Canada: Are foreign investors eyeing this pie?

    As the amount of investor-owned farmland grows in Saskatchewan, so do concerns about foreign ownership and loopholes in the province’s farmland ownership regulations.
    • Western Producer
    • 07 September 2012
    CHS and Adecoagro form sunflower joint venture in Argentina
    Located in the heart of sunflower country about 350 km from the Buenos Aires port, CHS AGRO will grow and process sunflower kernel and in-shell products for global marketing and distribution by CHS. Each company will hold 50 percent ownership in CHS AGRO.
    • PR Newswire
    • 27 February 2013
    GCC for joint farm fund to cut import bill
    The UAE and other Gulf oil producers are considering creating a giant fund to invest in farm in fertile Arab areas and other nations to slash a soaring import bill and ease reliance on foreign markets for their food.
    • Emirates Business 24/7
    • 03 September 2008
    Sime Darby turns to Liberian palm, rubber estates
    Malaysia's biggest company Sime Darby has struck a deal with the Liberian government to develop oil palm and rubber estates in West African nation as land runs out at home and global demand for palm oil surges.
    • Reuters
    • 04 May 2009
    Pakistan: The great land grab
    THESE days, as we follow the struggle against the Taliban in the northwest, we can be forgiven for missing other important news. For instance, I had filed away a report on plans to lease large chunks of agricultural land in Punjab and Sindh to overseas investors in the back of my mind, planning to write about it later. When I ran a Google search on the subject, however, I realised the enormity of the scam.When I ran a Google search
    • Dawn
    • 09 May 2009
    Global land grab
    Contrary to past trends, countries in the Global South are initiating much of the investment.
    • Foreign Policy in Focus
    • 18 June 2009
    Sécurité alimentaire contre sécurité alimentaire : La guerre des terres a commencé
    Les organisations paysannes maliennes et sénégalaises rendraient un fier service aux autres paysans africains s’ils pouvaient obtenir les termes des contrats et les publier.
    • abc Burkina
    • 04 November 2009
    Egypt to grow wheat in Uganda
    Uganda has agreed to allow Egypt to cultivate wheat on Ugandan soil.
    • Daily News Egypt
    • 12 January 2010
    South Africa-Congo ‘land grab’: Exploitation or salvation?
    The Congo ventures are not core businesses to be based in the Congo but instead, extensions of businesses located in South Africa
    • Mail & Guardian
    • 12 Mar 2010
    Fruitful agricultural cooperation
    In other African countries, including Ghana, South Africa and Togo, the China State Farm and Agribusiness Corporation (CSFAC) has founded 11 agricultural production, processing and sales projects, and runs a total of 16,000 hectares of farmlands
    • China.org.cn
    • 10 December 2003
    In bid for food security, Qatar sows seeds globally
    Hassad Food knows how to shop. The $1b subsidiary of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund finalised a $500m agreement last year to grow wheat & rice on 100,000 ha in Sudan and has announced plans to invest $700m worldwide this year.
    • The National
    • 02 September 2010
    The global land rush: Catalyst for resource-driven conflict?
    Given the power imbalances at play, it is folly to assume that land-seekers will suddenly embrace, en masse, a set of voluntary rules promoting sustainable and equitable investor practices, says Michael Kugelman
    • Sustainable Security
    • 02 August 2012
    Chinese firms and Gulf sheiks are snatching up farmland worldwide. Why?
    A slew of countries and investors — from Chinese state corporations to Gulf sheiks to Wall Street firms — have started buying up farmland overseas, in an apparent attempt to acquire as much precious soil and water as possible.
    • Washington Post
    • 26 January 2013
    A quarter of Northern Territory pastoral lease land held by foreign interests
    An ABC Rural investigation reveals the extent of the creep of foreign ownership in the Top End, particularly over the past three years.
    • ABC
    • 16 September 2015
    Agricultural FDI: Risky Business?
    MIGA—the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank Group—plays an important role in making agricultural FDI more effective by reducing investors’ perceived risks to encourage market entry while applying environmental and social performance standards that boost the project’s sustainability.
    • World Bank
    • 22 May 2014
    Women, land, plantations and oppression in Sierra Leone
    Aminata Massaquoi of the Informal Alliance Against Industrial Oil Palm Plantations in Africa speaks about the struggles of women in Sierra Leone opposed to the oil palm plantations of Socfin and other companies.
    • WRM
    • 22 September 2021
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