Foreign direct investment: A disaster
    The Tanzania government has been advised to draft laws to curb acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of the country’s fertile agricultural land as foreign direct investment would be a disaster in years to come.
    • Tanzania Media Forum
    • 02 September 2011
    Cuánta tierra necesita el Mercado
    Entrevista con Stefano Liberti, autor del libro "Land grabbing. Come il mercato delle terre crea il nuovo colonialismo"
    • Rebelion
    • 02 September 2011
    Por un límite a la extranjerización
    Luego de las modificaciones introducidas al proyecto del Ejecutivo, el kirchnerismo cree que la semana que viene podrá reunir el plenario de comisiones para el dictamen al proyecto que limita la venta de tierras.
    • Página 12
    • 02 September 2011
    N. Korea plans to lease farm land in Russia's Far East: RIA Novosti
    Russia's state-run news agency reports that a delegation from North Korea held talks with authorities in Russia's Far East on leasing land to grow vegetables and grain.
    • Arirang
    • 02 September 2011
    North Korea to rent farm land in Russia's Far East
    North Korea plans to rent several hundred thousand hectares of land in the Amur region in Russia's Far East to grow vegetables and grain
    • Ria Novosti
    • 01 September 2011
    Investisseurs libyens, paysans maliens
    Les « sept principes de durabilité » prônés par les institutions internationales ne sont pas respectés.
    • Le Monde Diplomatique
    • 01 September 2011
    Quand la Banque mondiale encourage la razzia sur les terres agricoles
    Trois ans après la crise alimentaire de 2008, la question de la faim resurgit dans la Corne de l’Afrique. Parmi les causes de ce fléau se trouvent les investissements fonciers à grande échelle visant à établir des cultures vivrières et énergétiques.
    • Le Monde Diplomatique
    • 01 September 2011
    Speculating with lives: How global investors make money out of hunger
    The idea of combining the greed of investors with the fight against hunger as a mutually beneficial business venture has failed miserably
    • Der Spiegel
    • 01 September 2011
    West Africa’s agriculture land grab
    New study by SNV and the Royal Tropical Institute looks at rising farmland acquisitions by domestic agro-investors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
    • SNV
    • 01 September 2011
    Papua New Guinea begins Commission of Inquiry into rainforest land grabs
    Papua New Guinea has launched a Commission of Inquiry into foreign land grabs of pristine, indigenous owned primary rainforests for clearcut logging and supposed oil palm development.
    • Scoop
    • 01 September 2011
    Argentina debates foreign land buys
    Argentina's Congress is gearing up for a debate on a bill to limit the amount of farmland foreigners can buy, amid a surge of interest in land deals triggered by rising food prices.
    • Reuters
    • 01 September 2011
    Pensions show interest in farmland investments
    The $23.6 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System and the $600 million Tucson Supplemental Retirement System are currently exploring potential investments in farmland as a means of diversification.
    • Farmland Forecast
    • 31 August 2011

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