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Ukraine bars foreigners from '$30bn' farmland sale
- Agrimoney
- 01 June 2011
Ukraine has ditched proposals to allow foreigners to buy up its farmland in a privatisation process, to prevent wealthy multinationals snapping up its farmland on the cheap.
Crafar farms just the start for Chinese
- Waikato Times
- 01 June 2011
The chairman of New Zealand's largest dairy company has issued a warning over foreign ownership of Kiwi land.
Ukraine farmland privatization 'only for Ukrainians' - minister
- RIA Novosti
- 31 May 2011
"If we make the market free, then $30 billion will be enough - and that's not a lot for world financial corporations - to buy up all of our land," says Minister for Agrarian Policy.
‘Only the big fish will survive'
- Frontline
- 31 May 2011
New legislation for land acquisition in India are all aimed at facilitating greater corporate control over vast tracts of land, particularly agricultural and forest land, says president of Ekta Parishad.
Green Acres may indeed be the place to be
- AllAboutAlpha
- 30 May 2011
That land is far more complex and valuable than plain dirt was one of the central themes of FC Business Intelligence’s “World Agriculture Investment USA” conference in Chicago on May 9-10, 2011. A report from AllAboutAlpha.
Investors need to carefully manage issues around land ownership
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 30 May 2011
Investors in Africa’s agriculture sector need to be aware of the complexities surrounding land ownership.
Peru: Land grabbing in indigenous peoples’ territories
- WRM
- 30 May 2011
Several Shawi communities have learned that a Korean company, ECOAMERICA, has applied for the registration and titling of over 72,000 ha of land in their territories, at a price of 80 cents a hectare, for agriculture and logging.
N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
- AFP
- 30 May 2011
New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.
Chongqing's Brazil deal
- Dim Sums
- 29 May 2011
The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").
Kazakh opposition calls for halt to China expansion
- Reuters
- 28 May 2011
Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia
Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2011
NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.
China Should Invest FX Reserves In Agriculture Abroad -Govt Researcher
- Dow Jones
- 27 May 2011
China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.