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SA farm exodus shock
- Times
- 03 April 2011
South Africa's commercial farmers say they will continue setting up in other countries to flee "unreasonable" laws, such as a new bill the government says will "stop cruelty against farm workers".
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
- North Queensland Register
- 03 April 2011
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
World hungers for more food
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2011
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
Bridging Arab world's alarming food gap
- Gulf News
- 03 April 2011
The UAE has purchased thousands of acres of arable land in Sudan to grow products for the home market, while Bahraini investors help meet demand in the kingdom from farmland bought in Thailand and the Philippines.
Kryptic Entertainment Inc. announces name change to Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc.
- FLGI
- 01 April 2011
On October 25, 2010 the company signed a Protocol d'Accord with the Ministry of Agriculture to survey and map additional underutilized land in Guinea estimated to be up to 1.5 million hectares of combined area and prepare it for third party development under 99-year leases.
Foreign investment action
- The Land
- 01 April 2011
The Australian Parliament has moved to quell some of the anxieties surrounding a perceived foreign buy-up of local land, last week passing a motion regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness.
Investors pump $400m into Ukraine farming groups
- Agrimoney
- 01 April 2011
Investors pour $140m into an acquisition warchest raised by Kernel Holding, and $250m to support expansion plans at farm operator Mriya Agro.
Foreigners gobble up land
- Corn & Soybean Digest
- 01 April 2011
Some claim it’s for food security, some say it’s a land grab
Dom Farms
- YouTube
- 31 Mar 2011
Video about the US agribusiness Dominion Farms in Kenya.
Fresh scrutiny for land grab
- Weekly Times
- 31 Mar 2011
Foreign ownership of Australian land and agribusiness will soon be monitored.
Local farmers must not be forgotten in global land rush
- The Guardian
- 31 Mar 2011
Vast tracts of farmland in poor nations being gobbled up by foreign investors could undermine small farmers' rights and food security in the host countries
Gambian leader aims at agro-export
- All About Feed
- 30 Mar 2011
President says a Gulf State company is expected to invest $80-100 million in the country's agriculture in the near future, citing a 400,000 ha rice project.