Large-scale commercial farming in Africa
      According to Rana Kapoor, head of India's Yes Bank, Africa offers immense opportunity in terms of investment in large-scale commercial farming, quoting rates of return of 18-21% and above.
      • Hindu Business Line
      • 19 February 2012
      Obasanjo challenges African leaders on food production
      Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, speaking at the signing of an agreement between the Federal government, Tabara and Dominion Farms of the US, has challenged African leaders to find a lasting solution to food shortages in Africa
      • NAN
      • 18 February 2012
      Liberia: Land grab or development opportunity?
      Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia’s Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern.
      • IRIN
      • 17 February 2012
      How Norway and the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate threaten peatland and forest in Papua
      A new report by Greenomics Indonesia documents how the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate threatens peatland and forest in Papua province, Indonesia.
      • REDD Monitor
      • 17 February 2012
      Food insecurity and the energy crisis result in grabbing land from women
      Women, who are already compensating for rising food prices and energy costs with additional time and labor, are now further disadvantaged through land grabbing.
      • TrustLaw
      • 16 February 2012
      Crafar sale benefits 'overstated'
      Shanghai Pengxin will persevere with its $210 million bid to buy the Crafar dairy farms in spite of the High Court today overuling the Government's decision to allow the deal to go ahead.
      • NZ Herald
      • 15 February 2012
      Farmland is global asset for TIAA-CREF, Minaya says
      Jose Minaya of TIAA-CREF talks about growing investor interest in farmland and the role of farmland in the pension fund's investment strategy.
      • Bloomberg
      • 14 February 2012
      Chinese agriculture goes global
      The Chinese agricultural industry is speeding up the pace of its engagement with international agricultural markets as more policies aimed at encouraging companies to pursue "Going Out" policies are released.
      • Economic Observer
      • 13 February 2012
      Cargill arm puts $40m into farming
      A hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has injected almost $40 million into a local company which buys Australian rural property.
      • Australian Financial Review
      • 13 February 2012
      Tajikistan to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China
      A controversial plan approved by Tajikistan’s Ministry of Agriculture to lease 6,000 hectares of land to China for development has been met with suspicion by some members of the country’s political opposition
      • Jamestown Foundation
      • 13 February 2012
      Felda targets $6.9B market value in Malaysia
      Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd., Malaysia’s biggest plantation operator, with a landbank of 880,000 ha, aims to file documents this week for the nation’s biggest initial share sale in more than a year
      • Bloomberg
      • 13 February 2012
      Chemicals are used for economic terrorism amidst land conflicts in Uganda
      The growing land conflict and land grab in Africa and Uganda in particular is a major challenge not only to livelihoods of the poor peasant rural farmers, but is also causing environmental genocide.
      • ADRICA-NET
      • 13 February 2012

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