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US investors snap up large Canterbury farm
- Fairfax NZ News
- 16 September 2013
A massive New Zealand farm the size of Christchurch has been sold to a North American investment group.
Kingdom seeks more private sector role in boosting food production
- Arab News
- 16 September 2013
Saudi ag minister says his government is positioning itself as a facilitator for the Saudi private sector, seeking land and agricultural investments, and providing funds, credit, and logistics.
The land should feed the people first
- Thompson Reuters
- 16 September 2013
Large multinational corporations are swooping into Laos to acquire the land — or the rights to the resources that the land holds — from the local, regional and national governments.
Africa needs ‘ethical land policies’
- The Citizen
- 13 September 2013
African countries should have ethical economic land policies to save the continent from land conflicts, an international land conference was told on Wednesday.
Tata Capital plans $300 mn Africa PE fund
- Economic Times
- 13 September 2013
The proposed Africa fund from Tata Capital, which is part of India's biggest business house, would mainly focus on segments such as consumer goods and agriculture and agri-processing.
Ekosem flags 'huge potential' in Russian dairy
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
The group said it had acquired 10,000 hectares of land during the half year, taking its total portfolio to 186,000 hectares, of which it owns 101,000 hectares.
Cameroon forest people alarmed at shifting tactics of US palm oil firm
- Reuters
- 13 September 2013
Communities in Cameroon’s Southwest Region fear they could lose their land after environment groups warned that U.S.-owned palm oil firm Herakles Farms is seeking to sell off existing plantations.
Irrico close to doubling Russia farmland portfolio
- Agrimoney
- 13 September 2013
Irrico, the Russia-based agricultural investment company, revealed it is on the verge of doubling its land portfolio as it unveiled it had attracted a third investor, emerging markets private equity group Hong Kong-based ADM Capital.
Moratorium on foreign ownership of agricultural land: Xenophobia, myopia or what?
- Georgia Today
- 12 September 2013
Large scale privatization of state-owned agricultural lands in Georgia has the potential to trigger violence and social unrest of far graver consequences for investment – foreign and domestic – into the national economy than the notorious moratorium.
Big dairy farm expected to change hands
- ABC
- 12 September 2013
It has been reported that the state-owned China Investment Corporation and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra are negotiating to buy Tasmanian dairy farm Van Diemen's Land under a proposed $200 million deal.
Farmers in Bombali, Tonkolili worried about losing land
- Concord Times
- 12 September 2013
Farmers in Bombali and Tonkolili districts in northern Sierra Leone have said that land grabbing by multi-national companies and massive timber logging are some of the barriers to sustainable agriculture in the two districts.
Ethiopia to continue land grabbing and forced resettlement
- InterContinental Cry
- 12 September 2013
Indigenous Peoples are being forced to become dependent on aid handouts having lost their land and their ability to produce their own food.