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Cottoning on to foreign investors
- The Courier-Mail
- 24 January 2011
Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.
New Studies explore large-scale investment in land
- ILC
- 24 January 2011
ILC leads development of 30 studies on large-scale international and domestic land acquisitions and the factors that are driving demand for investments in land.
Zenawi heading to Swiss ski-resort town for land grab and GDP talks
- Gadaa.com
- 21 January 2011
Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, will make scheduled appearances at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 27
World Agriculture Investment Conference
- FC Bus Intel
- 21 January 2011
Conference will bring together institutional and private investors with top Ag fund managers, to debate strategies for participating in agriculture investments, including farmland.
Concession Agreement Between the Republic of Liberia and Cavalla rubber corporation
- Scribd
- 21 January 2011
Signed on January 21, 2011
Biofuel wonder-crop jatropha fails to deliver
- FOE
- 21 January 2011
The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha is neither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released today.
Political dynamics of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's role
- TNI
- 20 January 2011
The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.
Japan, Ukraine eye investment, technology sharing in agriculture
- Kyodo
- 19 January 2011
Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara is eager to promote Japanese investment in the Ukraine farm sector to expand agricultural production in the country as part of Tokyo’s policy of securing food supply, according to the Ministry.
International Farmland Market Bulletin
- Savills
- 19 January 2011
InvestAg Savills says world farmland markets are becoming increasingly accessible with new emerging markets opening up, creating new opportunities.
Foreign group buys up land
- Noosa News
- 18 January 2011
Hong Kong-based Nexis Holdings has a $500 million budget to purchase farmland between northern New South Wales and North Queensland.
Iran's export of $44m farming gear to Sudan
- Tehran Times
- 17 January 2011
Iran plans to produce wheat and sugar in Sudan and is ready to transfer its agricultural expertise to the African country.
Dutch company accused of slavery
- RNW
- 17 January 2011
Argentinian police raid a Nidera maize plantation near Buenos Aires and find 133 seasonal workers living under conditions resembling "a concentration camp".