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Obtala resources agriculture JV in Tanzania gets key govt approval
- Proactive Investors
- 21 October 2011
Obtala's agriculture business Montara Continental intends to plant groundnuts, sunflower, sesame, soya and seed maize on 20,000 hectares.
Farmland draws increased interest from investors
- Wallaces Farmer
- 21 October 2011
There is a lot of focus on the growing global population and what it means for food demand. One result sees investors taking notice of returns on resources that provide food, including farmland.
Over land and contract controversies … Govt. sets up investments monitoring Unit
- Awoko
- 21 October 2011
The growing number of complaints from local communities, civil society organizations and the media about the activities of foreign investors in the country has got the government to unveil an investment monitoring unit
Cofco seeks acquisitions to ‘balance’ China’s food demand
- Bloomberg
- 21 October 2011
Cofco Ltd., China’s largest grains trader, said it is seeking overseas acquisitions to help secure supplies of commodities including soybeans, wheat and sugar as rising domestic incomes spur faster food demand growth.
South Korea seeks own approach in African investments
- VOA News
- 20 October 2011
The relationship between landowners and land on which people are living is not so clear in Africa, so the first thing we have to do is to survey lands and clarify the ownership of the land, says Korean diplomat.
Labour wants to limit overseas investment in farmland
- Radio New Zealand
- 20 October 2011
Labour leader Phil Goff says, if elected as government on 26 November, his party would reverse the current approach so overseas buyers of farms would have to prove they offer additional value to the country.
More than 22,500 Bull McCabes in Uganda
- The Examiner
- 20 October 2011
Thousands of stories like John B Keane’s The Field in the 227 million hectares sold or leased in large-scale land deals since 2001.
Brazil's new land policy
- Mid-South Farmer
- 20 October 2011
"I'm betting the current furor will end up dying down once Congressman Beto Faro's report is in. He's the Workers Party legislator in Brazil, tasked with measuring just how much foreigners control Brazilian farmland."
Foreigners dig in to New South Wales farmland
- The Land
- 19 October 2011
More than 613,000 hectares of Australia's NSW's agricultural land is owned by UK-based investors, compared with 227,300 ha owned by Korean interests and 55,560 ha by US investors.
Land grabbing in Africa: global resource scarcity and competition for survival
- SIANI
- 18 October 2011
Workshop at Uppsala University, Sweden, on 21 October 2011
UN wants to send Special Rapporteur to Indonesia to investigate MIFEE
- West Papua Media Alerts
- 17 October 2011
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights is being invited to visit Indonesia in connection with MIFEE, the Merauke Integrated Energy and Food Project in West Papua, a mega-project of 1.6m ha for agri-business purposes.
Act now: Stop imminent land grab that threatens more than 162,000 people in Tanzania
- Oakland Institute
- 17 October 2011
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania