• Commercial farming in the Congo not for the faint-hearted
    • HowWeMadeItInAfrica
    • 26 October 2012

    An organisation called Congo Agriculture, affiliated to South African farmers union Agri SA, had been established to facilitate and drive the process of setting up South African farmers in the Congo.

  • Who's behind the land grabs?
    • GRAIN
    • 16 October 2012

    A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.

  • Congo-Agriculture exploite déjà 1200 hectares de maïs à Malolo
    • Le Journal
    • 12 April 2012

    Dix sept familles des fermiers sud-africains de la société Congo-Agriculture ont déjà réalisé une plantation de 1200 hectares de maïs à Malolo, dans les départements du Niari et de la Bouenza.

  • South Africa's white farmers are moving further north
    • Guardian
    • 01 May 2011

    Other countries believe their agricultural expertise can kickstart an agrarian revolution across the African continent

  • The next Great Trek? South African commercial farmers move north
    • IDS
    • 06 April 2011

    This paper analyses the shifting role of South African farmers, agribusiness and capital elsewhere in the Southern African region and the rest of the continent.

  • SA farm exodus shock
    • Times
    • 03 April 2011

    South Africa's commercial farmers say they will continue setting up in other countries to flee "unreasonable" laws, such as a new bill the government says will "stop cruelty against farm workers".

  • South African farmers set up in Congo
    • IPS
    • 26 Mar 2011

    The Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 ha of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African farmers.

  • S. Africa farmers shun Libya, target Sudan bananas, Egypt grapes
    • Bloomberg
    • 24 February 2011

    South Africa’s biggest farmers union, Agri SA, said its members are seeking to expand into Egypt, Morocco and Sudan while putting plans to enter Libya on hold

  • S.African farmers look for greener pastures abroad
    • AFP
    • 12 January 2011

    Thousands of white South African farmers are leaving their homeland to work abroad due to post-apartheid land reforms, a shortage of affordable territory and severe water shortages.

  • New Great Trek ‘is no threat to SA’s food supply’
    • Business Day
    • 20 December 2010

    South African farmers moving to neighbouring African states are not putting SA’s food security under threat, says Willie du Plessis, a director of agricultural banking at Standard Bank.

  • SA farmers set sights on Moz
    • Reuters
    • 13 December 2010

    More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said

  • China courts SA’s commercial farmers
    • Farmers Weekly
    • 01 October 2010

    The Chinese are aware that South Africa has a research problem and they know they need farming skills for the land they’re acquiring in Africa, says Dr De Jager of AgriSA.

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