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PZ Cussons' Nigeria palm refinery starts work in Q3
- Reuters
- 23 December 2011
Its joint venture with Singapore's Wilmar will invest 100 billion naira in Nigeria over the next 5-7 years to develop oil palm plantations that will feed the refinery.
African soil for sale: Large-scale land acquisitions
- Life & Peace Institute
- 23 December 2011
Issue number 4/2011 of 'New Routes' by Life & Peace Institute (Uppsala)
S.Sudan seeks food and farmland investments
- Reuters
- 23 December 2011
South Sudan hopes to attract investors from Gulf Arab states, Israel, China and fellow African countries to boost production of basic food items, a government official said on Thursday.
Advance the struggle to end land grabbing, declares Asian farmers group
- APC
- 22 December 2011
“End Landgrabbing! was declared by the participants of the “South Asian Caravan on Climate, Gender, and Food Sovereignty 2011” that went from North to South Bangladesh.
Saudis buy Argentine farms on eve of land curbs
- Agrimoney
- 21 December 2011
Saudi Arabia, seeking foreign farmland to boost its food security, has bought 12,000 hectares of Argentine farmland just as the South American country is attempting to limit foreign farm ownership.
The Indian land grab In Africa
- Goimonitor.com
- 21 December 2011
Joining the neo-colonial bandwagon, Indian companies are taking over agricultural land in African nations and exporting produced food at the cost of locals
Saudi dairy giant spends $83M on Argentina farms
- AP
- 21 December 2011
Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company said Wednesday it is buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte S.A. for $83 million to secure access to a supply of animal feed.
Ukraine extends ban on sale of farmland through January 2013
- Bloomberg
- 20 December 2011
Ukraine’s parliament extended a ban on the sale of farmland for a year to January 2013, saying that more time was needed to prepare the market for such sales.
Ethiopia: Gibe III - a dam too far?
- RNW
- 20 December 2011
Domestic and foreign investors are expected to grow sugar cane and other cash crops on a large-scale in the south of Ethiopia, an area known for its numerous indigenous tribes.
Understanding land investment deals in Africa
- Redeye
- 20 December 2011
Interview with Frederic Mousseau, policy director at the Oakland Institute in California.
Alpcot Agro to acquire Landkom International
- World-Grain.com
- 20 December 2011
With the merger, Alpcot Agro now controls well over 250,000 hectares of farmland in Russia and the Ukraine.
Investment conference on agricultural investment, food security begins at the Friendship Hall
- SUNA
- 20 December 2011
The conference reviewed the experience of Al-Rajihi International Group in Sudan and Al-Kharif Investment Company in the field of food production as well as the National Company for Agricultural Production in Sudan.