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South Africa: New curbs for foreign land ownership
- Business Day
- 08 June 2011
Land Minister Nkwinti proposes "precarious tenure" policy rather than outright prevention of foreigners from owning SA land
Abraaj Captial is said to be in talks to buy stake in Citadel of Egypt
- Bloomberg
- 08 June 2011
Both companies are active farmland investors, with Citadel controlling a reported 200,000 hectares in Sudan and operating Egypt's largest dairy farm.
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
- BBC
- 08 June 2011
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says
Swedish fund goes farming for diversification
- Top1000Funds
- 08 June 2011
The Second Swedish National Pension Fund (AP2) will invest $250 million in a joint venture with a US pension fund and financial services provider to buy farmland in the United States, Brazil and Australia.
Understanding land investment deals in Ethiopia
- SMNE
- 08 June 2011
SMNE independent commentary on report regarding political impact and recommendations.
Investor land deals exploiting Africa, report alleges
- Reuters
- 08 June 2011
Wealthy U.S. and European investors are accumulating large swaths of African agricultural lands in deals that have little accountability and give them greater control over food supply for the world's poor
Land deals raise food security hopes
- IRIN
- 08 June 2011
By handing over 80,000 hectares of untilled land to a few dozen South African farmers, authorities in the Republic of Congo are confident they will greatly improve domestic agricultural expertise and reduce the country's chronic dependence on food imports
Hedge funds create volatility in global food supply with land grabs across Africa
- Oakland Institute
- 08 June 2011
Foreign speculators are increasing price volatility and supply insecurity in the global food system, according to a series of investigative reports released today by the Oakland Institute.
Kenya: Lamu farmers accuse chiefs of land grab
- Nairobi Star
- 08 June 2011
Hundreds of Lamu farmers are up in arms against chiefs and district officers they claim collude with unscrupulous buyers to sell off their land.
Egypt, Kingdom Holding sign deal on disputed Toshka land
- Bloomberg
- 08 June 2011
“We have opened a new page with the Egyptian government,” Alwaleed said at a news conference with Egyptian PM Essam Sharaf. “We call on Arab and international investors to return to Egypt as soon as possible.”
China moves to secure food and fuel future
- Radio Australia
- 07 June 2011
"The world is running out of farm land quite rapidly and farm land is going to be a very, very precious commodity in time to come. ... Australians are pretty dozy and comfortable on this issue," says Julian Cribb.
Saudi prince signs new Egypt farm land deal
- Reuters
- 07 June 2011
KADCO, part of Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Co, now owns 10,000 feddans [more than 10,000 ha] in southern Egypt while cultivating another 15,000 feddans that it will get ownership of at a later date.