Ukraine

NCH has been able—by direct purchase or lease—to acquire, aggregate and operationalize roughly 700,000 hectares of prime farmland in Russia, Ukraine and other Eastern European countries at a fraction of their actual value.

Bloomberg's Alan Katz reports on Morgan Stanley's farming venture on the steppes of Ukraine which it abandoned in July 2009. The failed gamble demonstrates how Wall Street firms, in the last gasp of a debt-fueled bull market, strayed further from their traditional businesses to embrace diverse projects with unfamiliar risks.

Negotiations between Chinese Export-Import Bank and the Government of the Ukraine include discussion of its involvement in the financial operation of the land market in the Ukraine.

According to Kim's office, Bulgaria has much growth potential as South Korean firms' gateway into southeastern Europe, and Ukraine, boasting fertile farmlands, could grow into a viable partner for South Korea in agriculture.

L’année prochaine, l’Ukraine lèvera un moratoire sur la vente de terres agricoles, une action perçue comme un pas important dans l’ouverture du pays à des acheteurs étrangers potentiels.

China looks to buy farmland in Ukraine

The law on the state land cadastre was published in the parliamentary newspaper Holos Ukrainy and will take force on 1 January 2012.

La loi de l'Ukraine "Sur le cadastre des terres domaniales" a été signée aujourd'hui par le président, jetant les bases de levée de l'interdiction de l'achat et de vente de terrains dans le pays.

"Although the World Bank is not happy with the absence of companies in the farmland market, we're insisting on our position, which remains unchanged," Deputy Head of the State Agency for Land Resources of Ukraine, Mykola Kaliuzhny, has said.

On July 19, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada registered the project of law “On Land Market”. It was brought in by Nikolay Azarov, the head of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

The main idea of this reform is to abolish the moratorium for selling agricultural land in Ukraine.

At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.