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03 Apr 2011North Queensland Register
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
13 Mar 2011AGP
Gabon : Olam démarre ses palmeraies en octobre prochain
Le groupe singapourien Olam démarre en octobre prochain, un projet de 300 000 hectares de palmiers à huile. Le ministère de l’Agriculture lance une opération d’identification des populations rurales en vue de leur expropriation.
12 Mar 2011Emirates 24/7
UAE eyes investment in Chinese agriculture sector
The UAE and other Gulf states in collaboration with Singapore companies are entering the Chinese agriculture market to ensure food security.
08 Jan 2011Barron's
Asia's hungry agribusinesses
The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.
15 Nov 2010Channel News
Olam invests US$1.5b in Gabon
Olam CEO says his company utilises political risk insurance from the World Bank and other sources for its agri-investments in Africa.
15 Nov 2010Olam
Olam to invest USD236 mln in palm oil plantations in Gabon
Gabon committs a land bank of 300,000 hectares to Olam for palm and rubber plantation development.
04 Oct 2010The Land
GM 'lesser of two evils': Olam
Mr Verghese says that Olam sees "sustainable value" in investing in agriculture, including farmland, and that GM crops are an inevitable "must".
27 Sep 2010NY Times
Singapore looks to China for food security
Singapore is eyeing a gigantic farming project in northeast China that could help the small, densely populated city-state diversify its food supplies, while offering export opportunities for its expertise in food safety and investment opportunities for its businesses.
23 Sep 2010Ghana Web
The mob action in Tema
Wilmar claim to be investing in project that will employ 500 people with investment capital of $40 million. Yet the land in question supports the entire fishing industry in Tema.
18 Sep 2010GBC
Tema Manhean residents halt edible oil refinery Project
Some natives of Tema Manhean have prevented officials of WILMAR, a Singaporean edible oil refinery company, from developing a piece of land near the naval base which was allegedly sold to the company by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.
17 Sep 2010Ghana Web
Tema fishermen halt sale of land
About 200 Ghanian fishermen and fishmongers resisted attempts to clear a fish processing area for the construction of a palm oil processing site by Wilmar Edible Oil Refinery Project (WEORP), a Singaporean firm.
07 Sep 2010Phnom Penh Post
Red corn for a food-secure future
HLH Agriculture is a Singaporean firm running 10,000 ha project in Cambodia to produce corn for export to Vietnam, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand.
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