Wilmar is eyeing Indonesia's Papua Province for a massive cane growing project.

Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and Smita Narula, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, discuss land grabbing on Democracy Now!

A report on the CFS land discussions, Rome, October 8-16, 2010

Urges transparency and regulation to protect rights, prevent further food insecurity.

Mounting concern over security of food supplies is spurring a wave of private-sector investment in Africa.

Karuturi is perhaps the poster child for the big land grabs that have characterized large scale agricultural investment in Ethiopia

Recent years have seen an increasing number of foreign governments acquiring vast tracts of land in Africa for their own use - some say with little or no benefit to Africa.

Oxfam concerned that land grabbing not being addressed adequately and with enough of a sense of urgency.

Farmland is a compelling way to capitalize on the coming bull market in agricultural commodities, but it’s a high-risk proposition.

“If we get money [from renting out our land] we can buy food anywhere. Then we can solve [Ethiopia's] food problem,” says Abera Deressa, minister of state for agriculture

LRAN briefing paper series, October 2010

Report provides detailed information about investment opportunities in land grabbing offered to German private and institutional investors.