Tanzania: South Korea set to expand co-operation

• Tanzania Daily News
• 16 August 2010

A delegation of Korea experts is expected to arrive in the country to sign a $50 million pact covering an initial 15,000 ha in the Rufiji River Basin.

Back to the land: Land acquisition in the global food economy

• Craccum
• 16 August 2010

States and mega-corporations are snapping up cheap land to produce food and making money at the expense of people in host countries.

The land rush doesn't have to end in a poor deal for Africans

• Guardian
• 16 August 2010

It is not too late for equitable partnerships to flourish between foreign investors and local communities.

Macquarie seeks crop land

• Stock & Land
• 16 August 2010

Macquarie Group's agricultural division has launched a new cropping fund that will buy large-scale grain properties in Australia and Brazil.

Gabon Government signs $4.5 billion accords on infrastructure, agriculture

• Bloomberg
• 15 August 2010

Singapore-based Olam will develop a palm-oil plantation covering as much as 300,000 hectares in the southeast of the country.

Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world

• Global Land Project
• 14 August 2010

Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under negotiation in 27 African host countries – an area equivalent to France.

China, Africa forge farming ties

• China Daily
• 12 August 2010

Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of China-Africa agriculture cooperation says China State Farms Agribusiness Corporation manager.

Who's who of South America corporate farm giants

• Progressive Farmer
• 12 August 2010

With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.

L’Afrique, une terre à louer

• Tribune de Genève
• 12 August 2010

L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour le continent noir, finissent par nuire à des populations déjà pauvres et à des économies précaires.

Tanzania : Memorandum of Understanding for conducting feasibility study between Agrisol Energy and the Mpanda District Council

• The Oakland Institute
• 11 August 2010

Feasibility study to invest in a large scale agro-industrial project in the land designated as the Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements

This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers

• PTI
• 11 August 2010

ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.

Sudan woos investors to put $1bn in farming

• Financial Times
• 11 August 2010

Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.