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Risk Kiwis could be 'tenants in their own land'
- Stuff
- 09 August 2010
A poll shows 75.5 percent of voters want the rules on foreigners buying NZ farmland tightened, with only 8 percent saying they should be relaxed.
Leading the fight for food sovereignty, an interview with La Via Campesina’s Dena Hoff
- WorldWatch Institute
- 09 August 2010
There are plenty of examples in the world of countries that can no longer feed themselves because somebody decided it was cheaper or more intelligent to buy all their food from somebody else.
Investors fear re-run of great grain robbery
- Financial Times
- 06 August 2010
Analysts and farming executives say the crisis is likely to accelerate the consolidation of Russian agriculture already under way, allowing big conglomerates to swoop on struggling small farmers.
Innovations in access to land: Land grab or agricultural investment?
- Huffington Post
- 05 August 2010
A four-part piece about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition or "land grabs" in Sub-Saharan Africa from the Worldwatch Intitute.
Gulf investors need to look at CIS market
- Gulf News
- 05 August 2010
Since GCC countries have the required financial capacity and advanced financial systems, they can benefit from investment opportunities in agricultural production in CIS, where Gulf funds may bring about significant changes in the production and trade in food commodities in global markets
Farmers plan to invest in Zambia - govt
- Reuters
- 05 August 2010
Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the government.
Foreigners form dummy firms to keep Kenyan land
- Business Daily
- 04 August 2010
Foreign land barons are using millions of shillings to hire elite law firms for advice on how to protect their property should Kenyans pass the proposed Constitution — that bars them from owning land — in Wednesday's vote.
The ethics of foreign investment
- Al Majalla
- 04 August 2010
To speak only of the ‘threats and potential opportunities’ that these investments highlight leaves underexposed the grave risks to human rights that they pose, writes Dr. Margot Salomon, from the London School of Economics
World Bank's leaked report on land grabs contradicts its advice to the developing countries
- Oakland Institute
- 02 August 2010
"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing to deliver on promises of jobs and investments," says a leaked draft of the World Bank report
Australia opposition may tweak foreign investment laws
- Dow Jones
- 02 August 2010
Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right parties could revise the country's foreign investment laws if it wins power in the Aug. 21 general election.
Harvesting Returns
- CNBC
- 02 August 2010
BlackRock agriculture fund manager says they are investing in companies that own land and grow crops.
Bunge seeks palm plantation in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 02 August 2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies