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Ethiopia to charge more on commercial farm leases
- Reuters
- 05 April 2012
Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.
Saudi billionaire to invest $600 million in Ethiopia cooking oil
- Bloomberg
- 05 April 2012
Ethiopia’s Agriculture Ministry has transferred 100,000 hectares in Benishangul to commercial farmers, and is offering a further 981,000 hectares, about one-fifth of the state’s land.
Concerns over land use in Salone
- Politico
- 04 April 2012
Meeting of delegates from eight districts and twenty chiefdoms affected by large scale land acquisitions for agribusiness in Sierra Leone ends with formation of a coalition to serve as a watchdog on land issues in the country.
Africa: Private equity deal to spur growth in agribusiness
- TradeInvest Africa
- 04 April 2012
Chayton already produces 10% of Zambia's soya and 5% of the country's wheat. Over the next 12 months, production will increase to at least 35% and 15% respectively.
Uncertainty is frightening off large-scale investors
- NZ Herald
- 04 April 2012
The Government clearly hopes the Crafar Farms' controversy will be put to bed before China's fourth-ranked leader Jia Qinglin visits Christchurch and Wellington in mid-April.
EBRD buys into Kazakh wheat
- OCA Magazine
- 03 April 2012
Against a backdrop of rising world wheat prices, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has chosen Kazakhstan as the destination for its first ever equity investment in farming.
Grab the land
- Huffington Post
- 03 April 2012
For millions of indigenous villagers and pastoralists land grabbing means forced relocation, loss of livelihoods, and a death blow to their ancient cultures.
Agriculture: a challenging investment with great potential
- bfinance
- 02 April 2012
While agricultural land has the potential to provide a source of long term fixed income, the hurdles are enormous. Extreme illiquidity and sensitivity to geo-political risk mean that diversification of holdings and careful selection are key.
A new report exposes French tycoon's land grab in Sierra Leone
- Oakland Institute
- 02 April 2012
In yet another exposé of exploitative practices associated with large-scale land acquisitions, the Oakland Institute examines Socfin Agricultural Corporation Sierra Leone (Socfin), controlled by the powerful French corporate titan Vincent Bolloré
Macquarie goes grain farming
- Australian Financial Review
- 02 April 2012
Macquarie Group's new farmland fund, which is targeting farms in Australia and Brazil, has purchased its first two properties in Australia worth a total of almost $40 million.
Field of dreams: agricultural sector cultivates hopes
- The Diplomat
- 02 April 2012
Romanian government considers setting up a land bank with priority in the acquisition of agricultural land to restrict the flow of foreign investments.
Caution urged on foreign investment
- Farm Weekly
- 02 April 2012
With foreign investment in agriculture already occurring in Australia, many within the agricultural industry believe we need to be wary.