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Food price rise fueling inflation: JP Morgan
- Reuters
- 11 January 2011
Catherine Flax, JP Morgan's CEO for Commodities, says that investors and even countries are looking at assets such as agricultural land.
Indian puts food security at heart of Africa agenda
- IANS
- 10 January 2011
'We want responsible investment by Indian companies,' Gurjit Singh, joint secretary in charge of east and southern Africa said amid allegations by some critics that Indian companies are indulging in land grab in Africa.
Govt tightens foreign investment rules
- Farmers Weekly
- 10 January 2011
NZ Finance Minister says new test of more than 10 times the average farm size for foreigners buying land is not a cap.
Saudi 'needs to boost food reserves'
- Reuters
- 10 January 2011
Since 2008, the kingdom has sought to lease and buy farmland in developing nations to improve its security of food supplies. Now it needs to build reserves.
Future of food policy must start at home
- SMH
- 10 January 2011
Foreign farmland acquisitions are a telling vote of no confidence in international markets by food-deficient countries, which understandably fear a repeat of the 2008 food crisis may deny them opportunities to buy grains and other essential soft commodities at any price.
South Africa may block foreigners from owning land, President Zuma says
- Bloomberg
- 08 January 2011
Zuma said his administration is looking at ways to ensure greater access to land for the country’s black majority, including a possible ban on property ownership by foreigners.
Asia's hungry agribusinesses
- Barron's
- 08 January 2011
The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.
Invest in food - and the horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Reuters
- 07 January 2011
A pioneer investor in farmland and the food price rally is looking ahead to new trends -- war, epidemics and climate change as the investment opportunities of the future.
Brookfield Asset Management closes US$330 million Brazil Agriland
- Bezinga
- 07 January 2011
Brookfield will invest in Brazilian properties primarily comprised of pasture land that may be converted to higher-and-better uses, including soybean, corn and sugarcane production
Land clearance by Korean firm blocked
- Phnom Penh Post
- 07 January 2011
800 people in Kampong Thom province staged a protest against a Korean company that is trying to clear their trees and farmland, to produce rubber and cassava, without offering any compensation.
DRC: Oil palm invasion era
- Africa Bulletin
- 06 January 2011
Atama Plantation of Malaysia will invest $US300 million to develop 470,000 ha, including 180,000 ha of palm groves in northern Congo.
ACIL plans to invest $15 mn to start contract farming abroad
- Business Standard
- 06 January 2011
India's ACIL Cotton Industries said it plans to invest nearly $15 million to start contract farming of crops like coffee, pulses, oilseeds, cereals, potato, sugarcane and vegetables through lease-hold agricultural land in Brazil, Congo and Ethiopia.