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Boom time for Africa investors
- Sake24.com
- 14 February 2010
There are some 17 private equity funds expecting to invest $2bn-odd in agriculture in Africa in the next two years.
Billions more mouths to feed: Funds investing in farmland
- The Spectator
- 13 February 2010
Listening to Susan Payne you could be forgiven for thinking land funds are a holy grail for the ethical investor: money-making opportunities with a sanctifying air of do-goodery.
Pemerintah dan Bank Dunia Membikin Kebun Tebu
- Kontan
- 13 February 2010
Pemerintah pusat, Pemda Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD), Bank Dunia, dan Pemerintah Korea Selatan (Korsel) akan bekerjasama mengembangkan perkembangan tebu seluas 17.000 hingga 35.000 hektar di Kabupaten Benar Meriah, Banda Aceh.
GTZ/BMZ: Foreign direct investment in land in developing countries
- GTZ
- 12 February 2010
On behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the GTZ have published a new study on FDI in land in developing countries.
Botswana 2010 budget speech
- Mmegi
- 11 February 2010
A total of 16 state farms have been leased, and 15 000 ha identified for leasing, to both local and foreign investors, says Botswana's Minister of Finance
South Korean farm trade group aims to set up international grain company
- Yonhap
- 11 February 2010
South Korea's state-run agriculture trading corporation says that it aims to set up an international grain purchasing and distribution company that can invest directly in foreign farms or control stakes in agricultural operations.
BlackRock launches global agriculture fund
- CityWire
- 11 February 2010
The companies the $100 million fund will target will be those involved with agrichemicals, equipment and infrastructure, as well as soft commodities and food, biofuels, forestry, agricultural sciences and arable land.
Land for free… Is this possible for Chinese food companies?
- ChinaDaily
- 11 February 2010
The Pontal project has 30.000 ha of total area, with 8.000 ha irrigable. It will have a huge impact since it will be the first PPP of Lula government and will settle the framework for another 500.000 hectares.
Wikileaks: Sudan: China poised for key role in post 2011 agriculture
- Wikileaks
- 11 February 2010
"The People's Republic of China (PRC) is encouraging Chinese private enterprises to invest heavily in Sudan's agriculture sector, Lee "Ali" Wei Zheng, Commercial Officer for the Chinese Embassy, told PolEconOff February 3," reports the US Embassy in Khartoum
Korean investor wins permit for Papua food estate
- Tempo Interaktif
- 10 February 2010
As many foreign and local investor are seeking to win a license to invest in the giant agriculture project in Papua, Indonesia, one unnamed South Korean investor has obtained a permit. Mitsubishi is also bidding. Binladin Group has been rejected.
How agri-food corporations make the world hungry
- Toward Freedom
- 09 February 2010
While many peasant organizations are relentlessly drawing attention to this devastating land-grabbing, the UN and other agencies have been characteristically slow to act.
MOU and Agreement between Sierra Leone and Addax
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- 09 February 2010
Includes a copy of the land lease agreement and a legal and human rights audit of the land lease agreement.