Ukraine should not sell farmland to foreigners, Minister says
      Ukraine should not sell farmland to foreigners so local producers can improve agricultural output says Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.
      • Bloomberg
      • 16 June 2011
      Firm shows how to `farm at end of a long dirt road`
      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.
      • IPP Media
      • 16 June 2011
      Al-Khider appreciates Qatari activities and investments
      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
      • SUNA
      • 16 June 2011
      Foreign ownership of Aussie land: the peril of selling the farm
      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.
      • Crikey
      • 16 June 2011
      Foreign land deals: global land grabbing?
      The Philippines is among the leading target countries for land deals despite provisions in the Constitution barring foreigners from owning land.
      • IBON
      • 16 June 2011
      An Open Letter to the People of India: a Day Light Robbery in Ethiopia
      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
      • SMNE
      • 15 June 2011
      Kingdom to double wheat reserves
      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.
      • Reuters
      • 15 June 2011
      Why investing in international farmland can be perilous
      Farmland has been placed into the spotlight by "guru investors," wealth management funds, growing mega agri-industries, wealthy individuals, and food insecure nations.
      • Business Insider
      • 15 June 2011
      Study reveals alarming facts about plantation of Addax Bioenergy in Sierra Leone
      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.
      • Bread for all
      • 15 June 2011
      Swiss Commodities Trader Expands Into Ethanol in Africa
      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.
      • New York Times
      • 15 June 2011
      Investments that will grow
      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
      • The Australian
      • 15 June 2011
      Iowan Rastetter leads Tanzanian ag project
      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.
      • Des Moines Register
      • 14 June 2011
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