Ethiopia makes 4 million hectares of land available to investors
      Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
      • 09 May 2012
      Grow Africa
: Fertile grounds for funds
      African governments are bringing agriculture schemes to international investors in the hope of matching investors to fertile soils
      • Africa Report
      • 09 May 2012
      Agri firm to handle foreign investments
      Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture wants to hand over the file of foreign agricultural investments to the Saudi Company for Agriculture Investment and Animal Production.
      • Arab News
      • 09 May 2012
      Uganda says could eject Oxfam over land grab claims
      Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.
      • Reuters
      • 09 May 2012
      India's Karuturi eyes Ethiopia exports to S.Sudan, Kenya
      Indian-listed Karuturi Global, which has leased land in Ethiopia for commercial farming, plans to export cereals, sugar and edible oil to South Sudan and Kenya upon completing cultivation in 2014.
      • Reuters
      • 09 May 2012
      Arab states 'must invest in Central Asian farmland'
      Arab states should buy land in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan to produce staple foods to secure future food resources says a senior Arab League official.
      • The National
      • 08 May 2012
      Biggest Buffett targets seen spanning Deere to Henkel
      Warren Buffett said yesterday that over the next 100 years, farmland will beat gold, which surged to a record in 2011 after increasing more than sixfold in the past decade.
      • Bloomberg
      • 08 May 2012
      Hassad Foods and 250,000 ha of Australian farmland
      Hassad Foods' farmland purchases in Australia are guided by a risk minimising strategy. The lands are distributed across different climes and water regimes over a wide geographic area.
      • All About Feed
      • 07 May 2012
      Cambodia suspends land consessions after unrest
      Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.
      • AP
      • 07 May 2012
      Assessing New Zealand’s food security
      New Zealand is one of many countries upon whom China’s entrepreneurs have cast their eyes for opportunities to buy farmland, mineral and power resources to shore up China’s looming food shortage and resource-hungry economy.
      • Epoch Times
      • 07 May 2012
      A new report on peasant and farmer mobilization against land grabbing
      The National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) of Mali and La Via Campesina have today published a new report on the mobilization of social movements against land grabbing.
      • Via Campesina
      • 07 May 2012
      Great resource rush
      Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.
      • Zawya
      • 07 May 2012

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