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Cubbie conundrums: the foreign investment debate
- ABC
- 01 October 2012
The sale of Cubbie Station to a Chinese-led consortium has divided Australia on the issue of foreign investment.
Ethiopian agricultural development: Policy and practice
- Logan Cochrane
- 01 October 2012
Large-scale agricultural in the developing world have received significant attention in recent months and years. This articles looks at the dynamics of the Ethiopian context and policy recommendations in moving forward.
Small peasants, big plantations : Negotiating land in Niassa, Mozambique
- Water Channel
- 01 October 2012
A delegation of peasants from Niassa recently travelled to The Netherlands and met lawmakers, students and investors in the Chikweti plantations, including the Dutch national pension fund ABP, the biggest investor in the project.
Les parlementaires francophones s’engagent envers les directives sur le foncier
- CESAO
- 30 September 2012
La résolution adoptée par l’Assemblée Parlementaire de la Francophonie fait des recommandations aux pays investisseurs et aux pays sujets à l’investissement sur la manière de gérer les acquisitions foncières à grande échelle.
PH, Thai, Myanmar firms form rice consortium
- Philippine Inquirer
- 30 September 2012
Philippines company will contribute its hybrid rice varieties to the venture while the Myanmar partner will provide the land for production and the Thai partner will handle global marketing.
Comprehensive Plan for Overseas Agricultural Development (2012~2021)
- Rep. of Korea Gov.
- 29 September 2012
Government of South Korea's 10 year plan for expanding Korean agribusiness outside of Korea through overseas agricultural development.
La Sibérie, bientôt une terre chinoise ?
- France 24
- 29 September 2012
Beaucoup de Russes s'inquiètent de voir leur pays devenir un "réservoir" de matières premières pour le voisin chinois qui achète leur pétrole, qui exploite leurs forêts et leurs terres agricoles.
Feast and famine for Africa farm investment
- Reuters
- 29 September 2012
African agriculture has a big investment problem: lots of private equity interest but few opportunities because most farms and companies are too small to absorb the cash or provide attractive returns.
US farmers scramble to buy Brazil's farmland
- Al Jazeera
- 29 September 2012
Foreigners are buying up prime agricultural land, but proposed legislation could curtail the booming trade.
Sunny Verghese, les pieds sur terre
- Jeune Afrique
- 28 September 2012
Olam est l'un des sept leaders du marché alimentaire mondial. Mais il se distingue par son intérêt pour l'amont de la filière, un secteur rémunérateur, selon Sunny Verghese.
Cumprindo promessas para com os pequenos agricultores africanos
- IPS
- 28 September 2012
A Olam International, uma transnacional Indiana do agronegócio, e está a desenvolver um sistema gigantesco de fomento agrícola nos 850 mil hectares de terra que lhe foram concedidos por 20 anos, num local não muito longe do porto da Beira, em Moçambique.
Ukraine may dole out huge tracts of unused farmland
- Kyiv Post
- 28 September 2012
Public-private partnership program envisions letting investors farm up to 4 million hectares of currently unused government land for up to 50 years in large-scale 400,000-hectare projects.
Ethiopia to lease out land to investors despite land grab concerns
- The Africa Report
- 28 September 2012
Ethiopia announced on Friday plans to lease 100,000 hectares of land both to local and foreign investors, despite recent reports that foreign investors were grabbing large chunks of land.
Delivering promises to Africa’s smallholder farmers
- IPS
- 28 September 2012
Olam International, an India-based multinational agribusiness company, is developing an outgrower scheme on a giant 20-year, 850,000 hectare concession it has secured not far from the port of Beira, Mozambique.
Cambodia: Three MoUs on investment in mineral and agricultural fields signed
- AKP
- 27 September 2012
Three MoUs on investment in mineral exploration and sugar cane plantation in Cambodia were signed last weekend in China’s Guangxi province at the Forum on Potential Investment and Business Opportunities in Cambodia.