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Since the land acquisition will be by private parties only, the chances of such purchase becoming a political issue are remote, officials feel.

"The government will trigger lifting of the moratorium on sale of farmland. We cannot form sustainable development of the land market without this step," says Ukraine's agrarian policy minister.

Las retenciones y los continuos ruidos políticos provocaron una avanzada sin precedentes en apenas dos años. La búsqueda de negocios crece y parece no tener fin, ahora potenciada por el perfil pro empresa de Mujica. ¿En qué país se obtiene mayor rentabilidad?. Números reveladores de este fenómeno

The Lumix AgroDirect Fund, which has been incubated since June 2008, invests in the production of soft commodities and in commodity trade finance in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

Lawrence Asset Management's Ravi Sood suggests investing in food production in low-cost areas that are water-rich – Brazil, tropical Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia.

La adquisición de tierra en grandes superficies por extranjeros no residentes, constituye una evasión de la riqueza producida en Uruguay hacia otras economías o personas en el exterior sin la contrapartida de que la tierra y los bienes nacionales produzcan el bien social que debe y tiene derecho la República

Agro-Ecological Investment Management, a private equity and real estate asset management company based in London, will launch its first fund in the first quarter of 2010, with a target of between $50m and $60m.

That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.

Local provincial governments are working hard to develop farmland in other countries -- Russia, Cambodia, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Paraguay, Uruguay -- because it’s cheaper than relying on imports

BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.

Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday. One of the company's focus now is on farmland.

The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India, a body of over 800 edible oil producing companies, is looking to buy tracts of agricultural land in South America, Africa and Myanmar.