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African farmland leases threaten to drive conflict, but rules could help
- AlertNet
- 29 Mar 2010
Even with new guidelines on land leases in Africa, the deals could lead to growing problems down the road, warned Emmy Simmons, a longtime USAID official
AgroGeneration double son périmètre de terres cultivées en Ukraine
- TF1
- 29 Mar 2010
Le groupe agricole AgroGeneration, spécialisé dans la production de céréales et d'oléagineux en Ukraine, vient de signer un protocole d'accord engageant pour la prise de contrôle de trois fermes réparties sur 25 000 hectares dans l'ouest de l'Ukraine
Feronia raises $15m and heralds share listing
- agrimoney
- 26 Mar 2010
The Africa farms operator, whose company mission is to be "the largest agricultural producer in Africa", raised the cash from both institutions and private investors
Indonesia: Agriculture expansion plan under fire
- IRIN
- 26 Mar 2010
The Indonesian government's plan to develop a food estate in Papua has come in for heavy criticism for potentially marginalizing small farmers and threatening the environment.
Chinese buyup of NZ dairy farms: Get used to it. This is what a “free” trade agreement looks like
- CAFCA
- 25 Mar 2010
The most unbelievably naïve reaction to the news that a mysterious Chinese company is hoping to buy up to $1.5 billion worth of dairy farms came from Federated Farmers, which said that this is an “unintended consequence” of the NZ/China Free Trade Agreemen
Chinese bid for NZ dairy creates concern
- TVNZ
- 25 Mar 2010
"The Chinese want a secure food supply, and they're coming into New Zealand to do that, by the look of it," a local farm union official says
SA land policy to limit ownership
- Reuters
- 24 Mar 2010
Under the new policy, foreign land ownership would be tied to “productivity and partnership models with South African citizens,” minister Gugile Nkwinti told parliament.
S.Africa firms launch $408 mln farmland fund
- Reuters
- 24 Mar 2010
Two South African asset management firms launched a 3 billion rand farmland investment fund on Wednesday that is expected to help boost agricultural development in Africa's biggest economy.
Crafar Farms sold to Chinese company
- NZPA
- 24 Mar 2010
The China Jin Hui Mining Corporation - recently renamed Natural Dairy (NZ) Holdings - says it has agreed to buy the Crafar family farms as well as other assets including farmland, cattle, and milkpowder production plant.
Beltone to launch $1 bln Sudan agriculture fund
- Reuters
- 23 Mar 2010
"We are launching the fund with the aim of deploying up to $1 billion for large-scale agricultural projects," Beltone told Reuters.
Africa, la fame di terra.
- PeaceReporter
- 23 Mar 2010
L'ultimo caso: due aziende indiane hanno sottoscritto un accordo con il ministro dell'agricoltura e dello sviluppo rurale etiope per ottenere in concessione terreni per una superficie pari a 15 mila ettari. L'obiettivo delle compagnie è di impiantare tea e la pongamia pinnata.
Tanzania: Researchers Tout Large Scale Commercial Farming
- Tanzania Daily News
- 22 Mar 2010
Small scale farming which is prevalent in rural Tanzania has no future but instead the country needs large scale commercial farmers including those from abroad to inject capital and technology, argues Professor.