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Qatar intends to invest in Azerbaijan’s agriculture
- APA
- 05 February 2014
Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Heydar Asadov meets with representatives of Qatar Holding to study opportunities for investment in Azerbaijan’s agriculture.
Equatorial Guinea commits to a co-investment fund of $1b to fuel economic diversification
- APO
- 05 February 2014
At the opening of the “Emerging Equatorial Guinea” Symposium, the government announces a Co-Investment Fund to support foreign investments, including in agriculture for which it has set aside 100,000 ha.
Pawar emphasises on agri-investment opportunity in Africa
- Business Standard
- 04 February 2014
"Agriculture land in Asia is under pressure ... there is an opportunity for responsible investment in agriculture by Asian countries in Africa," says India's Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
Sustainability is key in farmland
- IPE
- 04 February 2014
Pension funds try to adopt a sustainability perspective when investing in farmland abroad, but there is not much consensus on what it means and how to measure it.
Africa: Asia's new agri business venue?
- Deccan Herald
- 03 February 2014
A true revolution would be in encouraging people's own agricultural innovations not creating new (African) markets for Big Business in agriculture, argues Shalini Bhutani.
Satirical film targets 'development' for tribes
- Survival International
- 03 February 2014
The 2-minute animation 'There You Go!' shows how 'development' can rob self-sufficient tribal people of their land, livelihood and pride, and turn them into beggars.
Mauritanians want land leased to Saudi society cancelled
- PANA
- 02 February 2014
Mauritanians living in Boghe, 300km south-west of Nouakchott, have asked their government to cancel a 31,000 ha rural land concession granted to a Saudi society, Al-Rajihi.
Chops and robbers
- Africa in Fact
- 01 February 2014
Forest clearance in the Congo basin from oil palm plantations and illegal logging has increased again since 2010 and the future is not rosy.
China's ag ventures abroad choked with weeds
- Want China Times
- 01 February 2014
Chinese farming businesses are facing multiple challenges in their overseas push.
Mitsui begins shifting its focus to agribusiness
- The Australian
- 01 February 2014
The top priority for Mitsui's massive investments in Australia is starting to shift from resources to agribusiness
Threats of land grabbing discussed
- Imphal
- 31 January 2014
Groups from across Asia meet in Manipur to share their experiences on some of the key process of land grabbing and its impact on agriculture in their respective countries.
New Cambodian land disputes despite moratorium on key concessions
- RFA
- 30 January 2014
At least 41 new land disputes were reported in Cambodia last year despite a government moratorium on the widespread grant of so-called economic land concessions.