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28 January 2010An ambitious project pooling New Zealand's farming expertise has received a fillip from Emirates Investment Group. Through EIG, there are two large Pakistan projects on the cards, one involving a 35,000ha farm.
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![Sime Darby Takes Over Guthrie for 60-Year Operation]( "Sime Darby Takes Over Guthrie for 60-Year Operation")
5 January 2010Sime Darby, which is expected to employ an estimated 22,000 Liberians over the next 10 years, will cultivate roughly 220,000 hectares of land in four counties including Gbarpolu, Bomi, Grand Cape Mount and Bong. Of the total area provided to the company, 120,000 hectares were originally provided under the terms of the original concession agreement, signed April 30, 2009. An extra 100,000 was further provided to the company in consideration of its commitment to construct and operate a vegetable oil refinery in Liberia. The company is expected to operate in the country for more than 60 years, during which it will develop 44,000 hectares for out-growers in both oil palm and rubber, thus bringing the total concession area for development to 264,000 hectares.
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7 November 2009Sime Darby Bhd, which owns 220,000ha of oil palm estates in Liberia, plans to strengthen its presence on the African continent and is eyeing more land in Cameroon, Congo and South Africa. The expansion is part of a long-term strategy to double planted areas to one million hectares and be nearer to the growing markets of Europe and the US.
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![Sime Darby Plantation eyes African markets]( "Sime Darby Plantation eyes African markets")
18 September 2009Sime Darby Plantation Sdn Bhd is exploring opportunities in other African countries besides Liberia for its palm oil business expansion.
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![Asian interest in Aussie farmland: rural rebound]( "Asian interest in Aussie farmland: rural rebound")
3 September 2009Ray White Rural chairman Paul White said there was interest in Australian rural property from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian investment groups, looking to secure their food supply for the future.
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![‘What gains is Palace talking about?’]( "‘What gains is Palace talking about?’")
21 August 2009"It appears that offering our lands to foreign investors has always figured in the official agenda of Arroyo’s numerous state visits to other countries since assuming office, presumably in line with her "2 million hectares agribusiness development program," Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano of the Philippines said
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29 July 2009Many governments in the region have been trying to address the food security concern by investing in farmlands overseas such as Sudan and Malaysia. John W Power, president, LSC International, feels this is unlikely to solve the problem in the long term, especially if the indigenous population is short of food.
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30 June 2009Will Malaysia be emulating other nations by looking abroad to plant staple crops like rice, or rear cows, goats, chicken and fish to secure a sustainable food supply?
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25 May 2009The state government is welcoming foreign investors wishing to commercialise padi planting in Sabah in order to increase rice production in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said.
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21 May 2009CNN's John Defterios takes a look at how Middle Eastern countries are scouring the globe for farmland.
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13 May 2009Over-developed, over-populated, and land and water scarce Asian and Middle East nations embark upon global land grab to produce food and agrofuels; threatening global human rights, rainforest and other natural ecosystems, and regional and global ecological sustainability. Deadly global ecological issues require global citizens to unite in escalating protest action!
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![Sime Darby deal to create 20,000 jobs -Liberia]( "Sime Darby deal to create 20,000 jobs -Liberia")
5 May 2009Liberia's $800 million palm and rubber deal with Malaysian firm Sime Darby will create 20,000 much needed jobs in the West African country
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4 May 2009Malaysia'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.
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24 April 2009The debate over foreign investment is set to expand from the mining industry to agriculture as overseas investors pour billions of dollars into Australian rural properties considered by some to be strategic national assets.
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![Jusqu’où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?]( "Jusqu’où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?")
1 March 2009La FAO s’apprête à sortir ces jours-ci un mode d’emploi sur la bonne gouvernance foncière. Histoire que le nouveau droit foncier de Madagascar ne soit pas défini par Daewoo Logistics. Et que les petits paysans du Sud participent enfin au débat
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![Sarawak halal hub attracts RM4bil outlay]( "Sarawak halal hub attracts RM4bil outlay")
19 February 2009Six Taiwanese and five local companies have committed more than RM4bil in investments in the Tanjung Manis Halal Hub in Mukah Division in central Sarawak.
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![Nations turn to barter deals to secure food]( "Nations turn to barter deals to secure food")
26 January 2009Countries struggling to secure credit have resorted to barter and secretive government-to-government deals to buy food, with some contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.I
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![Al-Amoudi Plans Largest Agro Investment]( "Al-Amoudi Plans Largest Agro Investment")
24 January 2009In the largest single agricultural investment, Ethiopia’s richest man Sheik Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, joined the bio-fuel sector in a joint venture with Jemal Ahmed, one of the biggest edible and palm oil importers in the country.
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![Qatar, Malaysia agree on joint investments]( "Qatar, Malaysia agree on joint investments")
22 January 2009Qatar and Malaysia have agreed to look at the possibility of investing in Islamic countries, particularly in growing food. Malaysian Foreign Minister Dr Rais Yatim told Gulf Times that certain states in his country did have land for joint cultivation but “what we are encouraging is for the two countries to go, for example, to Indonesia, or to another (Muslim) country”.
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18 November 2008South Korea's Daewoo Logistics will plant corn in Madagascar, a company official said on Tuesday, with a long-term aim to replace more than half the corn it currently imports from mostly the United States.