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TPP negotiations could open NZ up to US land grab
- Green Party
- 06 December 2010
New Zealand’s overseas investment regime will be on the US’ hit list during the Trans Pacific Partnership talks this week.
Senegal in talks to lease farmland to Saudi
- Reuters
- 06 December 2010
Senegal is in talks with Saudi Arabia to lease farmland to grow food of an area nearly four times the size of Manhattan.
Daal not enough? Grow them abroad, says Pawar
- The Telegraph
- 05 December 2010
The government will act as a facilitator for private industry to buy land abroad to grow pulses, says India's Agriculture Minister.
Islamabad and Khartoum discuss sending Pakistani farmer to Sudan
- Sudan tribune
- 05 December 2010
Islamabad government is negotiating with Khartoum a way to provide land and family visas to Pakistani farmers to enable them to farm in Sudan.
Mozambique : Les fermiers blancs d'Afrique du Sud à la conquête du reste du continent
- Angola Press
- 05 December 2010
L'Afrique assiste à une migration de fermiers blancs qui quittent l'Afrique du Sud, effrayés par sa criminalité et sa politique de redistribution des terres, pour conquérir les espaces inexploités du reste du continent.
GCC urged to help avert food crisis
- The National
- 05 December 2010
Gulf nations need to step up investments in African and South East Asian farmland if the region is to play its part in averting a global food crisis, agriculture experts say.
Afghan minister lures investors with land, credit and security
- Indian Express
- 04 December 2010
“We have huge land sizes and lot of opportunities. We would like India to come and invest in our country. We will provide land on 90-year lease, security, power and easy bank credit besides simplifying norms,” said Afghanistan Agriculture Minister Mohd Asif Rahimi
Saudi businessman plans to invest in Zambian fruit farm, plant
- Bloomberg
- 04 December 2010
A Saudi Arabian investor plans to lease a 5,000 hectare farm and a fruit-processing plant in Zambia, Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said.
Zambia eyes Gulf investment in farm sector
- Reuters
- 04 December 2010
Zambia does not regard leasing farmland to foreign investors as a form of 'colonialism' and is encouraging Gulf countries to invest in its agricultural sector, its finance minister said on Saturday.
Ghana in talks with Qatar to set joint venture agriculture firm
- Reuters
- 04 December 2010
Ghana is negotiating with Qatar to establish a joint venture firm to produce food for both countries, starting with 50,000 hectares.
Oxford endowment chief outlines strategy
- Global Money Management
- 03 December 2010
Real asset investments held by the fund include farmland and natural resources.
Terres cultivées, terres cultivables : quelles disponibilités à l’échelle mondiale ?
- Ministère de l'Argiculture
- 03 December 2010
Les superficies cultivables au niveau mondial sont supérieures aux superficies nécessaires pour garantir la sécurité alimentaire de l'humanité. Ces résultats questionnent les analyses qui mettent en avant l'augmentation des rendements comme seule réponse possible à l'accroissement des besoins alimentaires mondiaux.