Outsourced African farming threatens to alienate locals

• The National
• 20 December 2010

Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.

Egypt’s takeover of Sudan’s Gezira scheme

• Sudan Tribune
• 19 December 2010

News of the deal has aroused very vehement protest from the Sudanese Farmer’s Union and the tenants in the Gezira Scheme.

Fears growing over land grabs

• Japan Times
• 18 December 2010

It may appear contradictory for the Japanese government to support aggressive investment in overseas land while seeking ways to restrict purchases by foreign interests at home.

Foreign investment in Australian farm land: domestic scrutiny is on the horizon

• Lexology
• 16 December 2010

The shift of power in Australia’s Federal Parliament, which is now largely in the hands of a few independents representing rural and regional constituencies, combined with the increasingly vocal calls for scrutiny of foreign investment has sent signals of a more protectionist stance for Australian agriculture.

Investors set to inject billions into agriculture

• The Citizen
• 16 December 2010

In Kilombero District, Tanzania large swathes of land are being earmarked for large-scale rice production.

Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities

• BBC
• 15 December 2010

A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.

SA farmers set sights on Moz

• Reuters
• 13 December 2010

More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said

Saudi food from Saudi farms ... in Australia?

• Arab News
• 12 December 2010

If former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has his way, Saudi Arabia will produce its food in Australia.

India moots tie-up on 'contract farming'

• Times of Oman
• 12 December 2010

"Indian law does not allow foreign companies to buy land and therefore Omani companies can enter into a contract farming relationship," says senior Indian government official.

How China pushed Qatar out of Sh400bn Lamu port deal

• Daily Nation
• 10 December 2010

A wikileaks cable discusses the transfer of the Lamu port deal from Qatar to China. Little word about the fate of the 40,0000 ha of farmland promised to Qatar, however.

Argentine shepherds, farmers protect forests from soy

• AFP
• 10 December 2010

"Foreign companies and powerful Argentine corporations are coming to the region. Their intention is to buy and buy."

Danes quit UK for home after land prices tumble

• FWI
• 10 December 2010

Some Danish farmland investors are quitting the UK after seeing land prices rise here and tumble at home over the past few years.