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![Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores]( "Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores")
3 March 2010En un momento en el que la seguridad alimentaria del mundo se está convirtiendo en una cuestión prioritaria, las inmensas tierras aptas para la agricultura en los países emergentes atraen la atención de los inversores. Países como Brasil, Argentina, Ucrania, Rusia, Kazajastán, Sudán, Malawi, Angola, Indonesia, Laos o Camboya se encuentran entre los preferidos de los inversionistas.
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24 February 2010Ukraine has abundant land resource, only ten per cent of which is currently controlled by corporations.
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![Land sale moratorium extended in Ukraine]( "Land sale moratorium extended in Ukraine")
22 February 2010The land sale moratorium has been extended until 1 January 2012.
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11 February 2010South Korea's state-run agriculture trading corporation says that it aims to set up an international grain purchasing and distribution company that can invest directly in foreign farms or control stakes in agricultural operations.
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3 February 2010A law that extends the moratorium on the sale of the farmland until 2012 has entered into force in Ukraine.
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14 January 2010L’opération permettra d’accélérer l’achat de terre en Ukraine.
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14 January 2010AgroGeneration, qui s'est initialement spécialisé dans la production de céréales et d'oléagineux en Ukraine, a été fondée par Charles Beigbeder, "afin d'investir dans la production agricole dans des pays au potentiel important mais inexploité et de répondre ainsi au défi que constitue le doublement attendu de la demande de matières premières agricoles à horizon 2050"
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29 December 2009On December 22, Ukraine's parliament adopted a surprisingly unanimous decision to extend the moratorium on the sale of agricultural lands until 2012. Now the ball in the president’s court – he has always considered land to be a commodity.
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![Glencore bond an ‘opportunity’, Chinese group says]( "Glencore bond an ‘opportunity’, Chinese group says")
24 December 2009Glencore's agricultural interests include 300,000 hectares of land in Australia, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Russia and Ukraine.
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![UAE to look at farmland deals in Ukraine]( "UAE to look at farmland deals in Ukraine")
17 November 2009"Already we have received a lot of interest from the UAE to invest in Ukraine's agriculture sector, and we are offering all kinds of projects such as leasing of 100,000 hectares of land to the creation of animal farms with 3000 cows," Ukraine's agriculture minister said.
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14 November 2009Land investments in Ukraine agriculture
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20 October 2009"With hungry countries desperately in need of food, Ukraine land certainly provides the vehicle for a strategic investment in soft commodities." Commercial pitch for foreign investment in Ukranian farmland.
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13 October 2009"Le pari (des financiers), au départ, était un peu le même que celui du private equity dans le monde industriel : dénicher un gisement de croissance largement sous-exploité ; le faire fructifier à l'aide d'investissements considérables et un suivi attentif ; obtenir en peu de temps des rendements sans égal – on espérait jusqu'à 400% sur les friches africaines ; décrocher la timbale, non sans redistribuer un peu et rembourser les emprunts."
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24 August 2009"The reasons [Ukrainians] choose to lease [Landkom] their land has nothing to do with money - it is an emotional desire to see their region go forward, that's all," says Paul Spinks.
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![Ukraine’s most undervalued resource, rich black soil, becomes focus of growing battle over land]( "Ukraine’s most undervalued resource, rich black soil, becomes focus of growing battle over land")
13 August 2009If the moratorium on agricultural land sale is lifted, rich multinational corporations will buy and it will be legislatively impossible to strip them of lands that could be used for feeding Ukrainians.
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21 July 2009There may emerge a situation when Ukrainians will be starving in spite of having the most fertile black earth.
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25 June 2009Greg Mason, from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, says countries and regions facing 'peak water' like China, India and the Arab states are looking to solve food shortages by growing crops in places like the Ukraine and Australia.
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12 June 2009An investor analysis of the case for buying up farmland
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10 June 2009As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.
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29 May 2009Pergam: "J’ai débuté mes achats de terres en 2005, en les étalant sur une période de deux ans jusqu’en 2007. La majorité des terres acquises se situe en Uruguay (35 000 hectares dont 40 % sont consacrés à la culture et 60 % à l’élevage) et les autres, en Argentine, soit 10 000 hectares. J’ai effectué ses achats au travers de la société argentine Campos orientales, l’un des plus gros propriétaires terriens du pays. La plus value latente est de l’ordre de 30 % en deux ans."