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NZ debates China's agricultural appetite
- Wall Street Journal
- 12 June 2012
Foreign ownership of farm land is a sensitive issue in Australia and "across the ditch" in New Zealand.
Islamic Corporation launches $600 mln food fund
- Reuters
- 12 June 2012
Islamic Development Bank and Rabobank team up to launch fund that intends to invest 5-10% of its funds in global farmland.
Water grabbing? Focus on the (re)appropriation of finite water resources
- Water Alternatives
- 12 June 2012
Special issue of Water Alternatives
Cuánta tierra necesita un hombre
- Palabre-Ando
- 11 June 2012
En los últimos 10 años de burbujas especulativas reventadas, una nueva fórmula de inversión está expandiéndose. El capital más capitalista está acaparando toda la tierra fértil que le cabe en sus bolsillos.
5 ways to re-think land grabs
- TheWaterChannel
- 11 June 2012
Our conception of land-grabs and global discussions on the phenomenon are informed too much by contentious, large-scale land deals in Africa and too little by examples from other regions. This has led to many unfounded assumptions about the nature of land-grab.
Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab
- GRAIN
- 11 June 2012
GRAIN looks behind the current scramble for land in Africa to reveal a global struggle for what is increasingly seen as a commodity more precious than gold or oil - water.
Cevital, 1ère entreprise privée algérienne, choisit la Côte d’Ivoire pour sa 1ère implantation à l’étranger
- 20 Minutes
- 11 June 2012
Le Président de Cevital envisage d’investir 1 milliard de dollars de dollars en Côte d’Ivoire dans les cinq prochaines années et négocie avec le Premier Ministre ivoirien la concession de 300.000 hectares afin d’investir dans la culture du riz et du cacao.
Buy a farm, says investment guru
- Stock & Land
- 10 June 2012
As Europe's debt crisis rattles global equity market confidence farming is being increasingly championed by many as a sound, long-term bet for investors needing a safe haven for their money - particularly superannuation funds.
The not-so-rosy realities of running a large agriculture project in Africa
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 09 June 2012
Despite the lucrative returns that foreign investors can achieve by investing in African agriculture, the on-the-ground realities of operating in the continent is often less rosy.
Africa: Saudi Agriculture Minister enticed by continent land
- This is Africa
- 08 June 2012
Dr Fahd bin Abdulrahman Balghunaim, minister for agriculture for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, speaks to This is Africa about the government's strategy in Africa.
« Mbane sera plus grave que Fanaye »
- La Gazette
- 08 June 2012
Entretien avec Aliou Diack, directeur de campagne de Bes du Niakk et ex-président de la communauté rurale de Mbane
En Sudamérica existen alternativas para enfrentar concentración de tierras
- ALAI
- 08 June 2012
Een varios países se establecen límites a la adquisición de tierras por extranjeros. En Argentina, los extranjeros pueden adquirir hasta 15% de la tierra rural.
Stevia Nutra corporation set to launch stevia propagation centre in Cambodia
- Market Watch
- 08 June 2012
US stevia company acquires 50 acres of farmland in Cambodia for a propagation centre from which it will coordinate a planned expansion to 5,000 acres.
High-level backing for Chinese investment in the Ord
- ABC
- 08 June 2012
Trading as Kimberley Agricultural Investments, it's understood that a Chinese investment group is interested in developing a major sugar industry in the region, as well as a meatworks capable of processing 500,000 head of cattle a year.
Growing in greener pastures
- China Daily
- 08 June 2012
With demand for food rising with China's growing population and economy, domestic companies are looking to boost investments in resource-rich foreign countries such as Brazil and Indonesia to fill the food supply gap at home.