• 'Invest in food industry' call
    • Gulf Daily News
    • 26 July 2008

    Gulf banks and businessmen were yesterday urged to invest less money in the real estate sector and turn to food industries.

  • 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.

  • Countries Are Renting Farmland Abroad
    • US News and World Report
    • 12 June 2008

    As food crisis worsens, some nations are desperate for arable land

  • Australia Welcomes Korean Investment in Agriculture
    • Korea Times
    • 08 June 2008

    "If Korea wants to invest in agriculture, Australia is open for business," Australian Ambassador to Seoul Peter Rowe said in a recent interview with The Korea Times.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Hedge funds muck in down on the farm
    • Financial Times
    • 25 April 2008

    Hedge funds and investment banks are swapping their Gucci for gumboots as they bet on rising food prices by buying farms.

  • Western Australia: Big money to buy up the family farm
    • YouTube
    • 25 October 2007

    Agricultural land trusts and corporate players may take a bigger chunk of Australia's arable land with global market dynamics making rural land purchases more attractive investments.

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