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SA farmers in Congo 'not desperate'
- fin24
- 05 Mar 2014
The vast majority of the 28 South African farmers who entered into lease agreements on land on Malolo have not started their farming operations yet.
China's COFCO in talks to buy Noble's agribusiness arm - sources
- Reuters
- 04 Mar 2014
China's biggest grains trader COFCO Corp is in talks to buy Noble Group Ltd's agribusiness arm in a deal that would value the division at around $1 billion.
Expert says multinational land lease in Senegal pushes herders off land
- RFI
- 03 Mar 2014
A new report on a government-sanctioned land grab in Senegal shows a new deal that threatens thousands of Peul pastoralists in the rural Ndiel area.
East Kalimantan sets aside 400,000 hectares for agricultural development
- jakarta Post
- 03 Mar 2014
Indonesia's East Kalimantan provincial administration has set aside a 400,000 hectare plot of land for agricultural development for investors.
COFCO, Nidera form partnership
- World Grain
- 03 Mar 2014
China's COFCO has acquired a 51% share of Nidera to establish a strategic partnership.
Long-term planning is key to UAE food security investments
- 7Days
- 03 Mar 2014
The CEO of Emirates Investments Group calls for investment "in agricultural land abroad or leasing land to a professional who can manage it more efficiently with better practices."
A political anatomy of land grabs
- Myanmar Times
- 03 Mar 2014
“Crony companies” with extreme wealth and political leverage have become the new driver of land grabs in different parts of Burma, often financially backed by foreign investors.
Foreign logging companies still firmly in control in PNG
- PNG Exposed
- 03 Mar 2014
Loggers have used Special Agriculture and Business Leases to take control of over 5 million hectares of forest – more than 10% of Papua New Guinea’s total landmass.
Nigeria’s corporate billionaires go to farm
- Daily Independent
- 03 Mar 2014
Nigeria's Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development says his Ministry is working actively with state governments to secure land for genuine investors to address the issue of access to land.
The gritty side of farmland investing
- Wall Street Journal
- 03 Mar 2014
Worldwide, farmland is a hot investment area, but it’s also controversial, opaque, illiquid and sometimes relies on local operation that presents a risk of fraud.
Scramble for Africa threatens to leave continent starving
- Africa Review
- 01 Mar 2014
In five short years, rich countries have acquired about 80 million hectares of land in Africa and other developing countries in what is now a worrying trend.
Ukraine unrest may boost farming, says Trigon Agri
- Agrimoney
- 28 February 2014
Danish-based Trigon Agri downplayed the risk to agriculture from Ukraine's crisis, saying it would probably herald a "better business environment".