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New FIAN report on landgrabbing in Kenya and Mozambique
- FIAN
- 16 April 2010
A new report by FIAN International documents land grabbing in Kenya & Mozambique and concludes that land grabbing violates human rights.
Stakes are high in African investment race
- Joong Ang Daily
- 16 April 2010
Korean investors are nervous about trusting African governments’ guarantees, and about complex and frequently arbitrary regulations.
Fighting land grab
- Slow Food
- 15 April 2010
The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has joined forces with a coalition of organizations to protest against the recent increase in land grabbing - transferring rights over agricultural land in developing countries to foreign investors - and to denounce its support by the World Bank (WB).
ME’s farmland buys in Africa seen as 'a win-win partnership'
- Arabian Business
- 15 April 2010
The head of a 19-state African trading bloc has denied the Gulf’s policy of snapping up cheap farmland across the continent is tantamount to a ‘neo-colonialist’ land grab.
Morocco leases farmland to reform agriculture
- Reuters
- 15 April 2010
Morocco is inviting bids from foreign and domestic investors to lease 21,000 hectares of farmland as part of its farm reform plans.
Hyundai Heavy reaps corns, soybeans at its Russian farmland
- Yonhap
- 15 April 2010
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it has harvested 4,500 tons of soybeans and 2,000 tons of corn at its Russian farm.
Farmers may be reluctant to sell
- Otago Daily Times
- 15 April 2010
Southern NZ farmers will want to see cash before agreeing to sell their farms to a foreign company again, having been burnt once by a deal that turned sour.
Poor plundered for land
- The Age
- 15 April 2010
Farmers in Africa may starve as their fields are bought to profit rich foreigners, writes Jo Chandler in The Age
China investment in Australian farms rises 10-fold, agents say
- Bloomberg
- 15 April 2010
Chinese investment in Australian farms increased 10-fold in the past six months, as buyers see opportunities in agriculture. “Chinese are wealthy and they are looking for a secure investment in beef, cotton and grain properties, ” said John Burke, an agent for Elders Ltd.
Brazilian farms sow seeds of openness
- Financial Times
- 14 April 2010
“It’s not common in Brazil to find farmers presenting accounts to international investors. What you can see here is the new model for agribusiness in Brazil,” says André Pessôa, co-ordinator of the Rally da Safra.
Conflicts simmer over land concessions
- IPS
- 14 April 2010
The Cambodian government’s moves to allocate vast tracts of land to foreign and local companies are often done without consulting local villagers.
Fran O'Sullivan: Fear-mongering doesn't compute
- NZ Herald
- 14 April 2010
Someone needs to put Fonterra and the Feds into the same room.