UAE keen to import Bulgarian food

• Novinite
• 24 November 2010

The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.

Do corporate buyouts signal the end of the family farm?

• Globe and Mail
• 24 November 2010

“There are people that are dying to invest large sums of money to acquire farmland in Canada that aren't Canadian citizens,” says Jan Kaminski, founder of Bonnefield.

Saudis form company for farm investments

• Zawya Dow Jones
• 24 November 2010

Saudi Arabia has created a government company for agricultural investment abroad as the kingdom phases out local wheat production.

Neha International To Acquire 50% In Ethiopia-Based Oromia Wonders

• Deal Curry
• 23 November 2010

Neha sold off its farm in Pune and shifted operations to ethiopia where it has lands for floriculture and food grains.

UAE remains vulnerable to high food price

• Emirates 24/7
• 23 November 2010

Sudanese officials say the “Zayed Project” is among the largest farm ventures launched by the UAE in Sudan, with investment of $60 million.

Australia to examine foreign takeovers

• WSJ
• 23 November 2010

Australia's center-left Labor government said Tuesday it will examine foreign ownership of the country's rural land and agricultural food production in response to a spate of takeovers that have triggered anxiety about job losses and broader concerns about food security.

[Russia] Acquisition of land for agricultural purposes – Legal aspects

• Moscow Times
• 23 November 2010

One of the conditions for major agricultural holdings with significant assets in Russia entering the securities market through the performance of an IPO and SPO is the confirmation of their rights to use the land for agricultural production.

Bahrain: Securing our food supplies

• Gulf Daily News
• 22 November 2010

Private investments are being pumped into several countries to produce fruit, vegetables, rice and corn and meet Bahrain's demand for these commodities

Sudan targets food self-sufficiency in 5 years

• Reuters
• 22 November 2010

Government and private sector are creating pilot farms as an inventive to investors to either come and buy existing yielding projects, expand them or to run them as joint public-private ventures.

Kolongotomo Farmers Forum on land grabs in Mali : Kolongo Appeal

• Kolongotomo Farmer Forum
• 20 November 2010

Public forum calls for suspension of foreign land grabs in the Office du Niger, Mali.

Georgia calling on African farmers

• ABN
• 19 November 2010

The Transvaal Agricultural Union believes as many as a thousand skilled South African farmers could go to plough their own furrow in Georgia where the government is offering them 80,000 ha

Keep farms Kiwi: Fonterra

• Business Day
• 18 November 2010

New Zealand's need for overseas capital does not mean giving away control or ownership of farms, says Fonterra chairman.