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BlackRock buys agri shares to cap volatility
- Reuters
- 11 June 2010
BlackRock funds take long-term positions in companies that own land, produce crops, raise livestock or sell agricultural equipment.
Agribusiness giants may become kings of farming
- Kyiv Post
- 10 June 2010
A new class of farmers is on the rise in Ukraine. Three articles about the situation with foreign investors taking control of the country's farmlands.
Senators question rules on farm sales to foreigners
- ABC
- 08 June 2010
Questions have been raised at a Senate inquiry in Canberra about whether foreign investment rules go far enough to keep Australian agriculture sustainable.
Corporations and investors buying up Canadian farmland: NFU report on land grabbing
- NFU
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union (NFU) today released the first report of its kind documenting Canadian developments in a global farmland grab.
NFU warns of family farm takeovers
- CBC
- 07 June 2010
The National Farmers Union is warning that the Canadian family farm is under threat from increased corporate control and foreign ownership.
Indonesia allows foreign investment in agriculture
- Reuters
- 07 June 2010
Foreigners will be allowed to have a maximum ownership of 49 percent in plantations for staples such as rice, according to a presidential decree seen by Reuters on Monday.
The new land rush in Africa: An interview with Michael Taylor of the ILC
- SID
- 07 June 2010
ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
Hope grows in former killing fields as it seeks to become bread basket again
- The National
- 07 June 2010
“We plan to have invested $1bn in farms within five years,” says Petrus du Toit of Ridge Solutions, which is acquiring farmland in Angola with backing from foreign investors.
Felda unit to spend RM688m for cattle project in Malaysia
- Malaysia Insider
- 07 June 2010
Joint venture with the India/UAE Allana Group acquires 20,000 head of cattle owned by Felda and gains access to over 850,000 hectares of oil palm land.
Conference in Geneva looks at opportunities for global farmland investment
- jetfin AGRO
- 07 June 2010
Institutional investors and wealth managers compare winning solutions, enabling them to take the right investment decisions in key markets such as farming, soft commodities or timber.
Kuwait backs rice cultivation study in Laos
- Vientiane Times
- 07 June 2010
Kuwait has provided US$350,000 to the Lao Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry to study the suitability of extending irrigation so rice can be grown for export to Kuwait.
Advocacy campaign against landgrabbing in Sierra Leone
- MADAM
- 07 June 2010
Local NGOs investigate the acquisition of land by Swiss company ADDAX in Sierra Leone.