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Singapore firms to invest in $16 bln China farm project
- Reuters
- 21 May 2010
Singapore plans to help develop a $16 billion agricultural project in northeastern China as the city-state aims to boost its food security.
New food source for Singapore
- Straits Times
- 21 May 2010
Singapore could gain access to a major new source of meat, fruit and vegetables if a massive new farming project in north-eastern China takes off
British firm to invest $20m in agri-business
- Times of Zambia
- 21 May 2010
Chayton Capital, a UK-based company, is to invest US$20 million in the purchase and expansion of six irrigated farms in various parts of Zambia to enhance growth in the agriculture sector
L’accaparement des terres : La course aux terres aggrave la faim dans le monde
- PPP
- 20 May 2010
Un Collection Repères par Pain pour le Prochain et Action de Carème
AfDB commits USD 40 million in the African Agriculture Fund
- AfDB
- 19 May 2010
The Fund will operate according to a Socially Responsible Investment Manual that features, for the first time in the area of Agribusiness private equity, a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in Agricultural and Agribusiness Projects to prevent unsustainable practices in land acquisition and land use.
Bunge seeks investors for Brazil land fund
- Reuters
- 19 May 2010
Bunge says investor interest in farmland ownership appeared to be growing, and Bunge was aiming to draw more than $100 million in investor dollars to its land fund.
Co-chair’s summary of the Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investment
- US, Japan, AU
- 19 May 2010
Participants agreed on the importance of an open and inclusive dialogue to continue encouraging responsible agricultural investment by various parties.
Land of the giants: Investors favor scale on Brazil's frontier
- DTN
- 19 May 2010
In Brazil, El Tejar and others are investing in ownership and hope to capture land appreciation. BrasilAgro brags that it sold one farm for a gain of 116 percent in just 17 months.
Govt wants Indians to buy land in South America
- Hindustan Times
- 18 May 2010
Since the land acquisition will be by private parties only, the chances of such purchase becoming a political issue are remote, officials feel.
Namibia: Will farm project mean the river runs dry?
- IPS
- 18 May 2010
"Local businessmen make deals with foreign investors and convince tribal authorities in the area to give them land, but the water from the river is not just for people to take," says Water Affairs Under Secretary A. Nehemia who had not been informed about the farm.
NZ: German investors buying up farmland
- Southland Times
- 18 May 2010
A German investment fund that bought a majority interest in a Southland dairy farm, Aquila Capital's AgrarInvest, also has shareholdings in three other Kiwi dairy companies.
Gulf looks to science to turn desert to farmland
- Reuters
- 17 May 2010
Gulf nations hope science will turn desert areas into arable land to boost food security and avoid the risks inherent in buying farmland abroad.