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Alpcot Agro’s target to control 200,000 hectares by the end of 2008
- Aplcot Agro Press Release
- 13 May 2008
Alpcot Agro is currently in control of 128,800 hectares of arable land in Russia and wants to control 200,000 hectares by the end of 2008.
UAE needs to invest in Egypt farm sector
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 13 May 2008
UAE wants to boost investment in Egypt’s agricultural sector in the light of the current rise in prices of commodities worldwide.
In Ukraine, mavericks gamble on scarce land
- Wall Sreet Journal
- 12 May 2008
Landkom has leased 165,000 acres from thousands of landowners in Ukraine and will reap its first big harvest this year.
Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
- The Australian
- 12 May 2008
China's fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades.
Saudi Arabia moves agriculture abroad
- Market Research Analyst
- 12 May 2008
Saudi government moves agriculture abroad by investing in farming of staple commodities in Thailand, Brazil, India and other countries. This move represents a classic case of “absolute advantage” economy.
UAE investors buy Pakistan farmland
- Financial Times
- 11 May 2008
Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest private equity companies, has been quietly buying farmland in Pakistan as part of plans by the United Arab Emirates to increase food security and to damp inflation.
Chinese debate pros and cons of overseas farming investments
- The Guardian
- 11 May 2008
“It is the government’s policy to encourage all companies to go abroad, including agricultural firms,” a Chinese Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters.
Food Fight: Wealthy nations buying up land for food
- Marketplace / American Public Media
- 09 May 2008
This week, Saudi Arabia announced plans to invest in overseas fisheries, livestock and food production, and is reportedly trying to partner with Thai rice farms to lock in future supplies. Libya is in talks with Ukraine about growing wheat there, and as China tries to feed its expanding middle class, it’s looking to buy up farmland in Africa and South America.
Firm will grow rice in Africa
- China Daily
- 09 May 2008
Chongqing Seed Corp has decided to cultivate rice on 300 hectares in Tanzania from 2009
CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Ensuring Food Security
- IPS
- 09 May 2008
Rattled by rapidly rising global grain prices, China is looking at strategies to ensure long-term food security for its 1.3 billion people such as procuring farmland overseas and opposing the formation of any international grain price-fixing monopolies.
China overseas food push not realistic
- Reuters
- 09 May 2008
China's private firms are pushing to invest in farms overseas, but policy debates over whether this is in China's strategic interest have so far stopped the trend becoming an explicit government policy, a senior official said on Friday.
UAE may buy Pakistan farms
- The National
- 06 May 2008
Inflation and the spectre of long-term food shortages have prompted the UAE Government to consider a new strategic investment – the purchase of large-scale farms in Pakistan and other countries.