TAKE A LOOK-Farmland scramble for food security

Countries including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates,
China and South Korea are seeking farmland abroad after steep
food price inflation in 2008 highlighted a need to achieve
greater food security.

LATEST/TOP STORIES
> Arab bank to step up support for African agric[ID:nMCD437572]
> Qatar SWF food eyes PAVA stake,seals Sudan deal[ID:nLT181254]
> FAO moves to draw up land ownership guidelines [ID:nLR424515]
> S.Africa farmers conclude Congo farmland deal [ID:nWEA5768]
> Egypt firm says investing in Sudanese farmland [ID:nLT566412]
> Farm sector seen drawing investment to Africa [ID:nLH616195]
> Gulf states "more covert" about farmland deals [ID:nLR63943]
> Russia eyes Japan investment in farms, ports [ID:nLV204186]
> Congo seeks changes to S.Africa farm deal [ID:nLJ725734]
> Gulf states risk damaging image with land deals[ID:nLC585150]
> Mauritius eyes prime Mozambican farmland [ID:nLE64801]
> Britain wants "rethink" on food production [ID:nLA379470]
> Saudi-based partners launch Africa rice farming[ID:nL3430451]
> Brazil farmland becomes Sotheby's new turf [ID:nN31295017]
> TAKE-A-LOOK-Experts seek means for food security [nN14247588]

ANALYSIS
> World Bank hails investment in Ugandan farming [ID:nLE579371]
> China slow to invest in expensive LatAm farms [ID:nN14289713]
> No let up in Gulf nations quest for foreign land[ID:nLF208956]
> Food security fears drive fund farm investments[ID:nL2137726]
WORLD RESPONSE
> Thailand to tighten farmland protection rules [ID:nBKK537133]
> Thailand's no to farm investment by foreigners[ID:nBKK148757]
> UN expert wants land grab rules to avert recoil[ID:nLB1033685]
> OECD urges local fix to food security [ID:nL6335865]
> Farmland buying may harm poor states -EU [ID:nL31032529]
AFRICA
> Ethiopia sets aside land for foreign investors [ID:nLT584312]
> SAfrica cautions farmers on foreign investments [ID:nLG64279]
> Code of conduct urged for Africa farm land grabs[ID:nLF572951]
> India Yes Bank sees 1st Africa farm start 2011 [ID:nLF445667]
> Africa becomes wary of farm deals-land activist[ID:nL9584860]
> Africa land grab could distort trade-IFAP [ID:nLF603394]
> Egypt, Uganda to sign wheat farm deal soon [ID:nL3357938]
> US, UAE firms eye Zambian farming land [ID:nLC823568]
> Africa urged to help locals gain in "land grab"[ID:nLP708175]
SAUDI ARABIA/GULF
> Saudi private agribiz firm eyes 2010 start [ID:nB548708]
> Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland [ID:nL1638179]
> Qatar's Hassad Food eyes firms instead of farms[ID:nLB239216]
> Kuwait's KCIC eyes Asian farming investments [ID:nLT441084]
> Saudi firm to invest $3 bn in Turkey food output[ID:nLA524792]
> Bahrain's Al Salam, Charoen to invest in agcltr[ID:nLL454442]
> Iraq offers farmland to Gulf investors [ID:nL1640486]
> Saudi faces harvest drop, long term imports [ID:nLL936096]
SOUTH KOREA
> S.Korean firm to invest in Cambodia corn plants[ID:nBKK409384]
> S.Korea's Hyundai Heavy buys Russian farm [ID:nLF155523]
> Daewoo finds African land is risky business [ID:nLJ181387]
RUSSIA/UKRAINE
> Russia Pava to start Gulf farmland roadshow Oct[ID:nLF428309]
> Libya agrees deal to grow wheat in Ukraine [ID:nLR732106]
CHINA
> China arable land fears end reforestation drive[ID:nPEK100649]
> China asks to plant 2 mln ha jatophra in Zambia[ID:nLV961951]
FACTBOXES/LOOKS
> Africa agribusinesses tackle food security [ID:nLG516475]
> Foreign forays into African farming [ID:nLK104225]
> World's top 10 wheat buyers [ID:nSP417129]