The government will act as a facilitator for private industry to buy land abroad to grow pulses, says India's Agriculture Minister.

Gulf nations need to step up investments in African and South East Asian farmland if the region is to play its part in averting a global food crisis, agriculture experts say.

New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.

As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.

Government has taken action to resolve lingering speculation and strengthen transparency surrounding the degree of foreign ownership in Australian agriculture.

Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação

Australia's center-left Labor government said Tuesday it will examine foreign ownership of the country's rural land and agricultural food production in response to a spate of takeovers that have triggered anxiety about job losses and broader concerns about food security.

Karuturi has an agreement to provide 40,000 tons of rice to neighboring Djibouti.

Entebbe Declaration on Large Foreign Land Aquisitions

What is to be done? Obviously, we need an immediate moratorium on land grabs.

Oxfam concerned that land grabbing not being addressed adequately and with enough of a sense of urgency.

LRAN briefing paper series, October 2010

In lead up to Tunis Conference, African Development Bank calls for reforms to African land laws to facilitate private investment in agriculture.

Interview with Elisha Kartini of the Indonesian Peasant Union

A growing number of Chinese businessmen are looking at California vineyards for sale, to sell US wines to the booming China and Hong Kong markets.

The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation member states call for "responsible" agricultural investment as rising acquisition of farmland in developing countries by other nations is causing friction with local people.

Translation of Document：Why We Oppose the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI)

This brie?ng is meant to show the fundamental ?aws and short-comings of both the RAI initiative and of the RAI principles themselves, principle by principle.

La ruée des pays et des groupes étrangers vers l’or vert africain inquiète experts et ONG. Reste que le phénomène est difficilement quantifiable, nombre d’annonces d’accords n’étant pas suivies d’effet. Dossier Jeune Afrique.

The two months we spent in the Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia, surveying smallholders and profiling large-scale commercial farms, left us with a different impression.

Mr Verghese says that Olam sees "sustainable value" in investing in agriculture, including farmland, and that GM crops are an inevitable "must".

Singapore is eyeing a gigantic farming project in northeast China that could help the small, densely populated city-state diversify its food supplies, while offering export opportunities for its expertise in food safety and investment opportunities for its businesses.

Some projects aimed at increasing food production in Asia have been dropped or delayed amid the financial crisis, notes a new report by IRRI and the Asia Society.

An established business group in Bahrain is seeking large tracts of land to grow rice and rear cattles in Malaysia.

The overall message from the World Bank's study is deeply confusing, says Ian Scoones

GRAIN says the World Bank's much anticipated report on the global farmland grab is both a disappointment and a failure.

There is too much at stake when governments give up land, water, and livestock to large-scale foreign investment. NGOs and funders have to listen and respond to the needs and accomplishments on the ground, and keep local food systems truly local.

"I know you will think why should President Obama meddle in the affairs of other countries," writes Devlinder Sharma. "I agree, but at least he can stop the American agribiz and finance companies from indulging in offshore farmland grab."

In a 164-page report that actually endorses the practice of the sale of vast tracts of agricultural land to foreign buyers, the global lender nevertheless frets over the fall-out of northern legislation that makes investors view every farm, jungle and meadow in the third world the same way they view an oil field, says the EU Observer

A new World Bank report says volatility in food prices has been a key factor behind a rising tide of large scale farmland purchases in the developing world, which can pose social and environment risks, if not well managed.