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Acquisition of rural properties by Brazilian companies with foreign investors and/or foreign participation
- MMSO
- 03 September 2010
Review of options for companies like Chongqing Cereals Group
In bid for food security, Qatar sows seeds globally
- The National
- 02 September 2010
Hassad Food knows how to shop. The $1b subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund finalised a $500m agreement last year to grow wheat & rice on 100,000 ha in Sudan and has announced plans to invest $700m worldwide this year.
« Des agricultures familiales disparaîtront »
- Politis
- 02 September 2010
Antoine Bouhey explique les méfaits de l’accaparement des terres par de grands investisseurs sur les populations locales. Un phénomène qui prend de l’ampleur, notamment en Afrique et en Amérique du Sud.
Foreigners apply to farm maize in Algeria
- Reuters
- 02 September 2010
Algeria's government is considering applications from firms in Europe, the Gulf and Canada to launch the country's first commercial maize production, the head of the Algerian farmers' union said.
Warren Buffett estuda comprar terras brasileiras
- Exame
- 02 September 2010
Por meio da Berkshire Hathaway, uma de suas gestoras de fundos, Buffett está negociando a criação de uma empresa voltada à aquisição de propriedades agrícolas no país, de acordo com informações do Relatório Reservado.
“Parecer que limita a compra de terras por estrangeiros terá efetividade reduzida”
- Página do MST
- 02 September 2010
Para o cientista social e engenheiro agrônomo Horácio Martins de Carvalho, a medida do governo federal é salutar, mas insuficiente para garantir o controle do avanço do capital estrangeiro no território brasileiro.
Stanbic funds agric in Africa
- Daily Guide Ghana
- 02 September 2010
Standard Bank Plc has affirmed its commitment to finance agriculture in Africa over a long term because Africa has vast stretch of arable lands. Additionally, the bank intends to improve food security and eliminate hunger in the world.
Wilmar secures 200,000 hectares of land in Merauke Food Estate for sugar plant
- Indonesia Today
- 02 September 2010
Company "currently assessing the quality of the land."
Buffett’s Hathaway seeks farmland in Brazil, Relatorio reports
- Bloomberg
- 01 September 2010
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking a partnership with Brazilian billionaire Rubens Ometto and soybean grower Blairo Maggi to buy farmland in the South American country, Relatorio Reservado reported.
Africa: Agri-projects at 'unprecedented' levels
- Business Day
- 01 September 2010
The number of investment projects in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa is at "unprecedented" levels, said Paul Runge of Africa Project Access at the ag investment conference in Durban
Galtere says raising $1 bln agribusiness fund
- Reuters
- 01 September 2010
Galtere, a New York fund manager, said it was raising $1 billion to invest in production facilities for agricultural commodities -- including arable farmlands in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Uruguay -- that it planned to later sell or list publicly.
Comment: Brazil appears to be moving to ban foreign farmland ownership
- HedgeWeek
- 01 September 2010
AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" should make "developed markets such as Canada" more attractive to investors