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Divergent views emerge on GCC expansion plan
- Arab News
- 12 May 2011
The GCC states, debating the possible inclusion of Jordan and Morocco, can tap into the large swaths of fertile agricultural lands of both nations says Abdul Hadi Al-Habtoor
SMNE: Major loopholes in land lease contracts raise many questions
- SMNE
- 12 May 2011
The Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently released the Land Rent Contractual Agreements for land leases between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and twenty-four companies or individuals.
Fonterra in Brazil land purchase
- NZ Herald
- 12 May 2011
The New Zealand dairy giant has signed a deal to buy an 850 hectare farm in the Brazilian state of Goias.
Taiwan mulls growing crops overseas to ensure food security
- dpa
- 12 May 2011
Taiwan is considering growing crops overseas to ensure its food security, officials said Thursday.
ANALYSIS-Argentine land sale limits no threat to output
- Reuters
- 11 May 2011
Argentina's drive to limit land purchases by foreigners is deepening concerns about its investment climate, but is not expected to cause major changes to who owns some of the world's most productive farmland.
Curbing land purchases by foreign investors
- IPS
- 11 May 2011
The governments of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay are drafting laws to curb acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of their fertile agricultural land.
‘Farming abroad must focus on green water sources’
- Gulf Times
- 11 May 2011
Non-renewable water sources, such as lakes and aquifers, will not withstand significant foreign investment and intense agricultural production.
Land investors crowd the waiting room
- Progressive Farmer
- 11 May 2011
So many Wall Street-types crammed the Waldorf Astoria in New York City last week for a global farmland and agribusiness conference that hosts warned the crowd of 600 not to block the fire exits.
Food security and quest for foreign land
- Financial Express
- 11 May 2011
The government of Bangladesh has also been looking for farmland abroad -- in Burma, Kenya, Uganda
Sudan: Hundreds of farmers stage demonstrations in El-Gezira state
- Sudan Tribune
- 10 May 2011
Authorities arrest dozens of demonstrators and prevent journalists from reaching the area, while the office of Sudan's 2nd Vice president Ali Osman Taha denies reports that he has agreed to grant Egyptian farmers one million acres.
Zimbabwe: Twinning scheme to benefit farmers
- The Herald
- 10 May 2011
Farmers will provide part of their land to Hubei Province of China, which, in return, will fund their operations up to harvesting before buying the produce.
World Agriculture Investment Conference challenged by anti-hunger, faith, food and farm leaders
- USFSA
- 09 May 2011
Groups from across the U.S. are highlighting the dangers in a convergence of some of the world’s leading agribusiness and investment firms at a Chicago conference that starts today.