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Ukraine should not sell farmland to foreigners, Minister says
- Bloomberg
- 16 June 2011
Ukraine should not sell farmland to foreigners so local producers can improve agricultural output says Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.
Firm shows how to `farm at end of a long dirt road`
- IPP Media
- 16 June 2011
Kilombero Plantations Limited chief executive officer Carter Coleman talks about his company's large-scale farming operations in Tanzania, including the removal of the "Project Affected Persons" previously farming the lands.
Al-Khider appreciates Qatari activities and investments
- SUNA
- 16 June 2011
The governor of Khartoum State affirmed his support for Qatar Livestock Company (Mawashi) and directed official authorities to provide it with land plots for establishing its projects
Foreign ownership of Aussie land: the peril of selling the farm
- Crikey
- 16 June 2011
Government-backed companies, as Hassad Food, have begun buying up farmland around the world, with Australia’s vast tracts of top quality primary production land a prime target.
Foreign land deals: global land grabbing?
- IBON
- 16 June 2011
The Philippines is among the leading target countries for land deals despite provisions in the Constitution barring foreigners from owning land.
An Open Letter to the People of India: a Day Light Robbery in Ethiopia
- SMNE
- 15 June 2011
Letter asks Indias to join with Ethiopians and other Africans in confronting the hundreds of Indian companies who are now at the forefront of colluding with African dictators in robbing the people of their land, resources, lives and future
Kingdom to double wheat reserves
- Reuters
- 15 June 2011
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Agriculture calls Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine “probable countries of investment” in farmland and confirms Kingdom's continued interest in farmland in south Sudan.
Why investing in international farmland can be perilous
- Business Insider
- 15 June 2011
Farmland has been placed into the spotlight by "guru investors," wealth management funds, growing mega agri-industries, wealthy individuals, and food insecure nations.
Study reveals alarming facts about plantation of Addax Bioenergy in Sierra Leone
- Bread for all
- 15 June 2011
The Sierra Leone Network on the Right to Food today published the Independent Study report on the sugarcane project of the Geneva based firm Addax Bioenergy.
Swiss Commodities Trader Expands Into Ethanol in Africa
- New York Times
- 15 June 2011
Jean Claude Gandur’s ethanol project in Sierra Leone comes at a sensitive time, with concerns being raised of exploitation of developing countries for resources.
Investments that will grow
- The Australian
- 15 June 2011
The global financial crisis may have hit tax-effective agribusiness schemes hard, but the prospects of the small group of companies that survived are anything but gloomy. "We're actually tapping into the new GFC, which is the global food crisis," says Wayne Overall, executive director of agribusiness managed investment scheme operator Almond Investors Limited
Iowan Rastetter leads Tanzanian ag project
- Des Moines Register
- 14 June 2011
Iowa agribusiness investor Bruce Rastetter is leading a project to turn as much as 800,000 acres [324,000 hectares] of land in the east African country of Tanzania into a massive grain-and-livestock operation.