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While many foreign farmland investments in Africa are predatory, there should be a basic set of standards that governs foreign farmland investments on the continent, according to GreenWorld (BVI)
China looks to buy farmland in Ukraine
The RTL World Trade Company wants to grow about 50,000 hectares of cassava and oil palms in Vientiane province.
The Tanzania government has been advised to draft laws to curb acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of the country’s fertile agricultural land as foreign direct investment would be a disaster in years to come.
Russia's state-run news agency reports that a delegation from North Korea held talks with authorities in Russia's Far East on leasing land to grow vegetables and grain.
North Korea plans to rent several hundred thousand hectares of land in the Amur region in Russia's Far East to grow vegetables and grain
The idea of combining the greed of investors with the fight against hunger as a mutually beneficial business venture has failed miserably
New study by SNV and the Royal Tropical Institute looks at rising farmland acquisitions by domestic agro-investors in Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger
Papua New Guinea has launched a Commission of Inquiry into foreign land grabs of pristine, indigenous owned primary rainforests for clearcut logging and supposed oil palm development.
Argentina's Congress is gearing up for a debate on a bill to limit the amount of farmland foreigners can buy, amid a surge of interest in land deals triggered by rising food prices.
The $23.6 billion Iowa Public Employees’ Retirement System and the $600 million Tucson Supplemental Retirement System are currently exploring potential investments in farmland as a means of diversification.
China's most powerful agricultural company Beidahuang Group, BDH, has made offers on a number of farms in the state's south west, amounting to about 80,000 hectares of land.
