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Big push from foreign investors into PNG
- Islands Business
- 12 July 2010
"We have Indonesians and Malaysians coming in and saying we want 100,000 hectares to make PNG a rice producing country," says PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister Sir Puka Temu
For better or worse: foreign ownership
- NZ Herald
- 10 July 2010
At least 24 countries have been given approval to invest in New Zealand's agricultural sector, covering 154,855ha and a wide range of sectors from sheep farming to viticulture
SAfrica farmers get land offers in Africa
- Reuters
- 09 July 2010
A South African farmers group said on Friday it had received fresh offers from African states, including Sudan and Mozambique, to invest in agriculture to grow export crops and some of the deals will be concluded soon.
Chinese bid sparks foreign ownership debate
- Otago Daily Times
- 07 July 2010
Calls for an overhaul of rules governing foreign ownership of farm land increased in New Zealand yesterday, coinciding with the Chinese-backed company lodging an application to buy 16 North Island dairy farms with the Overseas Investment Office.
Natural Dairy lodges OIO application
- NZPA
- 06 July 2010
Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy says it has relodged its application with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the Crafar portfolio of farms, and expects approval in the next few months.
Crafar bid by Landcorp endorsed by PM
- Radio New Zealand
- 06 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key is endorsing Landcorp's bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership.
Rice/Cassava: Vietnamese, Chinese set to boost production in Edo
- Business Daily
- 05 July 2010
Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice and cassava in Edo State, Nigeria, respectively.
PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 03 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
MP questions Landcorp's Crafar bid
- TVNZ
- 25 June 2010
New Zealand's state-owned farm company Landcorp dismisses as conspiracy theory the notion that its bid for the Crafar farms is political interference
Inquiet pour sa sécurité alimentaire, le Brésil essaie de limiter les cessions de terres aux étrangers
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter de la terre brésilienne. Un échange avec le journaliste qui a dévoilé l'histoire.
Brazil, worried about food security, seeks to limit foreign land ownership
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
Brasil, preocupado por la seguridad alimentaria, busca limitar las tierras en manos extranjeras
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.