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Turmoil in Saudi water sector as country runs dry
- Middle East Eye
- 11 July 2016
Saudis have been urged to invest in land and water resources overseas, but now face an immense water crisis
Australia: Foreign investment in the farm to be a key issue for new government
- AFR
- 10 July 2016
Australia's business and legal communities are calling for a simplification of the policy under which there are six different monetary thresholds for prospective foreign investors in agricultural land to overcome.
Turkey eyes African farmlands as own farmers go broke
- Al-Monitor
- 08 July 2016
Turkey plans to lease farmlands in African countries as thousands of its own farmers have gone out of business amid decreased government support and an aggressive construction drive swallowing arable lands.
Egypt is investing more than Israel to develop Africa, says analyst
- Daily News Egypt
- 08 July 2016
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel will support Ethiopia to develop its water resources by enhancing its agriculture systems.
India takes its contract farming model to Mozambique
- Hindustan Times
- 07 July 2016
India will enter into a government-to-government pact with Mozambique to buy pulses from a network of farmers, for export back to India, without taking control of their land.
Burma: Parliament receives thousands of new complaints of confiscated farmland
- The Irrawaddy
- 06 July 2016
Some 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) of farmland have been confiscated nationwide during past decades
Non-farming buyers set to 'exert more influence' over farmland market following Brexit
- FarmingUK
- 06 July 2016
Investors could find farmland more appealing in the face of wider economic uncertainty.
Foreigners own 1.4 million hectares of farmland
- New Era
- 06 July 2016
A total of 281 foreign nationals own 1.4 million hectares of agricultural land in Namibia, some in partnership with Namibians, Minister of Land Reform Utoni Nujoma revealed last week.
Romania agriculture outlook: The legal challenges that investors are facing
- Business Review
- 06 July 2016
Although the local agriculture sector remains attractive to investors, there are ongoing issues with the legislation, which hampers the acquisition of farmland and the sale of crops at the best prices, according to legal experts.
Gabon, Olam persuade people to farm as income from oil dwindles
- Bloomberg
- 06 July 2016
Olam has partnered with Gabon to develop 100,000 hectares of oil-palm plantations in the nation, which has a population of less than 2 million.
Argentina: From the farm to the tax shelter
- Página 12
- 05 July 2016
Offshore companies control 1.1 million hectares of rural land in Argentina. The government recently amended the Land Law by decree in order to promote further foreign investments in farmland.
Saudi company denies lawsuit against NZ govt
- Scoop
- 04 July 2016
Opposition parties criticized the government for not revealing documents related to the expenditure of $11 million on a farm to breed sheep in Saudi Arabia for the interest of a Saudi businessman who owns a sheep farm in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.