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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
Qatar Supports Agriculture and Food Security in Arab and Islamic Countries
- QNA
- 29 October 2010
Qatar gives special attention to investments in Sudan in agricultural fields and livestock.
Singapore's Wilmar eyes Aust's Sucrogen for Papua sugar project
- Asia Pulse
- 29 October 2010
Wilmar is eyeing Indonesia's Papua Province for a massive cane growing project.
The right to food: Corporate, foreign gov’t land grab causing hunger in poor countries
- Democracy Now!
- 28 October 2010
Olivier de Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, and Smita Narula, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice, discuss land grabbing on Democracy Now!
Forerunning new international decision-making on land issues?
- FIAN
- 28 October 2010
A report on the CFS land discussions, Rome, October 8-16, 2010