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Land grab by foreigners denies African farmers of livelihoods – Oxfam
- Daily Times
- 12 October 2011
Millions of hectares of farmland are being sold or leased to foreigners to the detriment of farmers
Conflict in Pujehun over land
- Awoko
- 12 October 2011
Socfin Agricultural Company is embroiled in serious land lease agreement tussle that has the tendency to ignite conflict between foreign investors and locals.
Massively underpriced post-Soviet agriculture market promises huge returns
- Agriculture 2.0
- 12 October 2011
NCH has been able—by direct purchase or lease—to acquire, aggregate and operationalize roughly 700,000 hectares of prime farmland in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries at a fraction of their actual value.
Farmers' networks urge government action against land grabbing
- IPS
- 11 October 2011
Civil society organisations and global farmers' networks are gathered in Rome this week to ask governments to stop the "disastrous practice of land grabbing", ahead of next week's Committee on World Food Security.
The new East India Cos
- Outlook India
- 11 October 2011
Obtaining millions of hectares for farming in Africa, Indian firms are playing predator.
Early warning: Growing tension in Malen Chiefdom
- Green Scenery
- 11 October 2011
Thirty peaceful protesters were arrested in Sahn Malen, Sierra Leone for blocking access to oil palm plantations owned by Socfin, which they accuse of grabbing their lands.
China interest in Argentina land irks locals
- Al Jazeera
- 11 October 2011
Farmers worried about damage that comes with the excessive use of chemicals in large-scale agriculture.
Understanding the Ethiopian land grab phenomenon
- Ethiopian Review
- 11 October 2011
New book explains the reasons behind the land grab phenomenon and why so many Ethiopians are not only alarmed but also adamantly opposed to it.
The Dragon’s appetite for soy stokes Brazilian protectionism
- beyondbrics
- 10 October 2011
Changes to land laws are under discussion in Brazil, this time based on reciprocity. One result is that Chinese investors would be banned from buying any land in Brazil, as China does not permit private ownership of land.
Major pension fund invests in farm land
- FT
- 10 October 2011
Roger Ferguson, chief executive of TIAA-CREF, says his firm is increasingly acquiring farmland in the US, Eastern Europe, Australia and Brazil as long term investments.
Local organisations present the situation of oil palm expansion in Opol, Misamis Oriental
- KALUMBAY Regional Lumad Organization
- 10 October 2011
a primer presenting the local situation of oil palm plantations in Mindanao
MoA, Turkish co sign 23.7m Br lease for cotton
- 09 October 2011
The MoA has identified a total of 2.6 million ha of land fit for cultivation of cotton, which is equivalent to what Pakistan, the fourth largest cotton producer in the world, uses for the same purpose.