India

Indian farmers upbeat on possible LatAm ventures
- Financial Express
- 09 April 2010
India's food crisis can be lessened by growing some of the relevant crops like wheat, rice, pulses and oilseeds in Argentina.
African landrush
- InfoChange India
- 05 April 2010
Countries that have recently invited India, through the ministry of agriculture, to lease land for farming include Egypt, Ethiopia, Mongolia, Senegal, Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago and Tunisia.
Africa, la fame di terra.
- PeaceReporter
- 23 Mar 2010
L'ultimo caso: due aziende indiane hanno sottoscritto un accordo con il ministro dell'agricoltura e dello sviluppo rurale etiope per ottenere in concessione terreni per una superficie pari a 15 mila ettari. L'obiettivo delle compagnie è di impiantare tea e la pongamia pinnata.
FACTBOX: Foreign forays into African farming
- Reuters
- 20 Mar 2010
A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa.
Shapoorji, Ethiopia ink 50,000ha land deal
- Livemint
- 11 Mar 2010
The Indian construction company has decided to cultivate pongamia pinnata and edible oil seeds there
Karuturi arm in PE deal talks to raise $100m
- VC Circle
- 09 February 2010
Standard Chartered Bank's Africa private equity arm and a unit of Reliance Capital are in talks to invest in Dubai-based Karuturi Overseas.
Africa’s needs are great enough for both India & China: Tharoor
- Live Mint
- 08 February 2010
"Agricultural land owned by Indians in a foreign country with captive markets locally, and as an opportunity to export to India, is of interest to us," says Shashi Tharoor
Axis of wheat
- Forbes
- 29 January 2010
"The urgent need is to find countries where India can grow its pulses and its grain, because India's farms may not be enough," says the director of Adani Logistics Ltd
Appropriation et concentration de droits fonciers à grande échelle-Le cas de l'Inde
- AGTER
- 19 January 2010
Accaparement des terres - cas de l'Inde - par AGTER
Ruchi Soya takes farm land on lease in Ethiopia
- Hindu Business Line
- 16 January 2010
Ruchi Soya Industries, one of the leading edible oil processors, on Friday announced a major farm land acquisition in Ethiopia for soybean cultivation.
Ethiopia – country of the silver sickle – offers land dirt cheap to farming giants
- The Guardian
- 15 January 2010
Karuturi believes the potential for large profits is so great that it plans to invest nearly $1bn in its Ethiopian agricultural operations
Indian companies buy land abroad for agricultural products
- Economic Times
- 02 January 2010
The list of Indian companies that have purchased land in Africa is quite long and includes companies in businesses ranging from agriculture and horticulture to engineering and metals.