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Saudi-based partners launch Africa rice farming plan
- Reuters
- 03 August 2009
The $1bn project, dubbed 7X7, aims at developing 700,000 ha of farmland to produce within 7 years 7 million tonnes of rice in Mali, Senegal and maybe Sudan and Uganda.
Japan changes tack to fix food shortage
- Financial Times
- 03 August 2009
After focusing for decades on oil, metals and minerals, Japan's huge trading houses are turning to agricultural commodities, with Tokyo enthusiastically supporting the shift amid concerns about local and global food security .
A new attack: G20 countries practice ‘agricolonialism’ in developing countries
- Workers' World
- 03 August 2009
The social consequences of these land grabs are significant.
The worldwide land grab
- Daily Star
- 03 August 2009
The craze for land grabbing grows out of speculation on future prices. Only the poor are the net losers.
Good governance is the key to managing 'land grabbing'
- Deutsche Welle
- 02 August 2009
Rich countries have been buying huge plots of land in poor nations in a trend that has been called a new scamble for Africa. Olivier de Schutter, the UN's point man on the issue, tells DW what to do about it.
Singapore: More land for growing food
- Straits Times
- 01 August 2009
More land will be set aside for growing food while companies will be encouraged to work with farms overseas to ensure that Singapore has a ready and stable supply of produce.
World Bank: Toward a global consensus on land-extensive agro-enterprise in developing countries
- World Bank
- 31 July 2009
The World Bank wants to "assert leadership within the donor community to shape the global response" to land grabbing
Multinationals now target land
- The Citizen
- 31 July 2009
Philip Kiriro of the East Africa Farmers' Federation says the countries most endangered by landgrabbing in the region are Tanzania and DRC
Jinggoy questions lease of prime farmlands to foreigners
- Daily Tribune
- 31 July 2009
"We would also like to know why this government has been so aggressive in pushing these lease deals of our farmlands to the rich countries," Philippines Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada said.
FAO expert meeting on international investment in agriculture
- FAO
- 31 July 2009
Topics discussed included a review of recent trends in international investment, the record on FDI in developing country agriculture, evidence on recent investments, the “land grab” and its implications, alternative business models for investments, bridging the investment gap – investment needs and sources of capital, policy implications and the case for an international code of conduct.
Farmers forgotten in oil-for-food deals
- Asia Times
- 31 July 2009
Southeast Asian countries took big steps towards formalizing food-for-oil deals with Gulf states at a June meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Foreign investors snap up African farmland
- Der Spiegel
- 30 July 2009
Because of the political sensitivity of the modern-day land grab, it is often only the country's head of state who knows the details. Der Spiegel investigates.