Russia

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
Glencore bond an 'opportunity', Chinese group says
- Agrimoney
- 24 December 2009
Glencore's agricultural interests include 300,000 hectares of land in Australia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Russia and Ukraine.
Korea seeks cheap land overseas to grow food
- Joong Ang Daily
- 16 November 2009
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
Qatar SWF food unit eyes PAVA stake, seals Sudan deal
- Reuters
- 29 October 2009
Qatar's Hassad Food is eyeing a stake in Russia's PAVA and has signed a deal potentially worth $1 billion to develop land in Sudan as it looks to grow through acquisitions and joint ventures, its chairman said on Thursday.
Black Earth plans Russia grain exports, forward sales
- Bloomberg
- 22 October 2009
Black Earth Farming Ltd., which controls an area of Russian farmland four times the size of New York City, plans to start exporting grain and begin forward sales with traders and fertilizer suppliers.
Razzia sur les terres arables
- Public Sénat
- 22 October 2009
Acheter des terres arables à l'étranger est devenu un investissement stratégique. Va-t-on vers un dépeçage de certains pays pauvres ? Reportage "Paroles du Monde" avec des représentants d'Agter, Le Monde et Agrogénération.
Black earth stirs investors in Russia
- AFP
- 12 October 2009
Swedish company Black Earth Farming (BEF) since 2006 has bought 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of Russian farmland after the government finally allowed land to be privatised after decades of state ownership.
Funds: Eastern Europe the focus for "Green Revolution II" investors
- Business New Europe
- 05 October 2009
It isn't often you sit down with a fund manager and begin the interview by discussing their new film.
Les terres russes, nouvel eldorado pour les investisseurs étrangers
- AFP
- 23 September 2009
En plein coeur des Terres noires russes, une moissonneuse-batteuse dernier cri émerge d'un champ de tournesols grillés par le soleil, sous l'oeil satisfait d'Alexandre Averianov, employé de la holding suédoise Black Earth Farming (BEF).
Russia's Pava to start Gulf farmland roadshow in Oct
- Reuters
- 15 September 2009
PAVA offers its shares to Gulf investors for food supplies. It will start road show to UAE and Saudi in October.
Russia Agribusiness Report Q4 2009
- BMI
- 10 September 2009
Putin's latest land reform legislation could lead to over 400mn hectares of crop acreage being sold.
Russia eyes Japan investment in farms, ports
- Reuters
- 31 August 2009
Russia is in talks with Japanese companies to secure investment in Siberian farmland and Pacific ports that would allow the world's No. 3 wheat exporter to carve a greater share of Asian markets, a senior grain official said.