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View of Ethiopia that is out of date
- Financial Times
- 11 Mar 2009
"Huge tracts of unutilised agricultural land are available" writes the Ambassador of Ethiopia to the UK
Corporations move into grain farming
- The Star Phoenix
- 10 Mar 2009
There are now a few examples in Canada of outside corporations buying and/or leasing land and farming it themselves. In fact, a huge corporate farming entity is being planned for First Nations land in the three Prairie provinces.
Saudis plan land investment joint venture with World Bank
- Land Gazette
- 10 Mar 2009
The chief of the International Finance Corporation, Lars Thunell, has been holding talks with Saudi finance minister Ibrahim Al-Assa on corporation in areas of joint 'external agricultural investments'.
Nous sommes toujours en pleine crise alimentaire
- CNCD-11.11.11
- 10 Mar 2009
Le choix de laisser faire les plus puissants, ceux qui ont les moyens d’acheter les meilleurs terres est l’exacte contraire du principe de démocratie et d’un projet collectif inscrit dans une politique agricole. Si nous laisser faire, nous allons droit vers une contre réforme agraire, mais au niveau mondial.
Saudi Arabia, Britain discuss investment prospects
- MENAFN
- 10 Mar 2009
Saudi Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assa also met the chief of the International Finance Corporation, Lars Thunell, and discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the Kingdom and the IFC in areas of joint external agricultural investments in addition to activating the corporation’s activities in the Kingdom.
Agrifirma scraps hedge fund-style fees
- Financial Times
- 09 Mar 2009
Agrifirma Brazil, a farm fund backed by Lord Rothschild and Jim Slater, the former corporate raider, is scrapping its hedge fund-style fees to make it easier to attract investors. Agrifirma owns more than 100,000 acres of Brazilian farmland.
Arabs buying Australian farms
- Farming UK
- 09 Mar 2009
Could the Middle East become a significant new source of offshore investment in Australia’s extensive northern cattle industry?
Investing: Into Africa
- Canadian Business
- 07 Mar 2009
Cru Investment Management PLC, a company based in Cardiff, UK, forecast a 30% return for an agricultural fund that generated profit from farms in Malawi.
Libya to Boost Agriculture Ties with Guyana
- The Tripoli Post
- 07 Mar 2009
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says Guyana has been asking Libya to help develop mega-farms in the interior, where the majority of inhabitants live in poverty and depend on rice cultivation for both food and income.
La quête des terres agricoles en Afrique subsaharienne
- Inter-Réseaux
- 05 Mar 2009
C’est une véritable ruée sur les terres agricoles du continent qui se développe silencieusement sous nos yeux. Bien que peu d’informations précises soient encore disponibles, il importe de lancer la réflexion afin d’alimenter un débat objectif et serein.
Quest for food security breeds neo-colonialists
- The Times (London)
- 05 Mar 2009
Perhaps the UN’s hand-wringing is just sentimental. Deals will be done and the rush to buy land has begun in Europe, too.
China says not pushing to expand farming overseas
- Reuters
- 04 Mar 2009
China is not pushing to expand overseas farming and Chinese companies are less active in their investment abroad because of concerns of potential political risks, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said on Wednesday.