In global land rush, a search for fair returns
    "All of a sudden the world is waking up and saying, 'Wow, emerging markets, food security... this asset class is going to really perform in the medium term -- the next 8-20 years,'" says new convert James Howard, manager of the Futuregrowth Agri-Fund
    • Reuters
    • 31 January 2011
    Carto, Le Monde en Cartes, fait peau neuve
    On s’arrêtera notamment sur l’impressionnant chapitre consacré au phénomène du "Land Grabbing" ou "accaparement des terres agricoles"
    • Podcastjournal.net
    • 30 January 2011
    Land grab or opportunity of a lifetime?
    As an investment destination, Africa can be a confounding place. The latest bout of turmoil and violence in Cote d'Ivoire and Tunisia looks to all the world like another chapter in an unending cycle of political instability.
    • Reuters
    • 30 January 2011
    Gulf Merchant Bank set to drive forward investment in Moroccan aquaculture industry
    Gulf Merchant Bank launches aquaculture fund and acquires 400ha land concession.
    • AME info
    • 30 January 2011
    Indian company given Oromia land twice the size of Singapore
    Chadha Agro Plc, one of India’s giant operators in agro business, is set to receive 100,000 ha of Oromian land (an area nearly twice the size of Singapore country) in addition to the 300,000 ha of land given to various other Indian investors recently.
    • Jimma Times
    • 30 January 2011
    Farmers eye fertile land in African countries
    The lure of cheap land and the promise of making big money are making local farmers and NRIs invest in African countries like Liberia and Ethiopia, whose economies were wrecked by the civil wars.
    • TNN
    • 29 January 2011
    Concessional Funding Key to Unlock Africa’s Agriculture
    Experts meeting at the World Bank in Washington, DC, discuss how best to assist African smallholder farmers to transition from subsistence to commercial farming.
    • World Bank
    • 29 January 2011
    El acaparamiento de la tierra agraria: otra amenaza para la soberanía alimentaria
    Algo nuevo está pasando, como explica este artículo: la industria financiera ahora se suma a la carrera para controlar tierra agraria de ultramar, con un impacto desastroso para las comunidades rurales que dependen de estas tierras.
    • Soberanía Alimentaria, Biodiversidad y culturas
    • 29 January 2011
    El acaparamiento de la tierra agraria: otra amenaza para la soberanía alimentaria
    Algo nuevo está pasando, como explica este artículo: la industria financiera ahora se suma a la carrera para controlar tierra agraria de ultramar, con un impacto desastroso para las comunidades rurales que dependen de estas tierras.
    • Soberanía Alimentaria, Biodiversidad y culturas
    • 29 January 2011
    [Viewpoint] Korea’s inflationary challenges
    Building overseas food production bases, developing overseas food resources and vitalizing direct overseas transactions and diversification of import sources are crucial for Korea
    • Joong Ang Daily
    • 29 January 2011
    Soros-backed Adecoagro raises $314 million in IPO
    Investing in Adecoagro is “a way to play the potential global shortage of food, especially in emerging markets,” says Francis Gaskins, president of IPOdesktop.com
    • Bloomberg
    • 29 January 2011
    Wikileaks: African leaders in Ethiopia land grab
    Several African leaders have bought lands in Ethiopia to develop agricultural projects or tourism resorts. They are let to bypass a 2007 ban on export of cereals, still in place for other investors.
    • afrol News
    • 28 January 2011
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