The Abu Dhabi Development Fund eyes the opportunity to invest in Bulgarian agriculture.
- Novinite
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24 November 2010
“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
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24 November 2010
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
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24 November 2010
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».
Saudi Arabia has created a government company for agricultural investment abroad as the kingdom phases out local wheat production.
- Zawya Dow Jones
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24 November 2010
Neha sold off its farm in Pune and shifted operations to ethiopia where it has lands for floriculture and food grains.
- Deal Curry
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23 November 2010
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
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23 November 2010
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.
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
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23 November 2010
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
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22 November 2010
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.
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
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22 November 2010
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.
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
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22 November 2010
Abou Dabi, qui a des vues sur des terres agricoles en Irak, vient de créer une nouvelle structure, ADS pour «Abu Dhabi Sources».