Roots for Equity Director Dr Azra Sayeed demanded that the Pakistani government stop giving agricultural land on lease to foreign food companies, and rather that these lands should be given to local growers to overcome food crisis in the country.
Cambodia will be the fourth country after Sudan, Egypt and Pakistan to receive UAE investments intended to achieve a food security plan drawn up by the government. Large-scale planting on Cambodian land acquired through purchase or 99-year lease may be launched there next year.
Amidst the projected massive growth in demand, the Philippines is set to play a bigger role in supplying 'Halal' goods - particularly food products - with Gulf oil producers looking at plans to invest in farming projects in the Philippines.
Cambodia's agriculture minister welcomed the UAE plans of the land reclamation in Cambodia, indicating Cambodia will be a partner to the UAE in regard to the agriculture.
La Suisse se veut le moteur d’un mouvement international qui revendique un code de conduite pour les investisseurs en quête de terres agricoles
Farmland deals in Africa inked by private Egyptian firms, commonly called "land grabs," could help the import-dependent nation get access to grain when markets spike, Egypt's agriculture minister Amin Abaza said. "This is going to be a private initiative."
Foreigners and foreign companies will also not be allowed to own land in the country but can acquire leaseholds not exceeding 99 years, the draft says.
Lorenzo Cotula of IIED explains how large-scale land acquisitions by rich countries in Africa failed to reach its target and why it is important to identify trends in these contractual practices
La República del Congo ha ofrecido a los inversores internacionales 10 millones de hectáreas de sus terrenos de cultivo, un envite al que ha respondido la mayor asociación de agricultores de Suráfrica y que con toda probabilidad acelerará la carrera por la apropiación de tierras en África.
The large-scale cross border land grabs of late, following the realization that “free trade” is not a reliable basis for food security, should be stopped as an unsustainable response which can only exacerbate the problem of hunger, say IUF members in Asia-Pacific
On October 15 2009, the Lok Sanjh Foundation and the Pakistan Dehqan Assembly organized a conference on rice and the food crisis, focusing on small farmer livelihoods. More than 600 farmers, tenants, landless workers and partner organizations from different parts of the Sheikhupura region participated in the event.
Presentations at a symposium organised by the Swiss government on World Food Day 2009