Selling the farm

• ABC
• 25 July 2010

Foreign interests including state-owned companies from China and the Middle East are increasingly looking to Australia to secure their food production by purchasing key agricultural assets.

UAE company to invest in Bulgarian agriculture

• Standard News
• 23 July 2010

UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and farming projects in Bulgaria.

Africa-ME 'agricultural tie-up ideal'

• Trade Arabia
• 22 July 2010

Africa's untapped agriculture potential make it an ideal partner for resource-constrained Middle Eastern countries that seek to improve their food security, a new report from Standard Chartered Bank said.

Algeria allows farmland leases for first time

• Reuters
• 22 July 2010

Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland but it also imposed restrictions on foreign investment.

Takeover bid may struggle after 50.1pc, says broker

• NZ Herald
• 22 July 2010

If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay

Out of Africa

• Business Today
• 21 July 2010

Indian floriculture companies are moving into other agri-products in the world's second-largest continent.

Household food security in Central Equatoria

• Sudan Tribune
• 21 July 2010

Another approach to achieve food security in South Sudan is to avail land to foreign nationals interested in commercial farming

The impact of Europe’s policies and practices on African agriculture and food security: Land grab study

• FIAN
• 21 July 2010

This report focuses on the role of the EU and its member states in land grabbing in Africa.

Ukraine: forgotten granary of Europe

• The Guardian
• 20 July 2010

Many Ukrainians now prefer to lease their land rather than work it themselves.

Brazil outback lures Argentine farm giant

• DTN
• 20 July 2010

El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.

Cocoa king Anthony Ward is hungry for African food production

• Telegraph
• 19 July 2010

Anthony "Chocfinger" Ward, the commodities trader whose group Armajaro Holdings has just cornered the cocoa market, is planning his next move into food.

Brazilian farmland group set for HK listing

• Financial Times
• 18 July 2010

A farmland development group backed by Jacob Rothschild is to become the first Brazilian company to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange