Eastern promise!

• Gulf Daily News
• 25 June 2009

Undeterred by recent debates, a Bahrain scouting mission left for a week-long trip to the Philippines and Thailand yesterday, where it hopes to secure fruit and vegetable plantations.

Our fear of the foreigner on the farm

• Bangkok Post
• 25 June 2009

Amid fears of land-grabbing foreigners, Thailand's Democrat government is all set to give local landlords a big bonanza.

Land grabs becoming more popular

• Farmland Forecast
• 24 June 2009

Many land transactions occur without a paper trail, therefore making regulation even more challenging.

Foreign farm bar to stay

• Bangkok Post
• 24 June 2009

"According to our laws and our policy, foreigners or foreign companies are not allowed to rent or buy land to grow rice or any kind of food, including raising livestock, in Thailand," Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said yesterday.

Rabobank exec sees recovery, change for farm sector

• Reuters
• 24 June 2009

Despite criticism for Chinese efforts to acquire large-scale farmland in Africa, China is seen continuing to aggressively pursue acquisitions in other countries. says Michael Whitehead, executive director of the food and agribusiness research and advisory unit at Rabobank International.

Development policy stance on the topic of land grabbing – the purchase and leasing of large areas of land in developing countries

• BMZ
• 24 June 2009

Recognizing that land is increasingly becoming a good that is traded internationally, this BMZ position paper analyses driving forces, risks and opportunities for developing countries.

KS Oils acquires additional 14,000 ha of land

• KSNR
• 24 June 2009

KS Oils acquires additional 14,000 HA land for oil palm plantations in Indonesia, owning a total of 34,000 ha.

Farm swap

• BBC
• 24 June 2009

Farming overseas is a global trend. So to find out more about this phenomenon, Mike Gallagher meets Andrew Hunter - a British farmer working vast landholdings in Hungary and Serbia.

Farmer-scientist group says no to public land lease to foreign corporations

• MASIPAG
• 24 June 2009

We challenge the line agencies, legislators and national government to immediately stop the leasing of public land to foreign corporations. Instead, public lands that have huge potential to ensure food security and nation building should be distributed to Filipino small farmers.

Militant groups expose RP-Bahrain secret pact on agriculture

• Pamalakaya and KMP
• 24 June 2009

The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pamalakaya and staunch ally KMP on Thursday exposed what they called a secret agricultural pact between the Philippines and Bahrain.

Le Cap-Vert exploite des terres agricoles en Angola

• PANA
• 24 June 2009

Le gouvernement du Cap-Vert a créé une société anonyme à capitaux publics en vue d’exploiter et gérer des terres agricoles mises à sa disposition par les autorités angolaises dans le cadre de la coopération entre les deux pays

Argentina: Justicia entrerriana no intervendrá en la siembra de soja en las islas

• La Capital
• 23 June 2009