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Feronia raises $15m and heralds share listing
- agrimoney
- 26 Mar 2010
The Africa farms operator, whose company mission is to be "the largest agricultural producer in Africa", raised the cash from both institutions and private investors
Indonesia: Agriculture expansion plan under fire
- IRIN
- 26 Mar 2010
The Indonesian government's plan to develop a food estate in Papua has come in for heavy criticism for potentially marginalizing small farmers and threatening the environment.
Chinese buyup of NZ dairy farms: Get used to it. This is what a “free” trade agreement looks like
- CAFCA
- 25 Mar 2010
The most unbelievably naïve reaction to the news that a mysterious Chinese company is hoping to buy up to $1.5 billion worth of dairy farms came from Federated Farmers, which said that this is an “unintended consequence” of the NZ/China Free Trade Agreemen
Chinese bid for NZ dairy creates concern
- TVNZ
- 25 Mar 2010
"The Chinese want a secure food supply, and they're coming into New Zealand to do that, by the look of it," a local farm union official says
SA land policy to limit ownership
- Reuters
- 24 Mar 2010
Under the new policy, foreign land ownership would be tied to “productivity and partnership models with South African citizens,” minister Gugile Nkwinti told parliament.
S.Africa firms launch $408 mln farmland fund
- Reuters
- 24 Mar 2010
Two South African asset management firms launched a 3 billion rand farmland investment fund on Wednesday that is expected to help boost agricultural development in Africa's biggest economy.
Crafar Farms sold to Chinese company
- NZPA
- 24 Mar 2010
The China Jin Hui Mining Corporation - recently renamed Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings - says it has agreed to buy the Crafar family farms as well as other assets including farmland, cattle, and milkpowder production plant.
Beltone to launch $1 bln Sudan agriculture fund
- Reuters
- 23 Mar 2010
"We are launching the fund with the aim of deploying up to $1 billion for large-scale agricultural projects," Beltone told Reuters.
Africa, la fame di terra.
- PeaceReporter
- 23 Mar 2010
L'ultimo caso: due aziende indiane hanno sottoscritto un accordo con il ministro dell'agricoltura e dello sviluppo rurale etiope per ottenere in concessione terreni per una superficie pari a 15 mila ettari. L'obiettivo delle compagnie è di impiantare tea e la pongamia pinnata.
Tanzania: Researchers Tout Large Scale Commercial Farming
- Tanzania Daily News
- 22 Mar 2010
Small scale farming which is prevalent in rural Tanzania has no future but instead the country needs large scale commercial farmers including those from abroad to inject capital and technology, argues Professor.
Laos, Mongolia agree to agriculture cooperation
- Vientiane Times
- 22 Mar 2010
The Lao side will consider a request by Mongolia to seek agricultural land of up to 10,000 hectares to produce rice and other crops. Also under consideration is a proposal by Mongolia to develop sheep farming in Laos.
FACTBOX: Foreign forays into African farming
- Reuters
- 20 Mar 2010
A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa.