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The search for food security gains momentum
- Asia Sentinel
- 09 April 2012
India, which doesn’t allow corporate farming domestically, has joined the growing list of countries going overseas to look for food security.
Myanmar seeks Bangladesh help to augment rice output
- Financial Express
- 09 April 2012
Myanmar diplomatically bypassed a Bangladesh proposal last year for taking agricultural land on lease for cultivation in that country.
Sistema, Louis Dreyfus family establish Russian jv
- World-Grain.com
- 09 April 2012
Combined firm, RZ Agro Holding Ltd., will control 97,500 ha in the Rostov Region of Russia.
Saudi Arabia gets two million acres from govt for tax-free farming
- Sudan Tribune
- 09 April 2012
Saudi businessman Saleh Kamel announced last week that the Sudanese government agreed to give his country two million acres [809 371 hectares] of farmland for a project that will allow the Arab Gulf state to ensure a steady food supply.
China in Africa: Rethinking the cliche
- Rural Modernity
- 08 April 2012
The increasing dominance of China in Africa - industry, not agriculture. UK and US deserve greater critique.
NZ 'under scrutiny' in Asia over Crafar deal
- TVNZ
- 08 April 2012
New Zealand's reputation will be damaged in Asia if the sale of the Crafar dairy farms to Chinese interests does not go through, says a Kiwi managing investments in China.
Karuturi: Why the hype?
- Rural Modernity
- 07 April 2012
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
Who will protect environmental human rights defenders?
- UNOHCHR
- 05 April 2012
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, has called for swift action by States to combat impunity for attacks and violations against people trying to resolve land conflicts or denounce land grabbing and evictions
Ethiopia to charge more on commercial farm leases
- Reuters
- 05 April 2012
Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.
Saudi billionaire to invest $600 million in Ethiopia cooking oil
- Bloomberg
- 05 April 2012
Ethiopia’s Agriculture Ministry has transferred 100,000 hectares in Benishangul to commercial farmers, and is offering a further 981,000 hectares, about one-fifth of the state’s land.
Concerns over land use in Salone
- Politico
- 04 April 2012
Meeting of delegates from eight districts and twenty chiefdoms affected by large scale land acquisitions for agribusiness in Sierra Leone ends with formation of a coalition to serve as a watchdog on land issues in the country.
Africa: Private equity deal to spur growth in agribusiness
- TradeInvest Africa
- 04 April 2012
Chayton already produces 10% of Zambia's soya and 5% of the country's wheat. Over the next 12 months, production will increase to at least 35% and 15% respectively.