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Food price rise fueling inflation: JP Morgan
- Reuters
- 11 January 2011
Catherine Flax, JP Morgan's CEO for Commodities, says that investors and even countries are looking at assets such as agricultural land.
Indian puts food security at heart of Africa agenda
- IANS
- 10 January 2011
'We want responsible investment by Indian companies,' Gurjit Singh, joint secretary in charge of east and southern Africa said amid allegations by some critics that Indian companies are indulging in land grab in Africa.
Govt tightens foreign investment rules
- Farmers Weekly
- 10 January 2011
NZ Finance Minister says new test of more than 10 times the average farm size for foreigners buying land is not a cap.
Ukraine : Privatiser les terres pour soutenir la production agricole (Premier ministre)
- La France Agricole
- 10 January 2011
Le Premier ministre a expliqué l'acquisition de terres à grande échelle par des étrangers pourrait être limitée par des dispositions législatives.
Saudi 'needs to boost food reserves'
- Reuters
- 10 January 2011
Since 2008, the kingdom has sought to lease and buy farmland in developing nations to improve its security of food supplies. Now it needs to build reserves.
Future of food policy must start at home
- SMH
- 10 January 2011
Foreign farmland acquisitions are a telling vote of no confidence in international markets by food-deficient countries, which understandably fear a repeat of the 2008 food crisis may deny them opportunities to buy grains and other essential soft commodities at any price.
Temen gobiernos de AL colonización de China; buscan ser socios
- Terra
- 10 January 2011
Los países latinoamericanos están recelosos ante el interés de las economías asiáticas de hacerse de tierras con recursos naturales y materias primas, destaca la firma de inversión Pablo Rión y Asociados.
L'accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique de l'Ouest
- RCI
- 10 January 2011
Depuis quelques années, des intérêts étrangers tentent de racheter de grandes quantités de terres agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest. Emission sur RCI.
South Africa may block foreigners from owning land, President Zuma says
- Bloomberg
- 08 January 2011
Zuma said his administration is looking at ways to ensure greater access to land for the country’s black majority, including a possible ban on property ownership by foreigners.
Asia's hungry agribusinesses
- Barron's
- 08 January 2011
The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.
Invest in food - and the horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Reuters
- 07 January 2011
A pioneer investor in farmland and the food price rally is looking ahead to new trends -- war, epidemics and climate change as the investment opportunities of the future.
Brookfield Asset Management closes US$330 million Brazil Agriland
- Bezinga
- 07 January 2011
Brookfield will invest in Brazilian properties primarily comprised of pasture land that may be converted to higher-and-better uses, including soybean, corn and sugarcane production