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China targets dairy industry
- AFR
- 24 September 2012
China’s giant sovereign wealth fund is looking to make its first significant investment in the Australian dairy industry, as it tries to lock up food supplies for its growing middle class.
Qandil: Egypt-Qatar cooperation for boosting agricultural investments
- SIS
- 23 September 2012
Egypt's Prime Minister received Sheikh Nasser bin Mohamed Al Hageri, the head of the Qatari Hassad Foodstuff Company who is currently visiting Egypt to explore agricultural investments.
Uncertain futures
- SDI
- 23 September 2012
A new report by the Liberian NGO Sustainable Development Institute presents testimonies of people affected by Sime Darby operations in western Liberia and highlights the fears of others where the company plans to expand in the coming years.
Obang speaks about the land, water and resource-grabbing and Its impact on food security in Africa
- AllAfrica
- 21 September 2012
One of the greatest threats Africa has ever faced is the impact from this new phenomenon of land-grabbing
The great Cambodian giveaway
- Trust.org
- 21 September 2012
Cambodia is in the grips of a prolonged land grabbing crisis, a slow-motion calamity that has seen over 2.1 million hectares of land – roughly the total area of Wales – transferred mostly from subsistence farmers into the hands of industrial agriculture firms.
Investissements étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique
- PANA
- 21 September 2012
Un projet de 'code de conduite international' pour encadrer les Investissements directs étrangers dans les terres agricoles en Afrique est en circulation auprès des parties prenantes et d’institutions panafricaines, a indiqué jeudi à la PANA à Paris une source proche du dossier.
Land grabbing in reverse
- 20 September 2012
Small farmers are relocating their fields just to earn compensation from the commercial farmer...
Saudi to invest over US$11bn in farmland projects
- Arabian Business
- 20 September 2012
Saudi Arabia has invested around 40 billion riyals in agricultural and livestock projects in the Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Canada and Sudan, says chairman of the agricultural investment committee at the Saudi Council of Chambers.
Laguna digests stake in Australia’s PrimeAg
- WSJ
- 20 September 2012
Laguna Bay Pastoral Company Crop Fund No. 8 is a relatively new player in Australia’s rural property game, backed by the Global Endowment Fund based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bahrain pushes to ensure GCC food security
- 24x7 News
- 19 September 2012
The Kingdom of Bahrain is seeking to conclude an agreement with the African Union Commission paving the way for the GCC bloc to ensure the food security by utilising the natural resources rich African continent.
Land grabbing and food sovereignty in West and Central Africa
- GRAIN
- 19 September 2012
February 2012 workshop in Ouidah, Benin brought together over thirty participants from farmer organisations and NGOs in West and Central Africa to share experiences and analysis of land grabs.
Mendillo returns to farms as Harvard vies for Ivy rebound
- Bloomberg
- 18 September 2012
Since Jane Mendillo took over the endowment in July 2008, Harvard’s holdings of forests, farms and other natural resources in Brazil as well as in New Zealand and Romania have grown to about 10 percent of the portfolio -- more than $3 billion -- and she wants to add more.