Oxford endowment chief outlines strategy

• Global Money Management
• 03 December 2010

Real asset investments held by the fund include farmland and natural resources.

QA service to Buenos Aires ‘will boost ties’

• Gulf Times
• 02 December 2010

Argentina Tourism Minister Carlos Meyer has hailed Qatar Airways’ flights from Buenos Aires to Doha as an important step for enhanced ties between the two countries, including farmland acquisitions.

Investors try new tactic with African agriculture

• Reuters
• 01 December 2010

Profit-hungry investors hope to avoid the stigma and opposition associated with land grabbing by partnering with local business development groups.

Neha International to acquire land in Zambia

• Equity Bulls
• 01 December 2010

Indian company signs an MoU with Zambia Development Agency to facilitate the acquisition of 100,000 hectares of land for agricultural development in Zambia.

Saudi investors facing obstacles in Argentina

• Saudi Gazette
• 30 November 2010

There are concerns about tax exemptions, an investment protection pact and a tax on foreign investors, but there no restrictions for Saudi investors to possess lands in Argentina, the Saudi Minister of Agriculture says

Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?

• GRAIN
• 29 November 2010

New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.

Mozambique: Rice Processing Factory for Matutuine

• Noticias
• 29 November 2010

By 2014, the area under rice cultivation is expected to reach 5,000 hectares, and the harvest is projected at 57,000 tonnes of rice a year.

African Agriculture Fund first closing at USD135m

• AAF
• 29 November 2010

The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.

Slow progress on land-grabbing regulation

• IRIN
• 29 November 2010

As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.

The new colonisers

• Deccan Herald
• 27 November 2010

Not surprisingly, the backlash from people in Africa against Indian farmland investments has begun.

Experts warn of risks in unbridled foreigners’ access to farmlands

• Business Insight
• 26 November 2010

Efforts must be made to ensure that foreign access to local agricultural lands follow strict guidelines

Ethiopia: Land rent contractual agreement made between Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Hunan Dafengyuan PLC

• 25 November 2010

Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 40 years, with option for renewal, for the production of sugar cane.