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Grim prospects for Sime Darby in Bomi
- Liberian Observer
- 05 April 2011
It appears that the Bomi County operations of Sime Darby are being hindered as locals there are reportedly holding back lands leased by the government of Liberia to the company.
Amity Technology LLC intends to invest Dagestan agro-industrial complex
- RIAD
- 05 April 2011
The Republic of Dagestan will provide the US company with 100,000 hectares of land in Nogai district for a project to produce and process sugar beets and vegetables.
SA government not liable in Zim land cases
- SW Radio Africa
- 05 April 2011
If a similar case arises when land invasions happened during the time that a bilateral investment agreement has been signed, then the outcome in South Africa might be quite different, says South African lawyer
Low cost, high returns make Africa attractive to India Inc
- Economic Times
- 05 April 2011
Several Indian companies have planned huge investments in the African mining and agriculture sectors, buoyed by the prospects of high returns, on the back of rich resources and low labour and input costs, stakeholders maintain.
Land deals in Ethiopia bring food self-sufficiency, and prosperity
- Guardian
- 04 April 2011
Foreign investments help Ethiopia to develop, and provide knowledge, skills and taxes, says Ethiopia's Ambassador to the UK.
The myths of global land grabbing untangled
- The Broker
- 04 April 2011
The issue of land grabbing has been on the agenda for some years now, but it seems that the academic focus is changing.
Sudan farmers protest government 'land grab'
- AFP
- 04 April 2011
Around 800 farmers protested Friday against a government decision to seize land from a village in Gezira state, Sudan's agricultural heartland, without compensating the owners, witnesses said.
SA farm exodus shock
- Times
- 03 April 2011
South Africa's commercial farmers say they will continue setting up in other countries to flee "unreasonable" laws, such as a new bill the government says will "stop cruelty against farm workers".
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
- North Queensland Register
- 03 April 2011
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
World hungers for more food
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2011
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
Bridging Arab world's alarming food gap
- Gulf News
- 03 April 2011
The UAE has purchased thousands of acres of arable land in Sudan to grow products for the home market, while Bahraini investors help meet demand in the kingdom from farmland bought in Thailand and the Philippines.
Kryptic Entertainment Inc. announces name change to Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc.
- FLGI
- 01 April 2011
On October 25, 2010 the company signed a Protocol d'Accord with the Ministry of Agriculture to survey and map additional underutilized land in Guinea estimated to be up to 1.5 million hectares of combined area and prepare it for third party development under 99-year leases.