There is a new, but deceptive, foreign drive to end hunger in Africa through large-scale agribusiness.
- Pambazuka
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08 November 2012
A new report by PRI offers some really useful information for investors interested in accessing farmland opportunities, with five case studies of funds making farmland investments.
- Institutional Investor
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08 November 2012
Romanian authorities have a history of giving up fertile agricultural land to foreign companies or Romanian “fat-cats”, all to the detriment of small scale, diverse, economically sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture.
By virtue of Dominion Farms’ responsibility to train young students in farming techniques in Kenya and then absorb them into the enterprise or equip them for owning their own enterprises, this is not your typical land-grabbing project, writes Tukeni Obasi
- Business Day
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08 November 2012
The Asia-Europe People’s Forum has urged the 51 state leaders of the Asia-Europe Meeting Summit to protect the tenure rights of small-scale food producers and to ensure a more equitable governance of natural resources.
- Inquirer
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08 November 2012
Study estimates that foreign investors have acquired between 10–14 per cent of the total agricultural land in Laos.
The eastern Europe farm operator ditched its last hopes of avoiding a return into the red after disease at its dairy herd added to the pressure on profits from poor weather for its arable operations.
- Agrimoney
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07 November 2012
A consultation paper on Australia's foreign ownership register for agricultural land is now available for public comment.
- The Land
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06 November 2012
Former Nigerian president Obasanjo calls on African Union to develop a framework for managing foreign investment in agriculture, and says governments should consider a moratorium on large-scale land deals pending legislation to protect smallholder farmers.
A two-decade slump in Japan’s real estate prices, an incomplete land registry and lax rules on buying forest with water rights are attracting investors led by China.
- Bloomberg
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06 November 2012
Ekosem-Agrar stoked a run of debt issuance by corporates by unveiling plans for raising E60m through bonds to support its growth plans, including expansion of its sizeable Russian land bank.
- Agrimoney
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05 November 2012
Colombia’s executive branch will send a bill to Congress regulating foreigners’ farmland acquisitions, El Tiempo said, citing an interview with Agriculture Minister Juan Camilo Restrepo.
- Bloomberg
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04 November 2012