Agriculture has scarred some big hitters in the investment world. Many are now wary of a sector that is at the mercy of fickle weather, political risk and quixotic governments.
A slew of countries and investors — from Chinese state corporations to Gulf sheiks to Wall Street firms — have started buying up farmland overseas, in an apparent attempt to acquire as much precious soil and water as possible.
Wilmar has flagged the purchase of another 778 hectares of land in the Burdekin region south of Townsville, Australia as part of its campaign to lock up as much supply as possible.
Justiça Ambiental (Friends of the Earth - Mozambique) strongly condemns the whole process of preparing and implementing ProSavana
The food crisis and recent droughts have confirmed that controlling the source of food—the land and the water that flows under or by it—are equally or even more important.
New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs says his country can be a logical partner for resource-rich Gulf countries as a producer of food in places like Africa, where experts say half of the potential agricultural land is under-utilised.
The most comprehensive publication to date on land concessions and leases in Lao PDR has been presented to the public.
A day-long conference will be held on Feb. 6, 2013 at the India International Centre, New Delhi to deliberate on the ongoing land takeover in India and in African countries like Ethiopia by Indian companies.
«Si on nous enlève notre terre, autant mourir», assène, en se tranchant symboliquement la gorge d’un doigt, le chef d’un des villages de la communauté rurale de Gnith, au nord-ouest du Sénégal.
"Si nos quitan nuestra tierra, antes morir", asegura cortándose simbólicamente la garganta con un dedo, el jefe de uno de los poblados de la comunidad rural de Gnith, en el nordeste del Senegal.
An increasing number of investors are looking at their feet as they cast around for returns in a zero interest rate environment. Farmland is likely to become a more and more attractive asset class as food scarcity worsens and land becomes a precious commodity.
With a need to import 100m tonnes of grain each year by 2020, Beijing needs to invest in global agricultural markets, experts say
