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Danes quit UK for home after land prices tumble
- FWI
- 10 December 2010
Some Danish farmland investors are quitting the UK after seeing land prices rise here and tumble at home over the past few years.
Proposal to extend moratorium on farmland purchases before Commission
- MTI
- 10 December 2010
The Internal Market and Services Directorate General (DG MARKT) has made a written proposal to the European Commission to approve a request by Hungary to extend its moratorium on purchases of farmland by foreigners for another three years until 2014.
Senegalese President calls on ministers to attract more Gulf investment
- Bloomberg
- 10 December 2010
Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade told ministers yesterday to create an Agency for Afro-Arab Affairs to attract more Arab investment into the country’s agrarian economy.
Siva buys into Karuturi Global
- Times of India
- 07 December 2010
Indian businessman also has major stakes in farmland investors Ruchi Soya, KS Oils and Equitorial Palm Oil.
TPP negotiations could open NZ up to US land grab
- Green Party
- 06 December 2010
New Zealand’s overseas investment regime will be on the US’ hit list during the Trans Pacific Partnership talks this week.
Senegal in talks to lease farmland to Saudi
- Reuters
- 06 December 2010
Senegal is in talks with Saudi Arabia to lease farmland to grow food of an area nearly four times the size of Manhattan.
Daal not enough? Grow them abroad, says Pawar
- The Telegraph
- 05 December 2010
The government will act as a facilitator for private industry to buy land abroad to grow pulses, says India's Agriculture Minister.
Islamabad and Khartoum discuss sending Pakistani farmer to Sudan
- Sudan tribune
- 05 December 2010
Islamabad government is negotiating with Khartoum a way to provide land and family visas to Pakistani farmers to enable them to farm in Sudan.
GCC urged to help avert food crisis
- The National
- 05 December 2010
Gulf nations need to step up investments in African and South East Asian farmland if the region is to play its part in averting a global food crisis, agriculture experts say.
Afghan minister lures investors with land, credit and security
- Indian Express
- 04 December 2010
“We have huge land sizes and lot of opportunities. We would like India to come and invest in our country. We will provide land on 90-year lease, security, power and easy bank credit besides simplifying norms,” said Afghanistan Agriculture Minister Mohd Asif Rahimi
Saudi businessman plans to invest in Zambian fruit farm, plant
- Bloomberg
- 04 December 2010
A Saudi Arabian investor plans to lease a 5,000 hectare farm and a fruit-processing plant in Zambia, Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said.
Zambia eyes Gulf investment in farm sector
- Reuters
- 04 December 2010
Zambia does not regard leasing farmland to foreign investors as a form of 'colonialism' and is encouraging Gulf countries to invest in its agricultural sector, its finance minister said on Saturday.