Main basse sur les terres agricoles : le cas de l'Afrique et le cas du Brésil.

Sudan's minister of state for investment said yesterday he expects investments of $6-7 billion in the country in 2010, adding that Africa's largest nation is seeing increased interest in its agricultural sector.

US embassy in Kuwait reports on discussions with Kuwaiti officials on acquiring farmland overseas for food security or profit

Brasil rechazó una propuesta de Irán para comprar o arrendar áreas agrícolas brasileñas para la producción de alimentos y la venta directa al país islámico

O Brasil recusou uma proposta feita pelo Irã de compra ou arrendamento de áreas agrícolas brasileiras, com vistas à produção de alimentos e sua venda direta ao país islâmico

O embaixador do Irã no Brasil, Mohsen Shaterzadeh, confirmou hoje que seu país está interessado em impulsionar investimentos de empresas iranianas no setor agrícola brasileiro. Em entrevista coletiva, em Brasília, ele disse que essa é uma das 15 áreas de cooperação que o presidente iraniano, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, pretende estimular a partir de sua visita oficial ao Brasil, no próximo dia 23

BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.

Buenos Aires-based Cresud plans to acquire more land to add to the 484,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) it owns and the 90,410 hectares it leases in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia

Besides energy and minerals, which make up the lion's share of African exports to the BRICs countries, there is growing interest in its arable land - less than 25 percent of which is cultivated - as a source of food for export.

Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday. One of the company's focus now is on farmland.

The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India, a body of over 800 edible oil producing companies, is looking to buy tracts of agricultural land in South America, Africa and Myanmar.

The Congolese government said it had signed similar agreements with China, Brazil and Israel.