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Water grabbing? Focus on the (re)appropriation of finite water resources
- Water Alternatives
- 12 June 2012
Special issue of Water Alternatives
5 ways to re-think land grabs
- TheWaterChannel
- 11 June 2012
Our conception of land-grabs and global discussions on the phenomenon are informed too much by contentious, large-scale land deals in Africa and too little by examples from other regions. This has led to many unfounded assumptions about the nature of land-grab.
Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
- GRAIN
- 11 June 2012
GRAIN looks behind the current scramble for land in Africa to reveal a global struggle for what is increasingly seen as a commodity more precious than gold or oil - water.
Buy a farm, says investment guru
- Stock & Land
- 10 June 2012
As Europe's debt crisis rattles global equity market confidence farming is being increasingly championed by many as a sound, long-term bet for investors needing a safe haven for their money - particularly superannuation funds.
The not-so-rosy realities of running a large agriculture project in Africa
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 09 June 2012
Despite the lucrative returns that foreign investors can achieve by investing in African agriculture, the on-the-ground realities of operating in the continent is often less rosy.
Africa: Saudi Agriculture Minister enticed by continent land
- This is Africa
- 08 June 2012
Dr Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, minister for agriculture for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, speaks to This is Africa about the government's strategy in Africa.
Stevia Nutra corporation set to launch stevia propagation centre in Cambodia
- Market Watch
- 08 June 2012
US stevia company acquires 50 acres of farmland in Cambodia for a propagation centre from which it will coordinate a planned expansion to 5,000 acres.
High-level backing for Chinese investment in the Ord
- ABC
- 08 June 2012
Trading as Kimberley Agricultural Investments, it's understood that a Chinese investment group is interested in developing a major sugar industry in the region, as well as a meatworks capable of processing 500,000 head of cattle a year.
Growing in greener pastures
- China Daily
- 08 June 2012
With demand for food rising with China's growing population and economy, domestic companies are looking to boost investments in resource-rich foreign countries such as Brazil and Indonesia to fill the food supply gap at home.
Chinese investors buying land
- Ontario Farmer
- 07 June 2012
Canadian and Chinese governments in negotiations to set up mega dairy operations in Canada to produce milk without quota, then process it in Canada with all the product going back to China.
Saudi Almarai in $4.2 bln, 5-year investment plan
- Reuters
- 07 June 2012
Saudi Arabian dairy and food producer Almarai Co's board has approved a $4.2 billion, five-year investment plan that will fund the expansion of its farms.
Has Saudi Star learned right lessons from deadly anti-'land grab' attacks on its Ethiopian farm?
- African Agriculture
- 06 June 2012
Major agricultural investor in Ethiopia, Saudi Star, has bigger problems there than it might have expected.