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Gabon Government signs $4.5 billion accords on infrastructure, agriculture
- Bloomberg
- 15 August 2010
Singapore-based Olam will develop a palm-oil plantation covering as much as 300,000 hectares in the southeast of the country.
Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world
- Global Land Project
- 14 August 2010
Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under negotiation in 27 African host countries – an area equivalent to France.
China, Africa forge farming ties
- China Daily
- 12 August 2010
Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of China-Africa agriculture cooperation says China State Farms Agribusiness Corporation manager.
Who's who of South America corporate farm giants
- Progressive Farmer
- 12 August 2010
With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.
L’Afrique, une terre à louer
- Tribune de Genève
- 12 August 2010
L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour le continent noir, finissent par nuire à des populations déjà pauvres et à des économies précaires.
Tanzania : Memorandum of Understanding for conducting feasibility study between Agrisol Energy and the Mpanda District Council
- The Oakland Institute
- 11 August 2010
Feasibility study to invest in a large scale agro-industrial project in the land designated as the Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements
This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
- PTI
- 11 August 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.
Sudan woos investors to put $1bn in farming
- Financial Times
- 11 August 2010
Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.
Congo offers investment opportunities in agriculture for Indian entrepreneurs
- FnBnews
- 11 August 2010
DRC, with 80 million ha of rich arable soil of which only 5% is cultivated, has invited Indian investors in the area of largescale farming to come and assess the possibilities.
Analysis: Surge in Chinese investment reshapes Brazil ties
- Reuters
- 10 August 2010
From virtually nowhere, China has rocketed to become the biggest foreign direct investor in Brazil this year with purchases ranging from iron ore mines to vast tracts of farmland and the electricity grid.
OECD: Private financial sector investment in farmland and agricultural infrastructure
- OECD
- 10 August 2010
Given the expected need for additional arable land to be brought into production on a global basis, the amount of capital that could enter the [farmland acquisition] sector could substantially exceed USD 150 billion.
Risk Kiwis could be 'tenants in their own land'
- Stuff
- 09 August 2010
A poll shows 75.5 percent of voters want the rules on foreigners buying NZ farmland tightened, with only 8 percent saying they should be relaxed.