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24 Jun 2011Mail & Guardian

Georgia -- and Congo -- on South African farmers' minds

"In a world where war is provoked by food scarcity, farmers are the peacekeepers. No surprise, then, so many regimes want more of them," writes a journalist visiting the South African farmers taking up farming in Georgia.

01 Mar 2011EFE

Geórgia aposta em descendentes dos bôeres para ressuscitar campo

O Governo da Geórgia optou por uma solução pouco ortodoxa para desenvolver a agricultura do país: atrair os descendentes dos bôeres holandeses que se estabeleceram no sul da África com terras a preços irrisórios e cidadania.

28 Feb 2011EFE

Georgia apuesta por los descendientes de los bóers para resucitar el campo

El Gobierno de Georgia ha optado por una una solución poco ortodoxa para levantar la agricultura del país: tentar a los descendientes de los bóers holandeses que se afincaron en el sur de África con tierras a precio de regalo y ciudadanía.

31 Dec 2010Business Day

Georgia calls on SA farmers for help

The government of Georgia is offering state-owned farmland, for purchase, to farmer members of the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU) in South Africa

19 Nov 2010ABNDigital

Georgia calling on African farmers

The Transvaal Agricultural Union believes as many as a thousand skilled South African farmers could go to plough their own furrow in Georgia where the government is offering them 80,000 ha

09 Nov 2010The Independent

Boer farmers head for new home in Georgia

In what would be an extraordinary migration, the Georgian government has invited South Africa's farmers to buy up land in the country for next to nothing in exchange for bringing their expertise and knowledge of modern farming methods.

01 Jun 2010Gulf Times

Hassad Food plans to invest $700mn in global projects

Hassad Food Company intends to invest $500mn to $700mn this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said.