UAE keen to import Bulgarian food
    The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.
    • Novinite
    • 24 November 2010
    Do corporate buyouts signal the end of the family farm?
    “There are people that are dying to invest large sums of money to acquire farmland in Canada that aren't Canadian citizens,” says Jan Kaminski, founder of Bonnefield.
    • Globe and Mail
    • 24 November 2010
    Corrida às terras férteis
    Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação
    • Le Monde Diplomatique
    • 24 November 2010
    Accaparement des terres agricoles : L’Inades-Formation s'en préoccupe
    Abidjan abrite la 13e assemblée générale de l’Institut africain pour le développement économique et social, centre africain de formation (Inades-formation) qui aura à réfléchir sur «l’agriculture familiale africaine face à l’accaparement des terres agricoles».
    • FratMat
    • 24 November 2010
    Saudis form company for farm investments
    Saudi Arabia has created a government company for agricultural investment abroad as the kingdom phases out local wheat production.
    • Zawya Dow Jones
    • 24 November 2010
    Neha International To Acquire 50% In Ethiopia-Based Oromia Wonders
    Neha sold off its farm in Pune and shifted operations to ethiopia where it has lands for floriculture and food grains.
    • Deal Curry
    • 23 November 2010
    UAE remains vulnerable to high food price
    Sudanese officials say the “Zayed Project” is among the largest farm ventures launched by the UAE in Sudan, with investment of $60 million.
    • Emirates 24/7
    • 23 November 2010
    Australia to examine foreign takeovers
    Australia's center-left Labor government said Tuesday it will examine foreign ownership of the country's rural land and agricultural food production in response to a spate of takeovers that have triggered anxiety about job losses and broader concerns about food security.
    • WSJ
    • 23 November 2010
    [Russia] Acquisition of land for agricultural purposes – Legal aspects
    One of the conditions for major agricultural holdings with significant assets in Russia entering the securities market through the performance of an IPO and SPO is the confirmation of their rights to use the land for agricultural production.
    • Moscow Times
    • 23 November 2010
    Bahrain: Securing our food supplies
    Private investments are being pumped into several countries to produce fruit, vegetables, rice and corn and meet Bahrain's demand for these commodities
    • Gulf Daily News
    • 22 November 2010
    Sudan targets food self-sufficiency in 5 years
    Government and private sector are creating pilot farms as an inventive to investors to either come and buy existing yielding projects, expand them or to run them as joint public-private ventures.
    • Reuters
    • 22 November 2010
    Argentina: Existe consenso para regular la extranjerización de las tierras
    En el Congreso Nacional en este momento se debaten más de diez proyectos sobre el tema y se espera que en 2011 se avance contra el problema.
    • El Diario de Madryn
    • 22 November 2010
    Inquiétude des paysans maliens sur la question des terres
    Les paysans maliens sont inquiets de l'accaparement des terres par de grandes sociétés maliennes ou internationales. Pour le dénoncer, 2 000 cultivateurs se sont réunis ce week-end dans la ville de Kolongo au nord-est de Mopti, à l'appel des syndicats paysans.
    • RFI
    • 22 November 2010
    La guerre des terres. Stratégies agricoles et mondialisation.
    La crise alimentaire, le landgrabbing, l’incertitude radicale des prix des produits agricoles, la montée en puissance de nouveaux acteurs (Chine, Brésil), le protectionnisme des agricultures européennes et américaine laissent présager d’une nouvelle ère de conflits géoéconomiques. Peut-être même de nouvelles guerres.
    • Editions Choiseul
    • 22 November 2010
    Abou Dabi future place de négoce internationale
    Abou Dabi, qui a des vues sur des terres agricoles en Irak, vient de créer une nouvelle structure, ADS pour «Abu Dhabi Sources».
    • RFI
    • 21 November 2010

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