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A farmer working in his soybean field in Uruaçu, Brazil. Demand for soybeans in China has brought Chinese investors here. (Daniel Kfouri for The New York Times)
China's sovereign wealth fund is thought to have put aside around $NZ6 billion in reserves to invest in New Zealand assets, including dairy farms. Photo / AP
South Africa's new deputy agricultural minister Dr Pieter Mulder, middle, of the Freedom Front Plus party is a strong supporter of commercial agriculture. He was approached by a Nigerian government delegate (left) on May 15 asking for Afrikaner farmers to boost commercial agriculture in Nigeria. Similar free-land offers were also made by the Congolese government to the white commercial community in South Africa. (Image and text: Digital Journal)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh looks on as External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and Ethiopian Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed greet each other after signing an MoU at the National Palace in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Wednesday.
Des sociétés basées en Suisse possèdent et gèrent des surfaces considérables dans les pays en développement (Photo Shell)
Cecilia Wikstrom at the press conference with an interpreter and victims of land-grab standing on her right side.
Ram Karuturi says he is targeting to acquire up to a million hectares of land in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa to build an integrated global agri-product company.
Jean-Paul Kihm a investi avec quatre autres Français dans une exploitation de 3 600 hectares. Photo : DR
Brazil has already passed a law limiting the purchase of land by foreigners. Argentina and Uruguay are studying similar bills.
Mitsui may still add a partner to co-invest in Multigrain, as the Japanese company needs a local player to help purchase more land, says Takuya Saito, general manager of Mitsui’s Multigrain unit.
