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Harvesting opportunities on foreign soil
- China Daily
- 04 December 2012
More Chinese companies and individuals are looking for sources of growth in the rich land of Russia's Far East region.
American and European pension funds seeking place for their money
- Nikkei
- 04 December 2012
The results of pension funds’ alternative investments have been passable so far. In the case of farmland, at the end of last year the average total annual return over a 10 year period was more than 10%.
From Doha to Dakar, food insecurity is the norm
- IPS
- 04 December 2012
As African countries struggle to make use of their vast land resources to improve food production because of climate change, Qatar, like other Gulf States and emerging economies such as China, is leasing and buying land in Africa.
It's 2 am in Africa -- Do you know what your pension fund is doing there?
- Oakland Institute
- 04 December 2012
New report from Oakland Institute looks at private equity funds betting heavily on agriculture
Liberian communities statement on expansion of Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum plantations
- SDI
- 03 December 2012
Over 150 community representatives from four counties in Liberia gathered to discuss their experiences and concerns regarding the impact of oil palm plantations on their livelihoods and communities.
Live or drive, a choice has to be made
- Basta !
- 03 December 2012
A case study of Sime Darby operations in Liberia by Sophie Chapelle
モザンビークにおけるブラジルの大規模プロジェクトが何百万という農民を排除する危険性
- Landgrab-Japan
- 03 December 2012
日本政府、ブラジル政府、モザンビーク政府の三角協力として行われているプロサバンナ・プロジェクトの問題点を指摘する記事
Brazil farmland prices quadrupled over the past decade outpacing inflation
- MercoPress
- 03 December 2012
Prices for farmland in Brazil surged by an average 14% a year to nearly quadruple over the past decade, well outpacing inflation and nearly matching gains made by São Paulo's blue-chip Ibovespa stock index, a new study shows.
Issad Rebrab : l'Afrique, Cevital et moi
- Jeune Afrique
- 03 December 2012
Fondateur et patron du premier groupe privé algérien, Cevital, Issad Rebrab sillonne désormais l'Afrique à la recherche d'opportunités d'investissement.
Resisting Sime Darby: Oil palm development slammed at Gbarpolu conference
- FrontPageAfrica
- 02 December 2012
Citizens at a conference in Bopolu expressed strong opposition to planned oil-palm development by Sime Darby in Gbarpolu County.
Letter and resolution of the landholding families, Malen Chiefdom, Sierra Leone
- MALOA
- 01 December 2012
Community members defy intimidation and arrests and appeal for international support in their struggle to stop SOCFIN from operating on lands the company acquired without their consent.
Shaikh Khalid Al Khalifa: Turning Arab investment into Africa requires guaranteeing legislation
- BNA
- 01 December 2012
Shaikh Khalid said that the Arab countries have a serious desire to join the African market and benefit from the natural resources ready for investment, particularly in the agricultural field.