funds vying to take a stake in Australian dairy company Van Diemen's Land Co.
      • Wall Street Journal
      • 09 January 2013

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