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South African farmers set up in Congo
- IPS
- 26 Mar 2011
The Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 ha of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African farmers.
Debating the global land grab
- IDS
- 25 Mar 2011
A new report is released this week to coincide with the forthcoming international conference on the global land grab to be held at IDS, University of Sussex.
Ethiopia: The great land-grab debate
- IRIN
- 25 Mar 2011
Foreign investors are leasing vast tracts of land in Ethiopia
El marco jurídico alienta la extranjerización de tierras en Bolivia
- Fundación Tierra
- 25 Mar 2011
Con un alegato a favor de que la venta de tierras a ciudadanos extranjeros cese en Bolivia, el investigador de Fundación TIERRA, Miguel Urioste, reclama al Estado un mayor control de este comercio que realizan las familias bolivianas, amparadas en un marco jurídico débil y poco claro.
Land Grabs: What’s in the contracts? And an Indian land grab In Ethiopia
- CounterCurrents
- 25 Mar 2011
One of the problems with so-called ‘land grabs’ is secrecy. Most of the contracts that seal such deals are hidden from public scrutiny, which makes it very hard to establish what is really going on.
Mauritius: Racing towards food security
- News on Sunday
- 25 Mar 2011
Mauritius has access to more than 120,000 hectares of farming land in Mozambique and an expression of interest from potential agricultural entrepreneurs was launched last year.
Palm oil giants target Africa in 'land grab' following Indonesia deforestation ban
- Ecologist
- 25 Mar 2011
Indonesia's move to bring in a two-year moratorium on new palm oil plantations has seen agribusiness giants like Sime Darby switch expansion plans to Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia.
Acquisitions foncières en Afrique : que disent les contrats ?
- IIED
- 25 Mar 2011
Analyse juridique de douze contrats d'acquisition foncière dans différents pays d’Afrique
Food security concerns lead to review of land ownership in Australia
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 24 Mar 2011
Parliament is calling on the Productivity Commission to review the recent surge in foreign investment in farming, focusing on its effects on the economy and food security.
Korea strives for agricultural security
- Korea Herald
- 24 Mar 2011
The government and companies are joining hands to expand the country’s overseas farming bases, establish a direct import channel and modernize agricultural production and distribution.
Foreign investors grab land in Southern Sudan, aid group says
- Bloomberg
- 24 Mar 2011
Foreign investors are buying large tracts of land in Southern Sudan that add up to an area larger than Rwanda, threatening food supplies and stability in the region.
South Sudan threatened by land grab
- NPA
- 23 Mar 2011
Four months before South Sudan becomes an independant nation nine percent of the country has been targeted by investors, a Norwegian People's Aid report reveals.
Biofuels, mass evictions and violence build on the legacy of the 1978 Panzos Massacre in Guatemala
- Upside Down World
- 23 Mar 2011
Internationally-funded Guatemalan palm oil and sugar cane interests evict Mayan Qeqchi families from their historic lands, destroying homes and crops, killing one, injuring more, while thousands are without food or shelter.
Saudi billionaire's company will invest $2.5 billion in Ethiopia rice farm
- Bloomberg
- 23 Mar 2011
The company leased 10,000 hectares in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region for 60 years for $9.42 per hectare annually and plans to lease an additional 290,000 hectares from the government.
Wake up on foreign land grab
- WeeklyTimesNow
- 23 Mar 2011
For the sake of our farmers and our national food security, the Federal Government needs to get tough on Australia's foreign investment policy.