Aumenta el interés extranjero en la compra de tierras agrícolas brasileñas
    Los inversionistas de Arabia Saudita y de China están cada vez más interesados en adquirir tierras agrícolas en Brasil.
    • Radioagencia NP
    • 16 July 2009
    Land scramble by rich 'may lead to conflict'
    A scramble by wealthy states to snap up developing world farmland to ensure their own food security -- especially in Africa -- could trigger conflict in poorer countries, World Food Programme deputy executive director Sheila Sisulu said on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Egypt. "I fear... conflict," she said.
    • Reuters
    • 15 July 2009
    Offshore farms for gulf food self-sufficiency hampered by hungry masses
    Rothschild has recently formed a co-operation agreement with Rabobank, a leading global food and agricultural bank. The agreement covers co-operation for mergers and acquisitions and the equity capital market across a number of sectors including farm inputs and equipment, farm-based commodities, primary food processing, food processing and beverages.
    • The National
    • 15 July 2009
    Almarai mulls Egyptian acquisitions
    Almarai Company, Saudi Arabia's biggest listed dairy firm, is studying more acquisition opportunities in Egypt after spending $115 million last month to buy an Egyptian company and its farmland
    • Reuters
    • 12 July 2009
    Saudi firm to invest $3 bln in Turkey farms
    Private Saudi firm Planet Food World (PFWC) will invest around $3 billion in agriculture in Turkey over the next five years to export food products to the Gulf region, the head of its Turkish unit said.
    • Reuters
    • 10 July 2009
    Sudan will put its agricultural resources at Africa’s disposal
    The Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir told the African Union summit in Libya that Sudan is willing to put its resources at the disposal of the continent.
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 02 July 2009
    Kingdom, Canada boost trade ties
    Trade minister Stockwell Day said that Canada stands to benefit from the Saudi Kingdom’s overseas agricultural investment initiative and that the Canadian Parliament is studying it.
    • Saudi Gazette
    • 28 June 2009
    Il n’y a pas que les vaches qui rient
    Dans tout le flou et le vague qui règnent autour du projet Daewoo, il y avait au moins une certitude : les Sud-coréens se proposaient de louer des terres qui seraient restées à Madagascar. L’eau de Faraony quant à elle, quittera bel et bien la Grande Ile, et en grande quantité.
    • Madagacasr-Tribune.com
    • 22 June 2009
    Food security: We need a strategy for rice
    Singapore's Temasek is seeking to buy land in North Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, where they plan to grow high-quality rice.
    • Jakarta Post
    • 17 June 2009
    Almarai in $115m deal to buy Egyptian firm
    Saudi-based Almarai has agreed to buy Egyptian firm Beyti for $115 million, allowing a new joint venture with Pepsico to set foot in the Arab world's most populous nation. The price tag includes a 75-hectare piece of land.
    • Reuters
    • 13 June 2009
    Topraktan 20 milyar dolar çıkacak
    Suudi tarım şirketi Planet Food World, Türkiye'de 20 milyar dolar yatırımla 5 yılda 20 bin modüler organik çiftlik kuracak.
    • CBNC-e
    • 10 June 2009
    Asia: Land grabs threaten food security
    Sam Pov, a rice farmer in Cambodia’s western Battambang Province, is very worried that his land will be taken over by a foreign investor.
    • IRIN
    • 10 June 2009
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