GM 'lesser of two evils': Olam

• The Land
• 04 October 2010

Mr Verghese says that Olam sees "sustainable value" in investing in agriculture, including farmland, and that GM crops are an inevitable "must".

Foreign investment in Aussie farms is nothing unusual

• Australian Farm Journal
• 04 October 2010

The anxiety expressed in some farming quarters and the daily media about Australian farms becoming dominated by foreign corporations and governments fails to recognise that the coming and going of overseas investors has always been part of rural property transactions.

SLC Agricola may sell stake in Brazil farmland unit this year, CEO says

• Bloomberg
• 02 October 2010

SLC, whose crops cover 223,000 hectares, will sell a 49 percent slice of the new company, Land Co., to local or foreign investors that may include sovereign and pension funds

Ethiopia: Land rent contractual agreement made between Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Sannati Agro Farm PLC

• 01 October 2010

Contract is for 10,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 25 years, with option for renewal.

Is Zambia Africa's next breadbasket?

• Mail & Guardian
• 01 October 2010

International investors from Britain to South Africa have begun putting money into infrastructure development and transport, and about 200 exiled Zimbabwean farmers have taken leases from the Zambian government to develop farmland in the country.

Nyeleni Newsletter on land

• Nyeleni.org
• 01 October 2010

This newsletter aims to bring a small stone to the edifice of resistance that will be built to counteract transnational corporations, the World Bank and their allies. We urge all organizations and all movements committed to the struggle for food sovereignty to embark with us on this journey.

China courts SA’s commercial farmers

• Farmers Weekly
• 01 October 2010

The Chinese are aware that South Africa has a research problem and they know they need farming skills for the land they’re acquiring in Africa, says Dr De Jager of AgriSA.

An Open Letter to Gennet Zewide, Ethiopian Ambassador to India

• Anyuak Media
• 30 September 2010

The people of Ethiopia have a question for you and the government of Ethiopia you represent, “Why are you giving away our land to foreigners?”

Egypt to lease at least 200,000 acres of farms: government

• Reuters
• 29 September 2010

Egypt will lease at least 200,000 acres of farmland this year for agri-business projects in North Sinai, the North Coast and Upper Egypt, the agriculture minister said on Wednesday.

Egypt's Citadel invests $40 mln in Sudan farms

• Reuters
• 29 September 2010

Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital said it was investing $40 million to grow crops in Sudan, where agricultural spending is increasing as the government moves to address food shortages.

Emirates Group starts search to buy food assets in Australia, New Zealand

• Bloomberg
• 29 September 2010

Emirates Investments Group is looking to buy food and agricultural assets in Australia and New Zealand as global demand climbs, CEO Raza Jafar said.

Challenges posed by large-scale land acquisitions: GRAIN's perspective

• CTA
• 28 September 2010

Presentation to the CTA Rural Development Briefing in Central Africa