Brazil

Brasil recusa proposta do Irã de compra de terras
- Reuters
- 23 November 2009
O Brasil recusou uma proposta feita pelo Irã de compra ou arrendamento de áreas agrícolas brasileiras, com vistas à produção de alimentos e sua venda direta ao país islâmico
Irã quer investir em agricultura no Brasil
- Yahoo
- 13 November 2009
O embaixador do Irã no Brasil, Mohsen Shaterzadeh, confirmou hoje que seu país está interessado em impulsionar investimentos de empresas iranianas no setor agrícola brasileiro. Em entrevista coletiva, em Brasília, ele disse que essa é uma das 15 áreas de cooperação que o presidente iraniano, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, pretende estimular a partir de sua visita oficial ao Brasil, no próximo dia 23
BrasilAgro to invest $100 million in Brazil farmland expansion
- Bloomberg
- 12 November 2009
BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.
Argentine rains to boost Cresud, soybean harvests
- Bloomberg
- 09 November 2009
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
Scramble for Africa: Brazil gaining on China
- Reuters
- 04 November 2009
Besides energy and minerals, which make up the lion's share of African exports to the BRICs countries, there is growing interest in its arable land - less than 25 percent of which is cultivated - as a source of food for export.
Dreyfus sees commods consolidation, sugar next
- Reuters
- 27 October 2009
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.
Solvent extractors want Govt aid to buy farmland abroad
- Hindu Business Line
- 27 October 2009
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.
Congo farmland deal welcomed
- SAPA
- 22 October 2009
The Congolese government said it had signed similar agreements with China, Brazil and Israel.
Brazil makes its case to Saudis that Brazilian agribusiness is good for them
- Brazzil Magazine
- 22 October 2009
"The idea is to show that the Arabs may invest in agriculture in Brazil without the need for purchasing land," says Eduardo Sampaio
Agricultores sudafricanos satisfechos de acuerdo agrícola con República Congo
- EFE
- 21 October 2009
El ministro de agricultura congoleño, Rigobert Maboundou, dijo que este acuerdo forma parte de un Plan de Acción de su Gobierno para consolidar la agricultura como un pilar de su economía y que, además de este pacto, el mayor de este tipo firmado en África, tienen otros similares con China, Brasil e Israel.
On food speculation, UN's expert says nothing's being done, S. Korean land grabs from Madagascar to Sudan, Brazil on ethanol
- Inner City Press
- 21 October 2009
After many speeches at the UN about the need to crack down on financial speculation in food, nothing has been done, the UN's expert on the right to food told Inner City Press on Wednesday.
Agricultural investment firm opened
- Arab News
- 09 September 2009
Saudi Arabia announces the launch of Agroinvest, which will focus on farm acquisitions abroad to grow wheat, rice, soybeans and other crops in Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Pakistan and Turkey