Investments in Ethiopia farming face criticism from activists
    As Indian businessmen bet on cash crops, it’s unclear whether food security issues are being tackled
    • Livemint
    • 06 September 2011
    AgriSol & Serengeti Advisers: Land Grabbers ?
    The debate on large scale land acquisition in Tanzania is far from over as there is a changing dynamic now as local investors team up in joint venture with foreign investors and we are made to believe that since we have one of our own in the investment venture our interests are taken care of.
    • Udadisi
    • 06 September 2011
    Agrifirma looks abroad after $80m Brazil tie-up
    Agrifirma Brazil, the well-connected farmland investment company, is investigating opportunities outside South America after placing most of its Brazilian agriculture operations into a joint venture with private equity heavyweight.
    • Agrimoney
    • 05 September 2011
    Moins de terre, plus de faim
    Si, comme l’indique la FAO, 80% de la population de la Corne de l’Afrique dépend de l’agriculture comme principale source de revenus et d’alimentation, que faire quand il n’y a pas de terre à cultiver ?
    • NPA
    • 05 September 2011
    New frontier palm oil players look to RSPO
    African and South American palm oil players are flocking to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, highlighting a growing trend of the industry’s rapid expansion outside main producing region Southeast Asia
    • Reuters
    • 05 September 2011
    Mauritian firm to build Sh16.5 bn sugar factory at Coast
    The company, which is listed in Stock Exchange of Mauritius, would form a joint venture with local investors — giving it access 17, 000 acres of sugar cane.
    • Business Daily
    • 05 September 2011
    Pakistanis invited to invest in Sudan
    Ambassador of Sudan says more than 4,500 square miles are available for farming and agriculture sectors and investors would have the opportunity to bring in skilled workers for farming.
    • The News
    • 05 September 2011
    Port-la-Nouvelle Les pieds dans le sable contre l’huile de palme
    Tandis qu’il dénonce "l’accaparement des terres au Liberia et ailleurs" ainsi que le déplacement des populations, le collectif Nopalme s’inquiète des véritables ambitions du leader mondial malaisien de production d’huile de palme, à Port-la-Nouvelle
    • Le Midi Libre
    • 04 September 2011
    "La extranjerización es un capítulo del debate por la tierra"
    La investigadora en historia económica opinó que la ley que se discute en el Congreso es la puerta de entrada a políticas más profundas.
    • La Capital
    • 04 September 2011
    Agricultural farmland investment is booming in Africa - But can it be done ethically?
    While many foreign farmland investments in Africa are predatory, there should be a basic set of standards that governs foreign farmland investments on the continent, according to GreenWorld (BVI)
    • Greenworld BVI
    • 04 September 2011
    China looks to Ukrainian farmland investments
    China looks to buy farmland in Ukraine
    • Greenworld BVI
    • 03 September 2011
    Thai company eyes cassava, oil palm investment in Laos
    The RTL World Trade Company wants to grow about 50,000 hectares of cassava and oil palms in Vientiane province.
    • Vientiane Times
    • 02 September 2011

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