South African farmers ready to venture into the Congo

• HowWeMadeItInAfrica
• 13 February 2011

A group of South African farmers is getting ready to go up to the Republic of the Congo and start with commercial agriculture in the central African state.

Stop the global land grab

• Guardian
• 12 February 2011

Land is now one of the hottest commodities in the world market. Time to stand up for small farmers dismissed as 'inefficient'

Land Grabbing and Its Dire Consequences

• Gadaa.com
• 11 February 2011

The suffering of farmers in Ethiopia is going from worse to the worst as a result of inequitable land acquisitions, better called “neo-colonial land grabbing”, by foreign investors.

UAE looking to Turkey for investing in food security

• The National
• 11 February 2011

The UAE will look to invest in farmland in Turkey as rising prices raise the urgency of food security, says Sultan al Mansouri, the Minister of Economy.

Hard struggle: Challenges of the peasant struggle in Mozambique

• Real World Radio
• 11 February 2011

Land grabbing in Mozambique by transnational corporations, that hire rural workers who are not able to access lands to produce, is one of the issues that concern peasants of that country the most.

Arab farm investment push

• Stock & Land
• 10 February 2011

Former Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, is leading a push to get Arabs to invest in Australian farmland as part of a long term food security strategy for oil-rich Gulf States

Mali opposition party demands details of land leases, warns of possible 'land grab'

• AP
• 10 February 2011

An opposition party in Mali wrote to the country's president demanding that details of contracts leasing out massive areas of agricultural land be made public.

ADM invests in Brazilian palms, biodiesel plant

• AP
• 09 February 2011

Archer Daniels Midland Co. announces a 5-year plan to invest in nearly 30,000 acres of palm trees in Brazil

Libya eyes new investment in foreign farmland

• Reuters
• 09 February 2011

Libya expects wheat imports to dip slightly on the back of an expected 50% rise in its wheat harvest this year, and is eyeing new investments in foreign farmland to ensure supplies, a government official said.

Landgrabbing in Mali

• WSFTV
• 09 February 2011

Youcoulele' dif Pap Sacko talks about a workshop on land grabs at the World Social Forum in Dakar and the case of the Malibya project in Mali.

Workshop "Land Grabbing in Africa"

• FSM2011
• 09 February 2011

Declaration from the workshop “Land Grabbing in Africa – Dangers and Challenges” that was held from 6 to 9 February, 2011, in Mbour / Senegal, as a side event to the World Social Forum 2011.

'Best chance' to end polio - Bill Gates promotes vaccines and food programs to attack poverty

• AllAfrica
• 09 February 2011

Gates says many large land deals in Africa are beneficial, criticizes Western groups for holding them back, and says those who invest in Africa are the ones who are at risk.