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Agricultural funds reap a rich harvest
- Wealth Bulletin
- 24 December 2009
Agricultural funds made 9.5% last year, according to data provider BarclayHedge, while almost every other investment opportunity lost money.
Former PM backs plans for Canada's 'largest' farm
- Agrimoney
- 23 December 2009
A fund founded by former Canadian prime minister Paul Martin has put its money behind a venture aimed at becoming the country's largest farm, aiming to farm at least 50,000 acres within its first year.
L'UEMOA s'installe à l'Office du Niger
- Essor
- 23 December 2009
Le Mali a concédé à l’Union un espace agricole de 11.288 hectares dans les localités de Kandiourou et Touraba
Rattling the resource chain
- ISN Security Watch
- 22 December 2009
Forecast reports on scarcity predict global actors will move in on dwindling resources. Governments are taking notice, and so should the public, Vivian Fritschi writes for ISN Security Watch.
Azerbaijan grows in UAE’s food security plan
- The National
- 22 December 2009
The UAE is looking to Azerbaijan to increase its food security as the two countries signed an agreement that helps pave the way for co-operation in both farming and industry.
Hassad Food launches livestock project in Australia
- Qatar News Agency
- 22 December 2009
Hassad Food has launched a large project for producing livestock in Australia with a capacity of up to 70,000 Syrian head of sheep in its first year, and then up to 150,000 head of sheep in three years. The company will also purchase farmlands for the production of grains especially wheat.
Wikileaks: Libya invests $30 million in Liberian rice development
- Wikileaks
- 22 December 2009
"Without significant road improvements, it is unlikely that the ADA rice will reach markets in Maryland, River Gee, or Grand Kru and Liberia will continue with an insecure food supply."
Activists worried about African land grab
- Final Call
- 21 December 2009
“What we are going to do is develop a statement of guiding principles for African nations entering into contracts with foreign powers for the utilization of land and resources,” Dr. Daniels told The Final Call.
Uruguay: se restaura Campaña de Firmas en defensa de nuestra tierra
- El Polvorín
- 21 December 2009
La adquisición de tierra en grandes superficies por extranjeros no residentes, constituye una evasión de la riqueza producida en Uruguay hacia otras economías o personas en el exterior sin la contrapartida de que la tierra y los bienes nacionales produzcan el bien social que debe y tiene derecho la República
Fears grow over farm deals
- Otago Daily Times
- 21 December 2009
Dubai World said on Friday the company was not involved in the dairy farm purchases "in any way".
Fraud office alert over sale to mystery Arabs
- Sunday Star Times
- 20 December 2009
The Serious Fraud Office has been brought into the controversy over a Maori trust's move to buy thousands of hectares of prime Southland farmland, after revelations that an alleged fraudster is involved: bankrupt Australian "kaumatua" Shane Wenzel.
Bid to buy up southern farms alarms
- Southland Times
- 19 December 2009
Mr Murray, spokesman for the Maori trust buying farms for foreign investors, told the Southland Times website he would buy the whole South Island if he could.