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Saudi Arabia to invest record $10bn in Russia
- World Bulletin
- 07 July 2015
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and Russian Direct Investment Fund together are going to invest $10 billion into Russian projects, including agriculture.
La «bombe» foncière risque de détonner au Sénégal
- Sud Quotidien
- 07 July 2015
Les appétits fonciers en cours pourraient plonger le Sénégal dans l’insécurité alimentaire, la pauvreté, mais surtout la violence. Sud Quotidien fait le point de la situation.
Soukeurou kor : Des populations du Ndiael rejettent l’opération de charme de Senhuile.
- Ndar Actu
- 06 July 2015
Des chefs de villages de Gnith et Ronkh ont refusé de prendre les dons offerts par le projet Sénégalo-Italien en cette période de Ramadan
Middle East to London: Success stories of agricultural investments
- Zawya
- 06 July 2015
Exacerbated by the pursuit for higher profits, capital preservation and food security, the oil rich region has over the years witnessed increasing demand for agricultural investments
SENHUILE – Licenciements en cascades et guerre des associés
- Ligne Directe
- 06 July 2015
Au rythme où les licenciements se suivent et succèdent, c’est pratiquement tout le personnel non administratif de la société d’agrobusiness Senhuile Sa qui risque de se retrouver dans la rue.
Desde 1991 Rusia cedió a China más tierras que en 150 años anteriores
- Sputnik News
- 06 July 2015
Novaya Gazeta critica a las autoridades por la intención de arrendar a Pekín más de 300.000 hectáreas de tierras agrícolas en Transbaikalia por un plazo de 49 años.
Foreign investors on hunt for Aussie farms
- Sunday Night
- 05 July 2015
China is on the hunt for new food sources to feed its one and a half billion people and its central government has ordered $3 trillion be spent securing food and farmland overseas.
The economics of ELCs
- Phnom Penh Post
- 05 July 2015
Economic land concessions (ELC) in Cambodia have a profound and negative impact upon rural households located near the plantations. Despite moratoriums on land grabbing, companies operating ELCs continue dominate and run much of Cambodia’s arable land.
Land grabbing “italiano” in Senegal? il nebuloso caso Senhuile
- Green Report
- 03 July 2015
Il giornale senegalese EnQuête si occupa nuovamente delle attività della Senhuile, una società controllata dall’italiana Tampieri
Getting the facts right on Agrica/KPL agricultural investment in Tanzania
- Oakland Institue
- 02 July 2015
Oakland Institute responds to reactions to its report by the owners of the industrial rice plantation in Mngeta.
Paine & Partners acquires EU agricultural producer Spearhead
- Reuters
- 02 July 2015
US private equity firm Paine & Partners expanded its farm and agribusiness holdings on Wednesday with the acquisition of a leading European Union agricultural producer, Spearhead International Ltd, for an undisclosed amount.
Foreign investment in Australian agriculture to be registered, made public
- Xinhua
- 01 July 2015
Australia will force all foreign investors to register their agricultural holdings from Wednesday as scrutiny on overseas investment increases.