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Saudi's Agroinvest to raise $533m for farm investments
- Reuters
- 12 April 2010
But company says it does not want to tarnish Saudi Arabia's image by buying farmlands abroad
Japan, US and AU to host "Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investment"
- US and Japanese Governments
- 12 April 2010
Event aims to support “win-win” arrangements whereby investors and host countries can both benefit from international investment, supporting national or regional food security aims.
Citadel turns to agriculture in search of investment
- Business Daily
- 12 April 2010
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital is seeking to buy Kenya’s firms and long-term land leases as it seeks agro-based raw materials to feed its food business.
Stronger GCC-ASEAN ties pledged
- Arab News
- 12 April 2010
Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet, current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, pledged to bolster Saudi-ASEAN cooperation in view of ASEAN's reliance on the Gulf states' oil and the Gulf states' need for overseas farmland for their own food security.
Algérie : Mise en concession des terres agricoles
- Le Temps d'Algérie
- 11 April 2010
L'annonce du président de la Chambre nationale d'agriculture de mettre des terres agricoles en concession au profit d'entreprises étrangères n'a pas été sans provoquer la réaction violente des agriculteurs.
Saudis, Vietnam mull rice cultivation deal
- Reuters
- 11 April 2010
Vietnam's president Nguyen Minh Triet on Saturday met Saudi business leaders who asked for flexible investment regulations and access to Vietnam's farmlands
Asian Peasant Coalition protest against global land grabbing
- GMA News
- 11 April 2010
Asian Peasant Coalition composed of 20 Asian country members join the protests on Sunday in Mendiola, Manila, calling to stop global landgrabbing
No 'land grab' in Ethiopia
- Japan Times
- 11 April 2010
Rebuttal from Ethiopia's ambassador to Japan against the article "Japan, please don't go grabbing Ethiopians' land," insisting that the government is only leasing out "unutilized land and some other land holdings by government-owned enterprises".
West Papua: Land grab to displace locals
- GLW
- 10 April 2010
Plans for a US$6 billion food estate in the Merauke region of West Papua has been attacked by farmer and environmental organisations as a land grab that would destroy 2 million hectares of virgin forest.
Terres africaines à louer
- RFI
- 09 April 2010
Les gouvernements africains ont multiplié les contrats de location de terres agricoles avec des sociétés étrangères au cours de ces cinq dernières années. Le phénomène n'est pas nouveau mais les motivations, les acquéreurs et le rythme d'acquisition, oui.
Indian farmers upbeat on possible LatAm ventures
- Financial Express
- 09 April 2010
India's food crisis can be lessened by growing some of the relevant crops like wheat, rice, pulses and oilseeds in Argentina.
Former President Rawlings calls on African governments to institute protective land laws
- J.J. Rawlings blog
- 09 April 2010
"We need to employ some protectionist policies to save our continent from a new form of colonization"