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Land stolen from the poor
- Mennonite Weekly
- 04 January 2012
We should not invest in financial companies that perpetrate activities that rob agricultural land from the poor, argues Patricia Kisare of the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office.
Concern over selloff of Australian agriculture companies
- Daily Telegraph
- 04 January 2012
Overseas investors are snapping up prime agricultural land and rural enterprises, triggering concerns we're selling off the farm.
Qatar's next big purchase: a farming sector
- Reuters
- 04 January 2012
Qatar has been investing in large areas of farmland overseas to ensure access to food supplies, but it also aims to produce most of its food domestically by spending massively to boost crop yields and convert semi-desert into agricultural land.
Latin America: The fat of the land
- IPE
- 03 January 2012
Fertile soil and good water supply – but lagging development – present a compelling opportunity for agriculture investors, finds Stephanie Schwartz-Driver
Do you invest in frontier markets?
- IPE
- 03 January 2012
PensionDanmark's DKK 320 million (EUR 43 million) farmland investment will focus on agricultural production in Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Uganda and Mozambique
Sudan qualified to be world breadbasket
- Sudan Vision
- 02 January 2012
Arab Authority for Investment calls for cooperation between governments and private sector to establish gigantic agricultural projects based on strategies aiming to boost food security across Arab World.
Singapore-based firm acquires 28.11% stake in AgriNurture
- Business World
- 02 January 2012
Cargill's hedge fund acquires major stake in company acquiring plantations in Mindanao, the Philippines to produce rice, corn, banana and vegetables.
Solving south Sudan's land-grab problem
- RFI
- 02 January 2012
Over nine per cent of South Sudan's land has already been acquired for large-scale investment. Now, the government is trying to undo deals done without its, or the community's knowledge, before people rise up to free it again.
African roses are as beautiful
- Times of India
- 01 January 2012
Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi talks to the Times of India about his African safari.
Sudan farmers fear land grab by foreigners
- Al Jazeera
- 01 January 2012
Government plan to revive economy by selling fertile land to investors sparks anger. Al Jazeera reports.
Ukraine foreign minister calls for more Saudi investments
- Arab News
- 01 January 2012
Konstantin Grishchenko met with Saudi businessman Suleiman Al-Rajhi to explain his government's efforts to attract foreign investment by softening regulations, adding that it helps foreigners to own land in Ukraine.
The great Ethiopian land-grab: feudalism, leninism, neo-liberalism ... plus ça change
- openDemocracy
- 31 December 2011
Land has been the play-thing of centralising authoritarians throughout Ethiopia's recent history.