India

Hassad to produce rice abroad for Qatar market
- Peninsula
- 07 July 2010
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Ethiopia offers an acre for $1 on 100-year lease
- Hindu Business Line
- 25 June 2010
Dr S. Ayyappan, Director-General of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), calls on Indians to rent farmland in Ethiopia to produce pulses for export to India.
Ethiopia: Fertile fields for India
- Asia-Africa Confidential
- 25 June 2010
The Addis government shows scant regard for the potential local impact of massive Indian investment in floriculture and biofuels.
Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 16 June 2010
Sai R Karuturi, founder and MD of Karuturi Global, says the company has acquired a very large piece of land in Ethiopia and has started agricultural production from it.
Acquiring farmland abroad
- Financial Express
- 16 June 2010
The Indian government is encouraging private companies to shop for land in countries like Canada, Myanmar, Australia and Argentina to grow crops under long-term supply contracts.
Indian companies get into commercial farming in Africa
- Economic Times
- 13 June 2010
Indian tea companies, among others, are making a beeline to acquire estates in Africa. And the government is facilitating their hunt for good deals.
India-Mercosur talks will highlight food security, trade
- Financial Express
- 12 June 2010
"A large [Indian] agri-export company is already in advanced stages of discussions with the Paraguayan government and may announce its foray into the country shortly” says Paraguay’s ambassador in New Delhi,
Felda unit to spend RM688m for cattle project in Malaysia
- Malaysia Insider
- 07 June 2010
Joint venture with the India/UAE Allana Group acquires 20,000 head of cattle owned by Felda and gains access to over 850,000 hectares of oil palm land.
Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 07 June 2010
"Personally, I believe that in five years or in ten years time I would like to be seen and compared with peers such as Cargill or the Archer Daniels of the world or the Bunges of the world."
Hassad Food plans to invest $700mn in global projects
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
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.
'More Indian cos using S'pore springboard for global ventures'
- PTI
- 27 May 2010
An increasing number of Indian companies are expected to use Singapore as a springboard for their global operations, including overseas farmland investments
Govt wants Indians to buy land in South America
- Hindustan Times
- 18 May 2010
Since the land acquisition will be by private parties only, the chances of such purchase becoming a political issue are remote, officials feel.