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Land rights vs biofuel development. (Photo courtesy of The Guardian.)

The government says it welcomes foreign investment in Australian farming land. Photo: Louise Kennerley

p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; } UAE economy minister Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri (Reuters 2011)

Abdellatif Ghedira, directeur général de l'Agence nationale de promotion des investissements agricoles (APIA) a annoncé de prochains investissements d'une valeur de 300 millions d'euros dans le secteur agricole dans le cadre d'un partenariat entre 106 agriculteurs tunisiens et 25 entreprises étrangères de différents pays. Abdellatif Ghedira a précisé que ce partenariat permettra d'ouvrir de nouveaux horizons au développement des relations entre les agriculteurs tunisiens et les sociétés étrangères. (Source : SHEMS FM)

Le Président de Cevital, Isaad Rebrab, avec le Premier Ministre ivoirien Jeannot Ahoussou-Kouadio

Leader dans le cacao ivoirien, Cargill s'attaque désormais aux oléagineux. (Yt Haryono/Reuters)

The AAco is majority-owned by foreign investors -- that is, hedge funds and institutions in North America, Europe, Asia and New Zealand.

Dongyi Hua would prefer to be in farming in Australia

Workers protesting cuts to their pensions, last 30 November 2011

Officials from the Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, opine that fertile land access in Africa will support feeding many hungry mouths, if agricultural experts from countries in Asia including India provide the required support to grow and sustain sowing and harvesting activities.

Commodities “is no longer the sexy asset class it used to be”, says Jonathan Whitehead, global head of commodities at Société Générale.

Forum social à Dakar le 6 février 2011 (Photo : Marie Devers/Genre en action)

Sir David King, former chief scientific adviser to the UK government, told the Guardian: "We are nowhere near realising the full impact of this yet. We have seen the first indications – rising food prices, pressure on water supplies, a land grab by some countries for mining rights and fertile agricultural land, and rising prices for energy and for key resources [such as] metals. But we need to do far more to deal with these problems before they become even more acute, and we are not doing enough yet."