Buffett’s Hathaway seeks farmland in Brazil, Relatorio reports
    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.
    • Bloomberg
    • 01 September 2010
    Africa: Agri-projects at 'unprecedented' levels
    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
    • Business Day
    • 01 September 2010
    Galtere says raising $1 bln agribusiness fund
    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.
    • Reuters
    • 01 September 2010
    Comment: Brazil appears to be moving to ban foreign farmland ownership
    AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" should make "developed markets such as Canada" more attractive to investors
    • HedgeWeek
    • 01 September 2010
    African farms lure overseas investment
    45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
    • Business Report
    • 01 September 2010
    Brazil Ain't for Sale… Chapter 1 of the Coming Food Crisis
    Brazil shocked foreign investors when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was concerned about Brazilian land falling into foreign hands.
    • Asia Pacific Dispatch
    • 31 August 2010
    A small paradise that will be annihilated: View from Merauke, West Papua
    No-one should be surprised when people start describing the Merauke Integrated Rice Estate as a clear case of genocide by the Indonesian government, because it has been well-planned and well-organised.
    • Indigenous Peoples Issues
    • 31 August 2010
    Saudi-UK partners to visit Philippines
    Saudi and UK investors will travel to the Philippines in October to discuss "the possibility of food production in southern Philippines, with the government providing them the needed land".
    • Arab News
    • 31 August 2010
    Office du Niger : quelles realités entre accaparement des terres et développement agricole ?
    L’objet de cette note est de présenter et discuter des informations récentes recueillies sur l’évolution des aménagements et des investissements étrangers dans la zone de l’Office du Niger au Mali.
    • FARM
    • 31 August 2010
    Brasil limita la compra de tierras por extranjeros
    En un esfuerzo por proteger a su sector agropecuario, considerado clave para su desarrollo económico, el gobierno de Brasil endureció ayer las limitaciones a la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros.
    • Mas Producción
    • 30 August 2010
    Estrangeirização das terras brasileiras
    A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura – Contag – considera a importante à publicação do parecer da Advocacia Geral da União, que restabelece condições para limitar à compra de terras no Brasil por estrangeiros.
    • CONTAG
    • 30 August 2010
    Fonterra eyes options for China relaunch
    Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as it faces a rapidly growing competitive threat from Chinese manufacturing startups with their own large-scale dairy farms.
    • Business Day
    • 30 August 2010
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