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Qatar vows to invest in Bulgaria
- Novinite
- 14 Mar 2012
Qatar will invest in three sectors in farming in Bulgaria says Bulgarian Prime Minister, Boyko Borisov.
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Tenure of Land Fisheries and Forests are complete!
- FIAN
- 13 Mar 2012
These Guidelines, when understood as rights to land, fisheries and forests, are another tool in the ongoing struggle to eradicate hunger from the world.
Govt pushes Asian food bowl plan, foreign investment
- The Australian
- 13 Mar 2012
Australian farmers have demanded an overhaul of foreign investment rules ahead of any attempt to harness Asian capital to boost the nation's food production.
The land security agenda: How investor risks in farmland create opportunities for sustainability
- Earth Security
- 12 Mar 2012
The Land Security Agenda advocates a move from a ‘land-grabs’ debate to ‘land stewardship’ solutions.
Farmers to battle water scarcity as food demand grows, UN says
- Bloomberg
- 12 Mar 2012
Saudi Arabia is reducing grain production to reduce unsustainable use of groundwater and encouraging companies to lease tracts of land in Africa for growing, a new UN report on water says.
Sudan says it welcomes Saudi King’s initiative on Arab food security
- Sudan Tribune
- 12 Mar 2012
The Sudanese finance and national economy minister Ali Mahmood Abdel-Rasool said that his government welcomes an initiative by Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz to work towards Arab food security through the implementation of major economic projects in Sudan.
Hungry for land: When the super-wealthy scoop up huge plots of land worldwide, what’s left behind?
- Conservation Magazine
- 12 Mar 2012
Gaia Vince reviews "The Land Grabbers", a new book by Fred Pearce
Infographic of the land grab data from GRAIN
- Prasanthisridhar.com
- 12 Mar 2012
The maps show the percentage of the land grabbed, with respect to the total land area, from different countries.
Labour targets foreign investment in rural land
- NZ Herald
- 11 Mar 2012
The proposed Overseas Investment Amendment Bill would prevent foreign investors from buying rural land unless they could prove it would bring substantial benefits to New Zealand
Sudan: China refused to fund agricultural project for lack of oil collateral - Bashir
- Sudan Tribune
- 10 Mar 2012
Sudan's President says his government gave Qatar 250,000 acres of land in the Nile River state but the project was put on hold because China cancelled a loan that was needed to extend electricity in the area.
Investment niche expands in agricultural commods
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2012
Wall Street has found its place on the farm. Prospects for profits tied to increasing food production are driving a proliferation of new niche investment vehicles focused on agriculture.
Land-grabbing claims complicate agricultural investment, says BT scheme
- IPE
- 09 Mar 2012
The BT Pension Scheme has acknowledged that investing in agriculture land was a "real challenge" due to concerns over accusations of land grabbing.