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Pension funds – future farmers
- IPE Magazine
- 01 July 2010
Report on the growing popularity of farmland investment in the developing world for European pension funds
Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company seeking investment in Brazil agriculture projects
- Invest Brazil
- 01 July 2010
Libya has mobilised investment funds and is seeking area for production and export of food.
Small farmers should get on the "land grab" bandwagon
- IRIN
- 30 June 2010
If you are a small farmer in a developing country, and there is a big agricultural land investment deal going down in your neighbourhood, you could become part of it and make money in several ways, said a new UN-backed study.
Statement from the People’s Movement Assembly on Food Sovereignty, US Social Forum 2010
- USSF
- 29 June 2010
We call on others in the US to demand an end to the global land grab and commit to participating in a global campaign against land grabs
TIAA-CREF: Why investments in farmland are now 'like gold'
- Bloomberg
- 29 June 2010
TIAA-CREF owns agricultural land in the US, Australia, Brazil and central and Eastern Europe, most of which is leased out.
ANALYSIS-Pension funds to bulk up farmland investments
- Reuters
- 29 June 2010
Pension funds are deepening their commitment to farmland, upping investments by billions of dollars and moving to active strategies, as a hedge against potential inflation and to diversifty from riskier investments.
Gulf economist says no follow up on GCC land grabs
- Arabian Business
- 28 June 2010
Leading Gulf economist Dr Eckart Woertz says plans by GCC states to buy farmland in Asian and African countries were not materialising despite announcements to the contrary.
Arab food gap crosses $180bn over past decade
- EB
- 27 June 2010
Study says creation of a farm fund is crucial for the success of Arab agricultural projects aimed at achieving self-sufficiency since most fertile countries in the region lack sufficient investments.
Text of the G8 Summit communique
- Canadian Press
- 26 June 2010
"We support continued efforts to develop principles for investment in the agricultural sector undertaken by the World Bank, regional development banks, FAO, UNCTAD, and IFAD," say G8 heads of state.
Ethiopia offers an acre for $1 on 100-year lease
- Hindu Business Line
- 25 June 2010
Dr S. Ayyappan, Director-General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), calls on Indians to rent farmland in Ethiopia to produce pulses for export to India.
Ethiopia: Fertile fields for India
- Asia-Africa Confidential
- 25 June 2010
The Addis government shows scant regard for the potential local impact of massive Indian investment in floriculture and biofuels.
African land grabbing: Whose interests are served
- Brookings Institution
- 25 June 2010
Evidence suggests a marked disparity in the benefits received by those involved in and affected by these transnational land acquisitions, particularly for those originally dwelling on the land.