GRAIN's Food Crisis and Land Grab Blog

[mihir]

Just wanted to send along a link for a relatively new and very useful
blog coordinated by GRAIN. It is frequently updated with the latest
articles on the food crisis and land grabs. Hopefully it will be of
help for those of you who wish to keep up to speed on such
developments.

http://farmlandgrab.org/

In the blog's own words:

"This blog contains mainly news reports about the global rush to buy
up or lease farmlands abroad as a strategy to secure basic food
supplies or simply for profit. Its purpose is to serve as a resource
for those monitoring or researching the issue, particularly social
activists, non-government organisations and journalists.

The site is updated daily, with all posts entered according to their
original publication date. If you want to track updates in real time,
please subscribe to the RSS feed. If you prefer a weekly email, with
the titles of all materials posted in the last week, subscribe to the
email service.

This blog was set up by GRAIN as a collection of online materials used
in the research behind Seized: The 2008 land grab for food and
financial security, a report we issued in October 2008. GRAIN is small
international NGO concerned about farmers’ control over biodiversity
and local knowledge. We see the current land grab trend as a serious
threat to local communities, for reasons outlined in our report.

This blog is an open project. Although currently maintained by GRAIN,
anyone can join in posting materials or developing the blog further.
Please feel free to upload your own contributions. (Only the lightest
editorial oversight will apply. Postings considered off-topic or other
are available here.) Or use the ‘comments’ box under any post to speak
up. You can also send an email to in...@farmlandgrab.org. Thanks."