Paraguay Archive

• Financial Express12 Jun 10

  India-Mercosur talks will highlight food security, trade

  "A large [Indian] agri-export company is already in advanced stages of discussions with the Paraguayan government and may announce its foray into the country shortly” says Paraguay’s ambassador in New Delhi,
• FIN Alternatives20 Jan 10

  Swiss firm preps agricultural hedge fund

  The Lumix AgroDirect Fund, which has been incubated since June 2008, invests in the production of soft commodities and in commodity trade finance in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
• Agrimoney.com24 Dec 09

  Glencore bond an ‘opportunity’, Chinese group says

  Glencore's agricultural interests include 300,000 hectares of land in Australia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Russia and Ukraine.
• Korea Times04 Dec 09

  Korea’s overseas development backfires

  That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
• Joong Ang Daily16 Nov 09

  Korea seeks cheap land overseas to grow food

  Local provincial governments are working hard to develop farmland in other countries -- Russia, Cambodia, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Paraguay, Uruguay -- because it’s cheaper than relying on imports
• Bloomberg09 Nov 09

  Argentine rains to boost Cresud, soybean harvests

  Buenos Aires-based Cresud plans to acquire more land to add to the 484,000 hectares (1.2 million acres) it owns and the 90,410 hectares it leases in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia
• Reuters27 Oct 09

  Dreyfus sees commods consolidation, sugar next

  Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday. One of the company's focus now is on farmland.
• Hindu Businessline27 Oct 09

  Solvent extractors want Govt aid to buy farmland abroad

  The Solvent Extractors’ Association of India, a body of over 800 edible oil producing companies, is looking to buy tracts of agricultural land in South America, Africa and Myanmar.
• Times of India29 Sep 09

  Indians go in search of El Dorado

  The Solvent Extractors Association, the Indian oilseeds industry body, has formed a consortium of 18 companies to acquire 10,000 hectares of prime farmland in a $40-million deal in Uruguay and Paraguay to cultivate oilseeds and pulses. The association says they are hamstrung only by access to finance, otherwise they have it all sewn up.
• Economic Times24 Jul 09

  India: Edible oil industry eyes offshore cultivation

  India's edible oil industry, which has been trying over the past couple of years to venture into oilseeds cultivation in Paraguay and Uruguay, but could not make much headway due to high cost of finance, is charged up again to take fresh initiatives to realise the dream project.
• YouTube21 Jul 09

  Agriculture Outsourcing: South America/Latin America farmland investing

  Corporate pitch from Uruguay-based private equity firm Allied Venture for Indian investors to go into outsourced agriculture in Latin America
• YouTube21 Jul 09

  Agriculture Outsourcing: South America/Latin America farmland investing

  Allied Venture promo video for Indian investors
• Bloomberg27 Apr 09

  Japan to promote farm investment overseas for food security

  Japan is considering providing loans from a government-owned bank for companies to purchase and lease farmland abroad, Munemitsu Hirano, counsellor at the international affairs department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said.
• HPMI13 Jan 09

  Empresarios indios, interesados en radicarse en nuestro país para exportar

  La empresa India RCPL Food Processing Pvt. Ltda. desea invertir en la agroindustria de Paraguay, que a mediano y largo plazo puede llegar a US$ 500 millones, informó ayer su director, Dr. Satyendra Yaadav.
• The Hindu Business Line24 Sep 08

  Corporates turn to Latin America for oilseeds farming

  Driven by food security concerns, about 15 companies, led by the State Trading Corporation (STC), have formed a consortium to engage in corporate farming either in Paraguay or Uruguay. Among other notable firms that have joined the consortium are Gujarat Ambuja, Ruchi Soya Industries and Jhunjhunwala Vanaspati Ltd.
• Economic Times11 Sep 08

  Banks, FIs may get to fund overseas fertile land buys

  The Indian government is considering a proposal to enable banks and financial institutions to finance acquisition of farm land overseas for cultivation of pulses and oilseeds.
• New Straits Times03 Sep 08

  India looks abroad for land to grow oilseeds

  Some of India's top vegetable oil firms plan to lease or buy land in Paraguay, Uruguay and Myanmar to grow oilseeds and lentils as farmland shrinks in the South Asian nation, a top trade official said yesterday.
• Economic Times03 Sep 08

  Govt, India Inc plan to farm land abroad

  Contributing their bit to the global Indian takeover, the government and India Inc plan to buy sizeable land abroad for cultivation. Seen as a long-term answer to keep prices of farm products under control, the grand plan envisages acquisition of large tracts of land in neighbouring countries like Myanmar and far off places like Paraguay.
• City Wire07 Jul 08

  Dexion Capital seeks £135 million for new global farming fund

  The fund’s strategy is to own and manage funds which operate in largely unsubsidised farming countries and are among the lowest cost producers of their chosen commodity or livestocks.
• La Nación05 Mar 08

  Cresud busca US$ 300 millones para expandirse en la región

  La firma de IRSA ampliará su capital para llegar a Uruguay, Paraguay y Bolivia