Groups told Aquino: Don't lease Philippine lands to China

• ALLVOICES
• 30 August 2011

By Gang Gong Li, Gerry Albert Corpuz and Portnip Pakangcharap

China eyes agricultural land lease pacts with Philippines

• InterAksyon.com
• 29 August 2011

China is keen on entering into lease agreements with the Philippines to develop unused land for agriculture, says Chinese Ambassador to Manila.

Who owns Buganda?

• Le Monde Diplomatique
• 29 August 2011

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

Citizens reject Sime Darby’s request for another 15,000 hectares

• Daily Observer
• 29 August 2011

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.

Cargill supplier linked to violence and home demolition in Indonesia

• RAN
• 29 August 2011

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.

Wikileaks: Food aid vs food security: An opportunity in the Gulf

• Wikileaks
• 26 August 2011

"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

Landholder backs right to 'sell the farm'

• Farm Weekly
• 26 August 2011

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.

Foreigners get nod on land ownership

• Business Day
• 26 August 2011

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.

S.Africa may put limits on sale of land to foreigners

• Reuters
• 25 August 2011

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.

China gets (needlessly) defensive over famine in Africa

• Wall Street Journal
• 25 August 2011

When it comes to famine in Africa, China seems an easy target for critics of its rising outbound investments.

Czechs loosen rules on foreign ownership of farms

• World Agronomy
• 25 August 2011

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

Rush of investors forces spotlight on land tenure

• World Agronomy
• 25 August 2011

A reading of the FAO High Level Panel of Experts July 2011 report on land grabbing for ABN AMRO and Virtual Metals