The Tanzanian government is not eager to parcel out too much land to transnational corporations, writes the Tanzania Daily News.
- Tanzanian Daily News
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16 January 2014
Dominion farm is one of the biggest agricultural activity in Siaya County and it is difficult to believe that the land it is sitting on was a few years back just a swamp.
- The People
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15 January 2014
Some say the agribusiness Gadco's presence in eastern Ghana is the best thing that's ever happened in the region. Others fear that there are accidents waiting to happen.
- Think Africa Press
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15 January 2014
Farmers in Cambodia say a European free trade initiative set up to boost the Cambodian economy has instead forced them off their land.
- Deutsche Welle
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15 January 2014
Farmers and civic groups in Mozambique urged Japan during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's trip to Africa to halt an agricultural program it is promoting in their country that they say could result in land grabbing.
In the competition for water between farmers on the one hand and cities and industries on the other, the economics do not favor agriculture
US natural and organic food group Hain Celestial has acquired premium Basmati rice manufacturer Tilda Ltd, which operates an 1,100 ha rice plantation in Uganda.
- Just-Food
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14 January 2014
Transport costs have made the country’s agriculture industry uncompetitive. But new infrastructure projects should transform the opportunities some have seen in land values.
- Euromoney
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14 January 2014
This year could see a surge in interest in farmland from investors with very little experience in this complicated asset class, reports Euromoney
- Euromoney
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13 January 2014
A poorly performing bonds environment has led AP Pension to set up its own special agricultural investment fund and buy its first farm.
Civil society organizations in Nampula disown the accord and declarations made during the Japanese prime minister's recent visit to Mozambique
Cofco makes offer for stake in Nidera, which produces soybeans on over 20,000 ha in Argentina.
- Wall Street Journal
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13 January 2014