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Global land grab
- In These Times
- 22 August 2011
Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.
US firm acquires 30,000 hectares in Taraba
- The Nation
- 22 August 2011
A US firm, Dominion Farms, has acquired 30,000 hectares of swampy land in Gassol Local Government of Taraba State in Nigeria for commercial rice farming.
Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. finalise un placement privé d’un million de dollars US avec un investisseur stratégique
- PR Newswire
- 22 August 2011
Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. qui contrôle plus de 100 000 hectares de terres agricoles ouest-africaines sous-utilisées, a finalisé un placement stratégique d’un million de dollars US de AIM Investments PLC grâce à un placement privé
Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc. closes $1,000,000 private placement with strategic investor
- PR Newswire
- 22 August 2011
"AIMI's investment in Farm Lands of Guinea Inc. gives the company and its shareholders exposure to the exciting growth prospects presented by this large-scale agricultural opportunity in West Africa," said Mark Pajak, Acting Chairman of AIM Investments.
Investasi pertanian masih stagnan
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 22 August 2011
Pengusaha China jajaki tanaman ubi jalar di Lampung
Mozambique : des terres cédées à de grands proprios brésiliens
- Global Voices
- 21 August 2011
Le gouvernement du Mozambique est en train de concéder l'usage de six millions d'hectares de terres, soit l'équivalent des deux tiers de la superficie du Portugal, afin que de grands exploitants agricoles brésiliens cultivent du soja, du coton et du maïs dans le nord de ce pays africain.
Obasanjo leads prospective American investors to Taraba
- Vanguard
- 21 August 2011
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has led a Kenya-based American investor to inspect about 30,000 hectares of marshy land in Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State for possible commercial rice cultivation
President Museveni receives Indian investors
- Uganda Media Centre
- 21 August 2011
The President informed them of 3 available modules of investment that they could take advantage of including processing without getting involved in physical production where an investor buys products from farmers, processes them or engage in core plantation and process the produce into finished items or contracting out-growers so that they as a community of producers can benefit.
Novo "rei da soja" no Brasil é argentino e planta em Mato Grosso
- 24 Horas News
- 21 August 2011
Oito anos após se instalar em Mato Grosso, o grupo argentino El Tejar se transformou no maior produtor de soja em terras brasileiras.
Argentina: Keep out
- Página 12
- 21 August 2011
Desde la época de la colonia, los campos argentinos fueron objeto de deseo. De los españoles primero, de los ingleses después y finalmente de los estadounidenses.
Investors seeing gold in US farmland, infrastructure
- Reuters
- 20 August 2011
The traditional asset play on agriculture by Wall Street -- farmland -- has pushed to dizzying heights.
Should Australia be selling the farm?
- SMH
- 20 August 2011
Agricultural analyst at Citi Investment Research, Tim Mitchell, recently calculated that "rural raiders" from overseas had spent "well in excess of $12 billion" over the past four years on Australian agribusinesses and farms.