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The food pirates
- Hindu Business Line
- 06 May 2013
Foreign investment in African land has been greatly fostered by the Indian Government and its business associations.
Statement to the African regional meeting of the 2013 World Economic Forum
- AWDF
- 06 May 2013
Africa’s primary food security systems are at threat from the process of relentless land degradation, dispossession, privatisation and large scale land grabs.
Cargill fund ups BFB stake
- Financial Review
- 06 May 2013
Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has increased its stake in the unlisted agricultural company BFB Group
Liberia intervenes to resolve land, rights disputes with agriculture concessionaires
- FrontPageAfrica
- 05 May 2013
Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.
UAE minister calls for overhaul of agriculture investment rules
- The National
- 03 May 2013
Global rules for investment in agriculture need to be overhauled, Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, said yesterday, as signs emerge of rising barriers to the flow of investment around the world.
UAE moots the idea of agricultural free zones in Africa
- Gulf News
- 02 May 2013
Hesham Al Shirawi, Chairman of Economic Zones World, mooted the idea of establishing free zones for agri-business in Africa during the Africa Global Business Forum 2013. The establishment of corn farms is also a lucrative business proposition, he added.
GCC establishing $1 billion food security fund in Morocco
- Ooska News
- 02 May 2013
The member countries also agreed to draft a unified strategy for cooperation with other Arab countries that have agricultural land, including Sudan, Morocco and Yemen, as well as with African countries.
First Pacific’s new interest: PH agri sector
- Malaya
- 02 May 2013
Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. will work with the Department of Agriculture to identify lands in the Philippine for the production of cash crops, hoping to eventually control over 200,000ha.
Volta Region, Ghana’s bet for self-sufficiency in rice production - MoFA
- Government of Ghana
- 02 May 2013
Chinese executives of state farms in Ningxia Province visit Ghana to explore opportunites in rice farming and express interest in acquiring the struggling state-owned Aveyime Cattle Ranch.
GCC investments: Wiser counsel needed
- Gulf News
- 01 May 2013
Last week, hundreds of Sudanese protested in Eastern Khartoum demanding the government revoke the sale of farming lands to Gulf investors. There is no logical reason behind these demonstrations except ignorance of the reality of the GCC approach, says economist.
Univanich Palm Oil expands into Philippines
- The Nation
- 01 May 2013
Univanich Palm Oil, one of the Thailand's leading palm-oil producers and its largest exporter of crude palm oil, is expanding into Asean with its first investment in the Philippines.
Nigeria: Taraba govt, Dangote Group to establish suger factory in Lau
- Nigeria News
- 01 May 2013
"We have also approved the allocation of 20, 000 hectares of land to a Chinese company for rice production," says state governor, Alhaji Garba Umar.