• Kazakh opposition calls for halt to China expansion
    • Reuters
    • 28 May 2011

    Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia

  • Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
    • NZ Herald
    • 27 May 2011

    NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.

  • China deve investir em agricultura, diz analista
    • Agência Estado
    • 27 May 2011

    País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões

  • China Should Invest FX Reserves In Agriculture Abroad -Govt Researcher
    • Dow Jones
    • 27 May 2011

    China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.

  • What price NZ? Land bid tests limits
    • NZ Herald
    • 27 May 2011

    Last week, bids closed for an 83% stake in Fonterra's biggest supplier, Dairy Holdings, which oversees 72 South Island farms. Bidders reportedly include Chinese dairy giant Bright Dairy, a pastoral fund owned by Australian investment bank Macquarie Group, British private equity firm Terra Firma. US private equity firm Carlyle Group and the Harvard Endowment Fund.

  • China’s interest in farmland makes Brazil uneasy
    • New York Times
    • 26 May 2011

    “They are moving in,” said Carlo Lovatelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Vegetable Oil Industries. “They are looking for land, looking for reliable partners. But what they would like to do is run the show alone.”

  • South Africa: Food insecurity - who will save you, the smallholder or large-scale farmer?
    • AllAfrica
    • 26 May 2011

    Smallholding income can be far more productive for rural areas than export orientated or foreign-owned large farms because any income earned is spent in the rural area.

  • Uruguay president eyes tax rise for big landowners
    • Reuters
    • 26 May 2011

    Uruguay's president said on Wednesday he wanted to raise taxes on the country's biggest landowners -- including Argentine-based agricultural company El Tejar and George Soros's Adecoagro -- to boost the state's share of bumper farming and forestry sector profits

  • Landgrabbing: anche la Svizzera è coinvolta.
    • L'OrA deLL'EReSia!
    • 26 May 2011

    Panoramica delle cosietà elvetiche coinvolte nell'accparramento di terre.

  • La Suisse et l’accaparement des terres
    • Domaine Public
    • 26 May 2011

    Des sociétés basées en Suisse possèdent et gèrent des surfaces considérables dans les pays en développement

  • African land grab could lead to future water conflicts
    • New Scientist
    • 26 May 2011

    A new study into how virtual water moves around the world offers an explanation for the farmland leasing strategy, reports New Scientist

  • China's sovereign wealth fund ready to spend $6b in NZ
    • NZ Herald
    • 26 May 2011

    China's enormous sovereign wealth fund, the China Investment Corporation, may have set aside up to 1.5% or about $6 billion of its massive foreign exchange reserves to invest in New Zealand assets, including potentially dairy farms.

  • Q+A: Palm oil, growth and Indonesia's forest clearing ban
    • Reuters
    • 26 May 2011

    Indonesia, the world's No.1 palm oil producer, signed into law a 2-year freeze on new permits that may prompt palm oil firms to seek new ways to grow supply to meet rising demand from India and China, such as buying more land in Africa

  • Growing demand for SA’s agricultural skills
    • Business Day
    • 26 May 2011

    SA’s commercial agricultural skills are a sought-after currency on the continent, with Nigeria and Sierra Leone the latest to announce bold plans to recruit South African farmers to their countries.

  • No Indian land grab, says Ethiopian PM
    • IANS
    • 25 May 2011

    Amid some misgivings about India’s acquisition of vast stretches of land, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Wednesday rejected charges of land grab as “loose talk” and welcomed Indian investment for development.

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