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Action pledged on soaring food prices
- The National
- 04 November 2010
UAE pursuing agriculture investments abroad to "guarantee the continuous availability of products with competitive prices."
Global Land Grab
- PANNA
- 04 November 2010
What is to be done? Obviously, we need an immediate moratorium on land grabs.
Land grab at Kpachaa – One more bad example in Ghana
- Daily Graphic
- 02 November 2010
“The pain to pass my lost land each day is so big that I cry,” says local chief.
Land legislation in Zambia bypasses the poor yet again
- Stiffkitten's Blog
- 02 November 2010
Government’s policies of liberalizing land markets and focusing on foreign investment are having a detrimental impact on Zambia’s rural poor.
Mriya Agro may have to pay up to 11% on its bonds
- Agrimoney
- 02 November 2010
Company with a landbank of 220,000 ha in the Ukaraine plans $300m bond issue.
UN expert urges action over rising food prices
- swissinfo.ch
- 01 November 2010
DeSchutter says he never thought it was a good idea to endorse the World Bank's proposal on landgrabs.
Funds clamour for shares in Agroton flotation
- Agrimoney
- 01 November 2010
The group currently has 151,000 hectares under management, a figure which it claims makes it the sixth-largest listed farm operator in Europe.
New rush of foreign investors, mainly Argentines, to purchase land in Uruguay
- MercoPress
- 01 November 2010
Recent business delegations from Iran and Qatar expressed strong interest in buying farmland in Uruguay to develop their own production projects.
Investors eyeing Balkan farms as long-term play
- Reuters
- 01 November 2010
"Several very powerful groups in the Middle East are seriously considering the 3.2 million hectares that Serbia has to offer."
Saudi agri investor to focus on home market first
- Reuters
- 01 November 2010
Agroinvest plans to invest 1 billion riyals overseas but is waiting for details on Kingdom's policy.
Saudi Arabia keen to address food security issue: Irish official
- Saudi Gazette
- 31 October 2010
Saudi Arabia and Ireland will explore possibilities on how to clinch deals with countries that can offer food security for the Kingdom
Pastoral holdings remain a family affair
- The Australian
- 30 October 2010
Fears that faceless corporations and international investors would become the new barons of the Australian bush have proved to be unfounded