Land grabbing is the contentious issue of large-scale land acquisitions; the buying or leasing of large pieces of land in developing countries, by domestic and transnational companies, governments, and individuals. While used broadly throughout history, land grabbing as used today primarily refers to large-scale land acquisitions following the 2007-2008 world food price crisis. By prompting [...]

The is a lot of news on the web about Africa Land Grab. We are glad to share the links to them. Ethiopia: Thousands driven out in land grab The New Land Grab in Africa – An Alarming Scramble for the Continent Is On Ethiopia: Govt Forcing Thousands Off Land Understanding Land Investment Deals in [...]

  Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that some 70,000 indigenous people in the western Gambella region (in Ethiopia) were relocated against their will to new villages that “lack adequate food, farmland, healthcare and educational facilities”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16590416   When they first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the [...]

Some Land Grab Countries 1. Congo 2. Ethiopia 3. Kenya 4. Mali 5. Mozambique 6. Sierra Leone 7. South Sudan 8. Tanzania We’ll be adding Google Map to show locations of countries soon.

Some Land Grab Countries Congo Ethiopia Kenya Mali Mozambique Sierra Leone South Sudan Tanzania Some Foreign Countries, Firms and Individuals Involved in Land Grab in Africa Goldman Sachs JP Morgan London-based Emergent that works to attract speculators, and various universities Harvard US Investors and Universities Join the Land Rush in Africa Spellman US Universities in [...]

In 2010 up to 123.5 million acres of African land — double the size of Britain — have been snapped up or is being negotiated by governments or wealthy investors. Ethiopia alone has approved 815 foreign-financed agricultural projects since 2007 Asian and Middle East companies had bought up 560 million acres of farmland in developing [...]