Russia

Kingdom to double wheat reserves
- Reuters
- 15 June 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Agriculture calls Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine “probable countries of investment” in farmland and confirms Kingdom's continued interest in farmland in south Sudan.
How the land lies
- Knight Frank
- 02 June 2011
Investors are thinking big when it comes to farmland purchases, reports Andrew Shirley in Knight Frank's Wealth Report 2011
Glencore reveals secrets of success in agriculture
- Agrimoney
- 05 May 2011
Glencore has an 8.7% share of the "addressable" global grain trade and farming operations covering 270,000ha in Argentina, Australia, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Ukraine.
Upside for agribusiness investment is promising
- Moscow Times
- 06 April 2011
News that the Russian government is working with Goldman Sachs to set up a $10 billion private equity fund, part of which will be allocated to agribusiness, underscores that Russian agriculture is again on investors’ minds.
Amity Technology LLC intends to invest Dagestan agro-industrial complex
- RIAD
- 05 April 2011
The Republic of Dagestan will provide the US company with 100,000 hectares of land in Nogai district for a project to produce and process sugar beets and vegetables.
China busca áreas de cultivo no Brasil
- EFE
- 14 Mar 2011
O principal grupo agrícola da China, Heilongjiang Beidahuang Nongken Group, anunciou que adquirirá ou arrendará 200 mil hectares de cultivo em países latino-americanos como o Brasil, assim como em Rússia, Filipinas, Austrália e Zimbábue, informou o jornal oficial "China Daily".
China busca cultivos en Brasil, Argentina y Venezuela, entre otros países
- EFE
- 14 Mar 2011
El principal grupo agrícola de China, Heilongjiang Beidahuang Nongken Group, anunció hoy que adquirirá o arrendará 200.000 hectáreas de cultivo en países latinoamericanos como Brasil, Argentina y Venezuela, así como en Rusia, Filipinas, Australia y Zimbabue, informó el diario oficial "China Daily".
S. Korea set to secure more overseas farmland
- Yonhap
- 10 Mar 2011
South Korea will set aside 40 billion won (US$35.8 million) to help local companies secure overseas farmland this year, the government said. Ten billion won will be paid directly to foreign governments supporting such investments.
Ukraine, Russia grain export curbs deter investors
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2011
"Politically the (Ukraine) government wants to reassure the population that these traders are not going to export grain while the population starves," says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Asia, Middle East target Ukraine farms to secure supplies, Raiffeisen says
- Bloomberg
- 03 February 2011
Asian and Middle East buyers want to buy agriculture companies in Ukraine to secure supply of grains and oilseeds, Vienna-based Raiffeisen Investment AG said.
Carto, Le Monde en Cartes, fait peau neuve
- Podcastjournal.net
- 30 January 2011
On s’arrêtera notamment sur l’impressionnant chapitre consacré au phénomène du "Land Grabbing" ou "accaparement des terres agricoles"
[Russia] Acquisition of land for agricultural purposes – Legal aspects
- Moscow Times
- 23 November 2010
One of the conditions for major agricultural holdings with significant assets in Russia entering the securities market through the performance of an IPO and SPO is the confirmation of their rights to use the land for agricultural production.