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Congo seeks investors for farmland bigger than France
- WSJ
- 28 October 2014
The Democratic Republic of Congo plans to lease as much as 640,000 square kilometers of farmland, or more than one-quarter of the central African nation.
Friction in American Samoa over farming programme
- RNZ
- 28 October 2014
American Samoan farmers have repeated their fears to the Governor that foreign farmers are buying up land and cashing in on government programmes to the detriment of locals.
Chinese interest in Australian farms is high but action is slow as China calls for reduced scrutiny from the Foreign Investment Review Board
- ABC
- 28 October 2014
There's no question that after five years of investing about $60 billion in the Australian resources and power sectors, the focus of Chinese investment is now on food.
Saudi Arabia facing food security issues head on
- Global AgInvesting
- 28 October 2014
Saudi Arabia's strategy is to encourage the Saudi private sector to invest abroad using their financial surpluses, their ‘ag’ experience and the modern production and irrigation technology they have.
Deforestation and the rise of industrial-scale farming in Africa could lie behind Ebola outbreak
- The Conversation
- 28 October 2014
The growing Ebola virus outbreak not only highlights the tragedy enveloping the areas most affected but also offers a commentary on they way in which the political ecology in West Africa has allowed this disease to become established.
Les chasses du milliardaire Rashid Sardarov gênent Lodestone
- African Intelligence
- 28 October 2014
Le projet de développement d'une ferme de gibier de 46 000 ha par l'oligarque russe Rashid Sardarov, près de Windhoek, perturbe un programme d'exploitation de fer dans la zone.
Agricultores brasileiros expandem investimentos em países africanos
- UDOP
- 27 October 2014
À frente de lavouras de algodão, feijão, milho e sorgo no Sudão desde 2009, em parceria com o Ministério da Agricultura do país africano, o Grupo Pinesso deve aumentar seus investimentos na África com a implantação de 45 mil hectares de milho irrigado a partir de 2015.
More than 540 civilians killed in ethnic conflicts in Ethiopia
- Diplomat
- 27 October 2014
The gruesome massacre in the Gambella region of Western Ethiopia was a direct consequence of the ill-fated land grab policy of the Ethiopian government.
Ley de tierras permite triplicar la extranjerización
- Diario BAE
- 27 October 2014
El 9% del total de tierras rurales argentinas están en condiciones legales de pasar a manos extranjeras.
Cambodia: One million hectares reclassified, gov’t says
- Phnom Penh Post
- 27 October 2014
More than 1 million hectares of forest terrain and land leased by private companies has been put under government control since a moratorium on new economic land concessions was initiated in May 2012.
Chinese covet cattle stations
- The Land
- 27 October 2014
China's ravenous demand for Australian beef could soon lead to some major cattle station purchases, with one of several Chinese importers, Snow Dragon Group, looking to buy land.
Lufwanyama headed for edible oil boom
- Zambia Daily Mail
- 27 October 2014
Wilmar subsidiary says it is targeting a total investment of US$100 million on 20,000 hectares of farmland to produce 100,000 metric tonnes of edible oils per annum.