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German interests buy into New Zealand dairy farms
- M&C
- 31 January 2011
German investors have bought 11 dairy farms covering more than 3,600 hectares in New Zealand's South Island
EBRD in US$25 million loan to Mriya Agro Holding
- EBRD
- 31 January 2011
The EBRD is providing a working capital facility worth USD$25 million to Mriya Agro Holding, which controls 220,000 hectares of land in the Ukraine.
Ethiopia: President Girma speaks out against land grab in Gambella
- Gadaa.com
- 31 January 2011
In a recent letter to the Ministry of Agriculture, Girma urges the Ministry to stop giving land to an Indian company, warning that such a deal would damage Meles Zenawi’s “good reputation” on the campaign against global warming.
In global land rush, a search for fair returns
- Reuters
- 31 January 2011
"All of a sudden the world is waking up and saying, 'Wow, emerging markets, food security... this asset class is going to really perform in the medium term -- the next 8-20 years,'" says new convert James Howard, manager of the Futuregrowth Agri-Fund
Carto, Le Monde en Cartes, fait peau neuve
- Podcastjournal.net
- 30 January 2011
On s’arrêtera notamment sur l’impressionnant chapitre consacré au phénomène du "Land Grabbing" ou "accaparement des terres agricoles"
Land grab or opportunity of a lifetime?
- Reuters
- 30 January 2011
As an investment destination, Africa can be a confounding place. The latest bout of turmoil and violence in Cote d'Ivoire and Tunisia looks to all the world like another chapter in an unending cycle of political instability.
Gulf Merchant Bank set to drive forward investment in Moroccan aquaculture industry
- AME info
- 30 January 2011
Gulf Merchant Bank launches aquaculture fund and acquires 400ha land concession.
Indian company given Oromia land twice the size of Singapore
- Jimma Times
- 30 January 2011
Chadha Agro Plc, one of India’s giant operators in agro business, is set to receive 100,000 ha of Oromian land (an area nearly twice the size of Singapore country) in addition to the 300,000 ha of land given to various other Indian investors recently.
Farmers eye fertile land in African countries
- TNN
- 29 January 2011
The lure of cheap land and the promise of making big money are making local farmers and NRIs invest in African countries like Liberia and Ethiopia, whose economies were wrecked by the civil wars.
Concessional Funding Key to Unlock Africa’s Agriculture
- World Bank
- 29 January 2011
Experts meeting at the World Bank in Washington, DC, discuss how best to assist African smallholder farmers to transition from subsistence to commercial farming.
El acaparamiento de la tierra agraria: otra amenaza para la soberanía alimentaria
- Soberanía Alimentaria, Biodiversidad y culturas
- 29 January 2011
Algo nuevo está pasando, como explica este artículo: la industria financiera ahora se suma a la carrera para controlar tierra agraria de ultramar, con un impacto desastroso para las comunidades rurales que dependen de estas tierras.
El acaparamiento de la tierra agraria: otra amenaza para la soberanía alimentaria
- Soberanía Alimentaria, Biodiversidad y culturas
- 29 January 2011
Algo nuevo está pasando, como explica este artículo: la industria financiera ahora se suma a la carrera para controlar tierra agraria de ultramar, con un impacto desastroso para las comunidades rurales que dependen de estas tierras.