World's rich in massive land grab
    Video from The Global Report reporting that the G8 will address land grabbing through win-win solutions
    • The Global Report
    • 08 July 2009
    Outsourcing agriculture to Africa: for and against
    Videos for and against outsourcing food production to Africa
    • YouTube
    • 05 July 2009
    Betting the farm
    As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
    • Fortune/CNN
    • 10 June 2009
    Mideast grabs land elsewhere
    CNN's John Defterios takes a look at how Middle Eastern countries are scouring the globe for farmland.
    • CNN
    • 21 May 2009
    Rufiji interviews: what do they know about SEKAB
    The people who have agreed to give out their land for free to SEKAB have been mislead by unrealistic promises
    • Riches of the Poor
    • 20 May 2009
    Philippines looks abroad to boost agriculture
    The United Nations says the issue of food security has become one of the world's fundamental challenges. In the Philippines, the government has started looking beyond its borders as it tries to boost domestic agriculture. Many small farmers, however, are not happy about that, as Marga Ortigas explains
    • Al Jazeera
    • 17 May 2009
    Sudan's rural riches attract investors
    Despite internal conflicts and an inability to feed its own people, Sudan believes it can be not only Africas breadbasket, but also the world's.
    • Al Jazeera
    • 16 May 2009
    Land grab conference: The Race for the World's Farmland
    On May 5, the Wilson Center hosted a half-day conference that considered the implications for investors, host countries, and food security, highlighting case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
    • The New Security Beat
    • 12 May 2009
    ARTE : Planète à vendre
    Cette partie de monopoly planétaire inquiète au plus haut niveau.
    • ARTE
    • 27 Mar 2009
    Proposed Kenya-Qatar Land Deal Stirs Controversy
    The Kenyan government is considering leasing a large tract of land in the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya to Qatar's government. In return, Qatar would build a port in the seaside town of Lamu.
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSoym58ut0Q&feature=player_embedded
    • 18 Mar 2009
    The Environmental Cost of Euro-Arab Scramble for Africa
    Reports indicate the growing Euro-Arab-Asian interest to buy land in Africa for the food security of their home population, not Africa´s. However, seldom do these reports link the the appetite for farmland and energy investment on the continent with the current global economic crises.
    • American Chronicle
    • 26 February 2009
    HADCO Chairman talks about the Co's Sudan investments
    A number of videos interviews broadcast by Al-Arabiya are available at Zawya.com, in Arabic
    • Al Arabiya
    • 17 February 2009

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