The likelihood of Ethiopia facing stiff competition from Tanzania and Uganda in attracting investment from Indian agri-businesses reared its head during a visit from a 35 member delegation last week.
By Gang Gong Li, Gerry Albert Corpuz and Portnip Pakangcharap
China is keen on entering into lease agreements with the Philippines to develop unused land for agriculture, says Chinese Ambassador to Manila.
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The land of a traditional kingdom within Uganda has been used as a political threat and reward for over a century. It grows grain, it may have oil and gas, and it is home to the quickly expanding capital
Grand Cape Mount County citizens have registered and documented their opposition to the provision of additional 15, 000 hectares to Sime Darby for cultivation of oil palms in Garwular and Golakonneh Districts.
Newly uncovered customs data unearthed by Rainforest Action Network links agriculture trading giant Cargill to recent acts of violence, intimidation and home demolition against Indigenous villagers on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
"Supporting partnerships between Gulf countries and American farmers to advance their own food security agendas would not only constitute a major boon for our farmers, but would also put the USG in a better position to partner with these countries in pursuing our own food security strategy with poor nations in the Arab world and beyond," writes the US embassy in Qatar
Australian farmer Doug Clarke says farmers should not be criticised for making a commercial return from selling their farms to Chinese investors, if the government’s current rules and regulations allow it.
The South African government appears to have abandoned the notion that foreigners should not own land in SA by proposing that foreigners enjoy freehold title but with conditions applied.
South Africa may put restrictions on the sale of land to foreigners as it aims to transfer ownership to blacks as part of a drive to correct racial imbalances in land distribution, a draft policy showed on Thursday.
When it comes to famine in Africa, China seems an easy target for critics of its rising outbound investments.
The government has an estimated 147,000 hectares of land (or 3.5% of the country's agricultural land) prepped for sale, following regulations passed on 13 July 2011
