Russia

Sociétés russes et étrangères investissent activement dans les terres agricoles en Russie
- Vedomosti
- 21 July 2008
Les compagnies étrangères cotées dans les bourses européennes achètent activement des terres agricoles en Russie
Dexion Capital seeks £135 million for new global farming fund
- CityWire
- 07 July 2008
The fund’s strategy is to own and manage funds which operate in largely unsubsidised farming countries and are among the lowest cost producers of their chosen commodity or livestocks.
China: 'Going Outward' for Food Security
- Stratfor
- 30 June 2008
Beijing is adding agricultural investments to its “go outward” strategy, under which domestic businesses are encouraged to venture into foreign markets.
Business eyes Ukraine’s fertile land
- Financial Times
- 19 June 2008
“Look at the colour, what a beautiful crop,” says Richard Spinks, pointing to wheat and rapeseed fields that his company sowed this season in western Ukraine. “If all of Ukraine’s farms could produce the yields we are getting, this country could play a big role in feeding the world and establish itself as a geopolitical power,” says the British chief executive of London-listed Landkom.
Countries Are Renting Farmland Abroad
- US News and World Report
- 12 June 2008
As food crisis worsens, some nations are desperate for arable land
Agricultural investment
- Real Investments Television
- 06 June 2008
Agacpita President Steven Johnston explains the philosophy of investing in farmland
Richard Spinks of Landkom snaps up Ukraine plots to cash in on high crop prices
- Wall Street Journal
- 18 May 2008
A British entrepreneur is leasing land from smallholders in an attempt to revive the breadbasket of the former Soviet Union
Alpcot Agro’s target to control 200,000 hectares by the end of 2008
- Aplcot Agro Press Release
- 13 May 2008
Alpcot Agro is currently in control of 128,800 hectares of arable land in Russia and wants to control 200,000 hectares by the end of 2008.
In Ukraine, mavericks gamble on scarce land
- Wall Sreet Journal
- 12 May 2008
Landkom has leased 165,000 acres from thousands of landowners in Ukraine and will reap its first big harvest this year.
Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
- The Australian
- 12 May 2008
China's fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades.
Firm will grow rice in Africa
- China Daily
- 09 May 2008
Chongqing Seed Corp has decided to cultivate rice on 300 hectares in Tanzania from 2009
Outbound Agri-Investment Lures China's Enterprises
- CRIENGLISH.com
- 30 April 2008
The worldwide food shortage has spurred enthusiasm among Chinese enterprises to invest in overseas agriculture sectors. South America and Russia are likely to become the new destinations for agricultural investments from China.

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