Al-Amoudi’s efforts to initiate Saudi agro investments
    Sources close to Al-Amoudi said that the king has shown an interest in seeing other Saudi companies involved in rice farming after seeing the samples presented by Al-Amoudi
    • Addis Fortune
    • 24 November 2009
    Morocco - Drop in foreign farm investment
    At a two-day conference near the Moroccan capital Rabat, local officials sought to convince Gulf investors that heavy bureaucracy and complex land ownership rules, long seen as decisive obstacles, are a thing of the past.
    • Meat Trade Daily
    • 24 November 2009
    Brasil rechazó propuesta iraní de compra de tierras
    Brasil rechazó una propuesta de Irán para comprar o arrendar áreas agrícolas brasileñas para la producción de alimentos y la venta directa al país islámico
    • Reuters
    • 23 November 2009
    Brasil recusa proposta do Irã de compra de terras
    O Brasil recusou uma proposta feita pelo Irã de compra ou arrendamento de áreas agrícolas brasileiras, com vistas à produção de alimentos e sua venda direta ao país islâmico
    • Reuters
    • 23 November 2009
    Extraterritoriality - Foreign Concessions: the Past and Future of a Form of Shared Sovereignty
    China has now taken on a leading role in promoting modernization through zones of exception, not only in China but also outside it.
    • EspacesTemps.net
    • 23 November 2009
    Pharos $350m argriculture fund targets Middle East investors
    The Pharos Miro Agricultural fund, with a minimum subscription of $6m, is being offered to family offices, private equity groups and other investors across the Middle East.
    • Emerging Markets
    • 23 November 2009
    For Sale signs nailed to our Aussie icons
    Foreign companies are covertly buying up adjacent farms in Australia to use as a "salad bowl" in the case of global food shortages.
    • The Telegraph
    • 23 November 2009
    The ultimate crop rotation
    Lured by a new business model, wealthy nations flock to farmland in Ethiopia, locking in food supplies grown half a world away
    • Washington Post
    • 23 November 2009
    Ethiopia: land of tomorrow
    Documentary highlighting the investment opportunities in Ethiopia, produced for the Saudi-East African Forum.
    • YouTube
    • 21 November 2009
    IFC lends a hand in great "land grab"
    As the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announces plans to increase investment in agribusiness by up to 30 per cent in the next three years, NGO reports shed light on the IFC's role in the 'land grab' movement and flaws in its approach to the food crisis.
    • Bretton Woods Project
    • 20 November 2009
    Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?
    There’s a whole school of economic thought that says that Collier is wrong, that big is not necessarily better in agriculture — and that the land deals therefore might be unwise not because they’re wrong but because they’re unprofitable.
    • New York Times
    • 19 November 2009
    UAE company leases farmland in Morocco
    An Abu Dhabi-based private sector investment firm has signed a contract to lease up to 700,000 hectares of farmland in Morocco, a company executive said yesterday.
    • Gulf Times
    • 19 November 2009
    Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture
    Farmers from South Korea, Kuwait and the United States have also arrived in Kwara state, some 400 km northwest of Lagos, which is keen to attract more investors and help Nigeria end its import reliance.
    • Reuters
    • 19 November 2009
    If words were food, nobody would go hungry
    Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade.
    • The Economist
    • 19 November 2009
    Fome: multinacionais são acusadas de controlar terras ricas do Terceiro Mundo
    Segundo as ONGs "Grain" e La Via Campesina, "alguns governos, como o da Arábia Saudita e Coreia do Sul pressionam essa forma de agir, como estratégia comercial.
    • Correio Braziliense
    • 19 November 2009

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