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Felda to build Myanmar supply chain
- Bernama
- 02 October 2012
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd plans to develop a complete supply chain of its three core business -– palm oil, sugar cane and rubber -- in Myanmar.
Farmland and water: China invests abroad
- IISD
- 01 October 2012
The authors found reports of 86 Chinese agriculture projects covering 9 million hectares of land in developing countries. They were able to confirm the existence of 55 projects covering 4.9 million hectares.
Foreign investment in the spotlight
- Xcheque
- 01 October 2012
In debate over large scale investments in agriculture in Australia, there are some broader issues about foreign investment that don’t seem to get talked about enough.
Cubbie conundrums: the foreign investment debate
- ABC
- 01 October 2012
The sale of Cubbie Station to a Chinese-led consortium has divided Australia on the issue of foreign investment.
Ethiopian agricultural development: Policy and practice
- Logan Cochrane
- 01 October 2012
Large-scale agricultural in the developing world have received significant attention in recent months and years. This articles looks at the dynamics of the Ethiopian context and policy recommendations in moving forward.
Small peasants, big plantations : Negotiating land in Niassa, Mozambique
- Water Channel
- 01 October 2012
A delegation of peasants from Niassa recently travelled to The Netherlands and met lawmakers, students and investors in the Chikweti plantations, including the Dutch national pension fund ABP, the biggest investor in the project.
PH, Thai, Myanmar firms form rice consortium
- Philippine Inquirer
- 30 September 2012
Philippines company will contribute its hybrid rice varieties to the venture while the Myanmar partner will provide the land for production and the Thai partner will handle global marketing.
Comprehensive Plan for Overseas Agricultural Development (2012~2021)
- Rep. of Korea Gov.
- 29 September 2012
Government of South Korea's 10 year plan for expanding Korean agribusiness outside of Korea through overseas agricultural development.
Feast and famine for Africa farm investment
- Reuters
- 29 September 2012
African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns.
US farmers scramble to buy Brazil's farmland
- Al Jazeera
- 29 September 2012
Foreigners are buying up prime agricultural land, but proposed legislation could curtail the booming trade.
Ukraine may dole out huge tracts of unused farmland
- Kyiv Post
- 28 September 2012
Public-private partnership program envisions letting investors farm up to 4 million hectares of currently unused government land for up to 50 years in large-scale 400,000-hectare projects.
Ethiopia to lease out land to investors despite land grab concerns
- The Africa Report
- 28 September 2012
Ethiopia announced on Friday plans to lease 100,000 hectares of land both to local and foreign investors, despite recent reports that foreign investors were grabbing large chunks of land.