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Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
31 Jul 2012 | The Guardian The Obama model's first project in Mozambique will be to support Cargill, the giant grain trader and largest private company in the world, to take 40,000 hectares of farmlan...
Challenging the colonial legacy in Gabon 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
01 Aug 2012 | FERN Following a two-day conference in Libreville, Gabon, civil society actors launched a land and resource rights initiative to challenge property laws and continuing allocation of comm...
Land grabbing in a post investment period and popular reaction in the Rufiji River Basin. 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
02 Aug 2012 | Hakiardhi Report just released by Tanzanian NGO Haki Ardhi looks at recent experiences with land grabs in the fertile Rufiji Basin.
The global land rush: Catalyst for resource-driven conflict? 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
02 Aug 2012 | Sustainable Security Given the power imbalances at play, it is folly to assume that land-seekers will suddenly embrace, en masse, a set of voluntary rules promoting sustainable and equit...
Not enough farmland to feed the world 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
02 Aug 2012 | ABC HighQuest Partners in the US say that between 65-80 million hectares of additional land is going to have to be brought into production, globally, within the next 10 years and that th...
Uganda: Investment - MPs split on land donations 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
31 Jul 2012 | New Vision The Government of Uganda has been asked by Members of Parliament to make the process of acquiring land for investments more transparent.
Communal land associations: A perfect solution to land grabbing 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
30 Jul 2012 | NAPE With communal land associations communities will be having one voice and if anybody, be it government or investor, is interested in their land, that person is made aware of that the...
Up for grabs 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
30 Jul 2012 | Greenpeace A massive land grab has occurred in Papua New Guinea under the auspices of the Special Agricultural and Business Leases scheme, and the impact on communities across the countr...
Bangladesh to lease Sudanese farmland 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
03 Aug 2012 | Daily Star Bangladesh yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Sudan to take a 10-year lease on Sudanese farmland to grow crops aimed at ensuring food security of ...
GMO boss warns of food crisis 30 Nov -0001 | 12:00 am
03 Aug 2012 | Top 1000 Funds Jeremy Grantham of US asset management firm, Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo and Company (GMO), says global investors should have 30% of their portfolios exposed to natural r...
