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Mauritian firm to build Sh16.5 bn sugar factory at Coast
- Business Daily
- 05 September 2011
The company, which is listed in Stock Exchange of Mauritius, would form a joint venture with local investors — giving it access 17, 000 acres of sugar cane.
Pakistanis invited to invest in Sudan
- The News
- 05 September 2011
Ambassador of Sudan says more than 4,500 square miles are available for farming and agriculture sectors and investors would have the opportunity to bring in skilled workers for farming.
Agricultural farmland investment is booming in Africa - But can it be done ethically?
- Greenworld BVI
- 04 September 2011
While many foreign farmland investments in Africa are predatory, there should be a basic set of standards that governs foreign farmland investments on the continent, according to GreenWorld (BVI)
China looks to Ukrainian farmland investments
- Greenworld BVI
- 03 September 2011
China looks to buy farmland in Ukraine
Thai company eyes cassava, oil palm investment in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 02 September 2011
The RTL World Trade Company wants to grow about 50,000 hectares of cassava and oil palms in Vientiane province.
Foreign direct investment: A disaster
- Tanzania Media Forum
- 02 September 2011
The Tanzania government has been advised to draft laws to curb acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of the country’s fertile agricultural land as foreign direct investment would be a disaster in years to come.
N. Korea plans to lease farm land in Russia's Far East: RIA Novosti
- Arirang
- 02 September 2011
Russia's state-run news agency reports that a delegation from North Korea held talks with authorities in Russia's Far East on leasing land to grow vegetables and grain.
North Korea to rent farm land in Russia's Far East
- Ria Novosti
- 01 September 2011
North Korea plans to rent several hundred thousand hectares of land in the Amur region in Russia's Far East to grow vegetables and grain
Speculating with lives: How global investors make money out of hunger
- Der Spiegel
- 01 September 2011
The idea of combining the greed of investors with the fight against hunger as a mutually beneficial business venture has failed miserably
West Africa’s agriculture land grab
- SNV
- 01 September 2011
New study by SNV and the Royal Tropical Institute looks at rising farmland acquisitions by domestic agro-investors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Papua New Guinea begins Commission of Inquiry into rainforest land grabs
- Scoop
- 01 September 2011
Papua New Guinea has launched a Commission of Inquiry into foreign land grabs of pristine, indigenous owned primary rainforests for clearcut logging and supposed oil palm development.
Argentina debates foreign land buys
- Reuters
- 01 September 2011
Argentina's Congress is gearing up for a debate on a bill to limit the amount of farmland foreigners can buy, amid a surge of interest in land deals triggered by rising food prices.