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African nations turn to South Africa for agricultural expertise
- Bloomberg
- 02 June 2010
African nations are increasingly turning to South Africa to improve their own agricultural production and skills, according to industry group Agri SA.
Agricultural investments on a hot run in Brazil
- investinbrazil.biz
- 01 June 2010
Brazilian farm companies are in a race of investments with every major company making new acquisitions and major capital investments.
Hassad Food plans to invest $700mn in global projects
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
Hassad Food Company intends to invest $500mn to $700mn this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said.
Funds: Nothing ventured, nothing gained in Bulgaria
- BNE
- 01 June 2010
Karoll Capital Management, the country's largest landlord after the government, sees continuing prospects for farmland investment in Bulgaria
Needed: an ethical approach to development partnerships
- Gulf Times
- 01 June 2010
Gulf countries investing in farmland abroad have a real opportunity to help developing countries and should rethink simply switching their investments to richer states says Dr Mahendra Shah
Shock and uncertainty over forest-clearing moratorium
- Jakarta Globe
- 31 May 2010
Business leaders and even top government officials have been left surprised by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s announcement last week that the country would impose a two-year moratorium on the clearing of natural forests, which may affect various foreign investment projects.
Qatar eyes farm, energy investment in Moldova
- Gulf Times
- 31 May 2010
"I understand Moldova has a favourable climate and good farmland, which Qatar’s Hassad Food could possibly look at for opportunities," says Qatar's Deputy Premier
Gulf investment offers hope for Africa
- The National
- 31 May 2010
Between 2007 and mid-2008, Gulf states and their government-backed businesses spent US$15 billion (Dh55bn) in sub-Saharan Africa alone, much of it in the drive for food security
A Note on Papers relating to Land Grabbing in Africa at the Annual World Bank Land Conference
- World Bank
- 30 May 2010
Lists titles and authors of papers on land grabbing presented at the World Bank conference
Land grabbing: myth or reality?
- ODDO Securities
- 30 May 2010
An economic analysis of land grabbing in 25 countries by a French securities firm. Predicts the entry of Danone, Nestlé and Unilever into the fray.
NE China province leases land, grows crops in Russia
- Xinhua
- 29 May 2010
Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has leased 426,667 hectares of land in Russia to grow crops, the provincial agriculture commission said Friday.
Fears of farmland buy-out
- Big Pond News
- 29 May 2010
There are growing concerns that a legislative loophole could allow vast tracks of Australia's farmland to be sold to the Chinese Government.