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Foreign cropland deals
- World-Grain.com
- 01 June 2009
A flurry of announced international purchases of grain-producing acreage sparks debate about their merits
Vos terres : Avis d'expert
- MAG Cultures
- 29 May 2009
Pergam: "J’ai débuté mes achats de terres en 2005, en les étalant sur une période de deux ans jusqu’en 2007. La majorité des terres acquises se situe en Uruguay (35 000 hectares dont 40 % sont consacrés à la culture et 60 % à l’élevage) et les autres, en Argentine, soit 10 000 hectares. J’ai effectué ses achats au travers de la société argentine Campos orientales, l’un des plus gros propriétaires terriens du pays. La plus value latente est de l’ordre de 30 % en deux ans."
Food security in Africa: China's new rice bowl
- China Brief
- 27 May 2009
Most Chinese investment in African agriculture is concentrated in southern Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and, increasingly, Angola.
Sabah welcomes foreign investors for commercial rice cultivation
- Bernama
- 25 May 2009
The state government is welcoming foreign investors wishing to commercialise padi planting in Sabah in order to increase rice production in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said.
Buying farmland abroad: Outsourcing's third wave
- The Economist
- 21 May 2009
Rich food importers are acquiring vast tracts of poor countries' farmland. Is this beneficial foreign investment or neocolonialism?
China’s agricultural interests in Africa
- Asia Dimension
- 17 May 2009
China’s Deputy Agricultural Minister, Niu Dun, has announced that China will not look towards the African continent to outsource food production by investing in overseas farmland.
Uyghur women block land grab
- Radio Free Asia
- 15 May 2009
Women in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have turned back officials trying to implement a forced farming program on their land, but remain concerned about their property rights, according to farmers there.
Pakistan: MoI decides to sell 1m acres of farmland to foreigners
- Daily Times
- 14 May 2009
Pakistan's Ministry of Investment has decided to offer one million acres of farmland for long-term investment or sale to foreigners, including the Emirates Investment Group.
Selling farms to foreigners: Question of profit or loss
- The Straits Times
- 01 May 2009
Rattled by last year's food price crisis, governments and corporations have signed a slew of deals to lease or buy arable land in cash-strapped nations, mainly in Africa and Southeast Asia.
Learning tricks of the trade
- Gulf News
- 25 April 2009
Some Gulf countries may now be realising the importance of offering direct loans to African countries as a means to increase Arab investment.
Food importers may increase overseas farm purchases
- Bloomberg
- 23 April 2009
Food-importing nations from South Korea to Saudi Arabia may step up purchases or leases of overseas farmland to lock in supplies amid concern prices may again surge. “We’re going to see more of this, especially from countries that are quite dependent on imports,” Brady Sidwell, head of advisory at Rabobank Groep NV’s Northeast Asia Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory Group, said in a Bloomberg Television interview broadcast today.
Saudi Arabia - Plan to ensure food security on right path
- MENAFN
- 23 April 2009
The issue of land ownership in Africa is very sacred and foreign investors need to be aware of the local sensitivities.