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Down on the farm, investors see big potential
- AP
- 16 July 2011
They believe food will only get more expensive around the world
Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in Benin palm oil production
- Bloomberg
- 16 July 2011
Benin has vast untapped lands that could be used to produce palm oil and increase the output of agricultural products, the state-owned Office de Radiodiffusion et Television reported today, citing Geng Wenbing, Chinese ambassador to Benin.
"Halt Sime Darby plantation expansion"
- The Analyst
- 14 July 2011
Citizens from more than 15 towns and villages in Grand Cape Mount County' Liberia say company will face stiff resistance if it undertakes any further extension of its concession.
La Via Campesina opposes land grabbing at the UN Committee on Food Security
- La Via Campesina
- 14 July 2011
The Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests must provide a clear framework for the protection of all people against land grabbing.
Agric, job creation top Aregbesola’s demand from Chinese investor
- Osun Defender
- 13 July 2011
Osun State (Nigeria) Governor Aregbesola told Chinese investors that there is fertile land for investors in the state
US investors acquire more land, to produce food crops
- The Guardian
- 12 July 2011
At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.
US civil society letter to the Committee on World Food Security
- courtesy of WHY Hunger
- 11 July 2011
"We request that the US government recognize that simply trying to make land grabs more 'responsible' is not enough to address the problems of growing hunger in the Global South."
Chinese lease Vietnamese land to grow sweet potatoes
- VietNamNet
- 11 July 2011
Not only collecting sweet potatoes in Vietnam, Chinese have also been coming to Vietnam, leasing land to grow sweet potatoes to export to third countries.
NZ missed out on global land grab, NZIER says
- Scoop
- 11 July 2011
New Zealand’s relative isolation and high-priced property means the nation has missed out on a global grab for land, especially farms, despite rising public disquiet about such sales, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says.
China sweet on rural assets
- Stock & Land
- 11 July 2011
Corporate Chinese interest in Australian rural land assets is gaining momentum and there are several players on the hunt across a wide spectrum of sectors: sugarcane, cotton, wool, tomatoes and grapes for wine.
Foreign companies seen targeting Australia, seeking to secure food supply
- Bloomberg
- 11 July 2011
Overseas buyers may boost investment in agriculture assets in Australia, the fourth-biggest shipper of wheat, as they seek to secure supply to meet surging food demand, said Queensland Sugar Ltd. Chairman Alan Winney.
South Korea to expand overseas farming on rising food costs
- Bloomberg
- 10 July 2011
Korea wants to secure a total of 380,000 hectares of overseas farmland by 2018, the agriculture ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. Priority countries include the Philippines, Cambodia, Ukraine, Indonesia and Russia.