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Good grab, bad grab
- The Water Channel
- 23 April 2013
With the large and sometimes overexposed attention for land grabbing in Africa, good examples tend to be forgotten
A global hunt for water profit risks draining cities dry
- Bloomberg
- 14 November 2023
Bloomberg exposé on Frank Timis' plan to turn Les Fermes de la Teranga (ex-Senhuile) into a major source of animal feed for the Gulf States and the implications for Dakar's water supply
A new wave of land grabs strikes Tanzania
- GRAIN
- 02 February 2024
Tanzania’s experience in the global land grab post-2008 led to shattered hopes, land conflicts & misery for small farmers. Yet, the current govt risks repeating history. A new report looks at this critical moment for Tanzania's small farmers & pastoralists.
Foreign pension funds and land grabbing in Brazil
- GRAIN
- 16 November 2015
A New York company managing the retirement savings of workers in Sweden, the US and Canada is evading Brazilian laws on foreign investment to acquire farmlands from a businessman accused of violently displacing local communities.
Harvard's billion-dollar farmland fiasco
- GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos
- 06 September 2018
One of the world's major buyers of farmland is under fire for their involvement in land conflicts, environmental destruction and risky investments. A new report by GRAIN and Rede Social de Justiça e Direitos Humanos presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis of Harvard University's controversial investments in global farmland.
Land grabs - Another scramble for Africa
- Fahamu
- 17 September 2009
Civil society, including African farmers unions, need to educate local people that such land deals are not in their interests, however couched in 'win-win' terminology they appear to be.
Investing in farmland: Reaping returns
- InvestorWise
- 01 May 2012
A global food crisis and rapid population growth are making farmland an increasingly attractive investment. Holly Black looks at the options.