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Bahrain firm signs key India agriculture deal

Gulf Daily News
23 September 2010

Hassan Group will cultivate 4,000 hectares of arable land in India to produce fruits (banana), rice and sugarcane for the Bahraini market.

Norfund invests 10 million dollars in rice production in Tanzania

Norway
22 September 2010

Norfund’s investment will be used to continue expansion of the farm, including preparation of another 2,000 hectares of land, increase in production and storage capacity, machines and equipment

L’Ukraine, nouvelle Mecque de l’agro-business

ARTE
21 September 2010

Qui sème le blé, récolte le pactole… Charles Beigbeder est un homme d’affaire avisé. La crise alimentaire est une aubaine pour certains, elle a fait remonter durablement le prix des céréales. Investir dans la production agricole intensive, c’est l’avenir des chercheurs d’or. Enquête en Ukraine.

Sudan, Spanish agricultural projects shelved

Jordan Times
21 September 2010

Jordan's stalled Sudan agricultural investment project is no longer feasible, as no one will pay the infrastructure costs to transport water.

Bahrain group keen to invest in Sarawak halal food hub

The Star
21 September 2010

An established business group in Bahrain is seeking large tracts of land to grow rice and rear cattles in Malaysia.

Un informe del Banco Mundial reconoce que la “extranjerización” de tierras suma ya más de 46 millones de hectáreas

Más Producción
20 September 2010

Estados nacionales –por cuenta propia o a través de compañías relacionadas– realizaron o están gestionando la compra de tierras productivas localizadas en su mayor parte en naciones de África subsahariana y Latinoamérica. Así lo indica un trabajo reciente del Banco Mundial –publicado el pasado 7 de septiembre– al citar datos recopilados por la ONG internacional GRAIN

Investing in land: the World Bank report on rising global interest in farmland

Crossing
20 September 2010

The overall message from the World Bank's study is deeply confusing, says Ian Scoones

World Agriculture Investment Conference (London, 23-24 Sept 2010)

FC Business Intelligence
20 September 2010

Farmland investors' conference in London.

Pétition contre l’accaparement des terres des pays du Sud

Oxfam et AVSF
20 September 2010

Oxfam France et Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières lancent une pétition sur l’accaparement des terres qui menace les agricultures paysannes du sud.