Fonterra eyes more farms in China

• NZ Herald
• 24 September 2010

"What China needs is safe, healthy Chinese milk and it starts all the way up stream with farming," Fonterra's CEO Andrew Ferrier said.

The mob action in Tema

• Ghana Web
• 23 September 2010

Wilmar claim to be investing in project that will employ 500 people with investment capital of $40 million. Yet the land in question supports the entire fishing industry in Tema.

LVC and FIAN ask governments to ban land grabbing

• Via Camepsina
• 23 September 2010

The agenda of the upcoming session of the FAO Committee on World Food Security, on 11-14 October 2010, includes a policy roundtable on land tenure and international investment in agriculture.

Bahrain firm signs key India agriculture deal

• Gulf Daily News
• 23 September 2010

Hassan Group will cultivate 4,000 hectares of arable land in India to produce fruits (banana), rice and sugarcane for the Bahraini market.

Norfund invests 10 million dollars in rice production in Tanzania

• Norway
• 22 September 2010

Norfund’s investment will be used to continue expansion of the farm, including preparation of another 2,000 hectares of land, increase in production and storage capacity, machines and equipment

Sudan, Spanish agricultural projects shelved

• Jordan Times
• 21 September 2010

Jordan's stalled Sudan agricultural investment project is no longer feasible, as no one will pay the infrastructure costs to transport water.

Bahrain group keen to invest in Sarawak halal food hub

• The Star
• 21 September 2010

An established business group in Bahrain is seeking large tracts of land to grow rice and rear cattles in Malaysia.

Investing in land: the World Bank report on rising global interest in farmland

• Crossing
• 20 September 2010

The overall message from the World Bank's study is deeply confusing, says Ian Scoones

World Agriculture Investment Conference (London, 23-24 Sept 2010)

• FC Business Intelligence
• 20 September 2010

Farmland investors' conference in London.

Large scale land appropriations: Analysis of the phenomenon and proposed guidelines for future action.

• AGTER
• 20 September 2010

A synthesis of contributions from land tenure and global food security experts.

Global AgInvesting Europe 2010 (Geneva, 9-10 Nov 2010)

• Soyatech
• 20 September 2010

Farmland investors' conference in Geneva

Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks

• LA Times
• 19 September 2010

Wary of fluctuations on Wall Street, more wealthy Americans, private funds and foreigners are putting money into parcels of cornfields, fruit orchards and other US agricultural products.