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Industrialization by invitation: Will it work in Ethiopia?
- Aiga Forum
- 04 January 2010
Ethiopia’s strategy of leasing farmland to foreign investors is not without critics.
Turkey to hire lands to foreign funds
- Hurriyet
- 03 January 2010
Turkey has been in talks for the past year with “three big international funds” in order to hire out agricultural lands. One of the deals will be announced very soon, the country's investment promotion agency says.
Indian companies buy land abroad for agricultural products
- Economic Times
- 02 January 2010
The list of Indian companies that have purchased land in Africa is quite long and includes companies in businesses ranging from agriculture and horticulture to engineering and metals.
The Liberian Contribution to the Stir-Fry
- Africa-Asia Confidential
- 31 December 2009
Golden VerOleum plans to acquire 200,00 hectares in south-eastern Liberia. The target areas are Grand Kru, Maryland, River Cess, River Gee and Sinoe counties. The export plans are based on a plantation system in which there are about 10 hectares for each worker.
Ethiopian farms lure investor funds as workers live in poverty
- Bloomberg
- 31 December 2009
Until last year, people in the Ethiopian settlement of Elliah earned a living by farming their land and fishing. Now, they are employees.
Egypt Primier Arrives in Addis Ababa To boost Economic Ties
- NewBusinessEthiopia.com
- 30 December 2009
A delegation of 26 Egyptian agriculture companies led by Minister of Agriculture Amin Abaza, is now inspecting land proposed by the Ethiopian government for Egyptian investment projects.
Egypt private equity fund opens office in Nairobi
- Business Daily
- 29 December 2009
Citadel Capital will deploy significant capital across East Africa in 2010 in sectors spanning from agriculture to consumer foods.
Verkhovna Rada extends land sale moratorium
- The Day
- 29 December 2009
On December 22, Ukraine's parliament adopted a surprisingly unanimous decision to extend the moratorium on the sale of agricultural lands until 2012. Now the ball in the president’s court – he has always considered land to be a commodity.
Food deals leaving developing nations hungry
- Toronto Star
- 28 December 2009
As food aid stamped with the World Food Programme's logo is shipped to Sudan, thousands of tons of wheat and rice are shipped out.
Kazakh PM defends growing links with China
- Financial Times
- 28 December 2009
Mr Massimov said Kazakhstan was negotiating an agreement with China to fund farming projects in Kazakhstan. “We are not giving China any land. The land code forbids it. But if we have a buyer [for crops], be it China or Arabia, then let’s sell,” he said.
Hedgie Dixon Boardman ploughs new furrow
- The Times
- 27 December 2009
A veteran American hedge-fund manager has launched a $100m fund to invest in American farmland as fears of food inflation grow.
Qatar largest investor in Sudan farms
- The Peninsula
- 27 December 2009
Qatar is one of the leading investors in the agricultural sector in Sudan, says a former minister of irrigation of Egypt.