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Business Report01 Sep 1045 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
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Financial Express12 Jul 10Jagjit Singh Hara, a farmer in Jalandhar, has been getting offers from Congo, Namibia and Nigeria to take land on lease and start cultivation.
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Business Daily05 Jul 10Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice and cassava in Edo State, Nigeria, respectively.
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Reuters29 Mar 10Nigeria is offering to lease farmland to Gulf countries seeking food security and will allow investors to export all of their produce, the head of a private Nigerian agriculture consultancy firm said on Monday.
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![Nigeria spends N106b to import rice from Thailand]( "Nigeria spends N106b to import rice from Thailand")
next.com30 Jan 10Charoen 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")
This Day14 Dec 09The cooperation will be in the establishment of rice farms by the Thais in Nigeria’s Free Trade Zones.
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This Day11 Dec 09Nigeria'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")
Reuters19 Nov 09Farmers 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")
Vanguard25 Sep 09In 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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Bangkok Post13 Jul 09Nigeria 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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Espai critic i de reflexió06 Jul 09De 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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Business Day08 Jun 09It 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")
The New Vision19 May 09The 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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Bangok Post16 Apr 09The 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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The National08 Apr 09The 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")
The Nation01 Apr 09Capital 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")
The Guardian (Nigeria)24 Mar 09With 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 ?")
01 Mar 09La 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")
The Punch24 Feb 09Agribusiness 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")
Business Day (Nigeria)23 Feb 09“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