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Algeria allows farmland leases for first time
- Reuters
- 22 July 2010
Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland but it also imposed restrictions on foreign investment.
Takeover bid may struggle after 50.1pc, says broker
- NZ Herald
- 22 July 2010
If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
Out of Africa
- Business Today
- 21 July 2010
Indian floriculture companies are moving into other agri-products in the world's second-largest continent.
Household food security in Central Equatoria
- Sudan Tribune
- 21 July 2010
Another approach to achieve food security in South Sudan is to avail land to foreign nationals interested in commercial farming
The impact of Europe’s policies and practices on African agriculture and food security: Land grab study
- FIAN
- 21 July 2010
This report focuses on the role of the EU and its member states in land grabbing in Africa.
Ukraine: forgotten granary of Europe
- The Guardian
- 20 July 2010
Many Ukrainians now prefer to lease their land rather than work it themselves.
Brazil outback lures Argentine farm giant
- DTN
- 20 July 2010
El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.
Cocoa king Anthony Ward is hungry for African food production
- Telegraph
- 19 July 2010
Anthony "Chocfinger" Ward, the commodities trader whose group Armajaro Holdings has just cornered the cocoa market, is planning his next move into food.
Brazilian farmland group set for HK listing
- Financial Times
- 18 July 2010
A farmland development group backed by Jacob Rothschild is to become the first Brazilian company to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange
Standard Bank says set to fund more S.Africa farmers
- Reuters
- 16 July 2010
Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.
Ensuring responsible agricultural investments in the least developed countries and developing countries
- CAS
- 16 July 2010
This note, in English, follows a report by the taskforce on “Transactions of agricultural assets to foreign investors in developing countries” set up by the Centre d’analyse stratégique and chaired by Michel Clavé of Crédit Agricole S.A.
How the FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines can effectively address governance of large-scale land acquisitions
- Global Witness
- 15 July 2010
Global Witness proposes how the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure can best address the macroeconomic impacts of corruption and governance failures in large scale land acquisitions.