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![Nigeria spends N106b to import rice from Thailand]( "Nigeria spends N106b to import rice from Thailand")
30 January 2010Charoen Pokphand officials interacted with various agencies of government involved in seed production and sales in a bid to have access to relevant information and to consider the procedure for acquisition of land.
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![Nigeria, Thailand partner on rice production]( "Nigeria, Thailand partner on rice production")
14 December 2009The cooperation will be in the establishment of rice farms by the Thais in Nigeria’s Free Trade Zones.
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11 December 2009Nigeria's House of Representatives passed a motion yesterday urging all tiers of government to be proactive against a new form of imperialism and land acquisition
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![Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture]( "Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture")
19 November 2009Farmers from South Korea, Kuwait and the United States have also arrived in Kwara state, some 400 km northwest of Lagos, which is keen to attract more investors and help Nigeria end its import reliance.
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![Nigeria: Anambra Signs MOU On Rice Production with VAADC]( "Nigeria: Anambra Signs MOU On Rice Production with VAADC")
25 September 2009In a bid to boost rice production, the government of Anambra is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vietnam Africa Agricultural Development Company (VAADC) to begin mechanised production of rice.
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13 July 2009Nigeria allows foreigners -- like Thailand's Riceland International Co -- to lease land for growing rice and to run rice-related businesses including milling and processing.
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6 July 2009De Schutter y la FAO son, a mi juicio, muy confiados, porque entienden que una regulación ética “podría ser positiva, después de muchos años en los que ha habido falta de interés en el mundo por invertir en la agricultura”.
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8 June 2009It is not clear whether a strategy is in place to ensure that part of the food produced by the rich food importers farms will be sold locally.
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![Egypt to start wheat farms in northern Uganda]( "Egypt to start wheat farms in northern Uganda")
19 May 2009The Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation is planning to set up model farms in Uganda. So far, one site of 200 hectares suitable for wheat growing has already been identified at Labora, Koro sub-county in Gulu district.
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16 April 2009The region continues to have great market potential as a number of Thai rice companies have offices there and some have been approached by local governments to invest there in milling, processing and even growing rice.
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8 April 2009The UN’s food security expert, Olivier de Schutter, has called for a “code of conduct” to regulate the purchase of swathes of farmland across Africa, Asia and Latin America by Gulf states and private companies pursuing agribusiness.
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![Thais eye Nigerian rice plantations]( "Thais eye Nigerian rice plantations")
1 April 2009Capital Rice and Asia Golden Rice, both in Thailand, recently formed a business alliance with the Stallion Group, Nigeria's largest conglomerate, to supply rice to this major African market. The next step is to export rice-planting know-how and invest in Nigerian farmland.
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![In the interest of Nigeria’s agriculture]( "In the interest of Nigeria’s agriculture")
24 March 2009With Gulf countries and businesses demonstrating a newfound disposition for direct farm investment to cater for their local agro commodity needs, Sub-Saharan Africa has been identified as a source of growing and/or producing their imported food. Nigeria’s position in the matrix cannot be overemphasized.
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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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![Middle East agribusiness offers Nigeria $3bn investment yearly]( "Middle East agribusiness offers Nigeria $3bn investment yearly")
24 February 2009Agribusiness in the Middle East countries hold out investment opportunities worth $3bn for Nigeria yearly.
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![Commodity giants on our shores]( "Commodity giants on our shores")
23 February 2009“We have a land fund in South America, we have in Ukraine. Now we are developing one in Africa. We need to acquire land for farming,” says Guy de Montule, Louis Dreyfus’ chief executive officer for Middle East and Africa
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![Tsonga Project: Assessing Gains of Commercial Farming]( "Tsonga Project: Assessing Gains of Commercial Farming")
27 January 2009When the Kwara State Government invited the displaced Zimbabwean farmers to the state for the Tsonga farming project, many thought it was another white elephant exercise.
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![Nigeria signs $16b investment pact with UAE]( "Nigeria signs $16b investment pact with UAE")
16 January 2009The Federal Government, yesterday, in Abuja, signed a $16 billion development cooperation agreement which covers real estate, agriculture, power, oil and gas, with the Dubai World Corporation in the United Arab Emirates.
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![“Substantial progress at Lonrho Agriculture”]( "“Substantial progress at Lonrho Agriculture”")
13 January 2009Lonrho Agriculture will develop 25,000 hectares of agricultural projects in the Provinces of Uige, Zaire and Bengo in Angola.
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![Nigeria: NDDC Enters N46 Billion Pact On Rice Production]( "Nigeria: NDDC Enters N46 Billion Pact On Rice Production")
22 December 2008The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has entered into a 25-year pact with a private investor to boost rice production.