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Ghana in talks with Qatar to set joint venture agriculture firm
- Reuters
- 04 December 2010
Ghana is negotiating with Qatar to establish a joint venture firm to produce food for both countries, starting with 50,000 hectares.
Oxford endowment chief outlines strategy
- Global Money Management
- 03 December 2010
Real asset investments held by the fund include farmland and natural resources.
QA service to Buenos Aires ‘will boost ties’
- Gulf Times
- 02 December 2010
Argentina Tourism Minister Carlos Meyer has hailed Qatar Airways’ flights from Buenos Aires to Doha as an important step for enhanced ties between the two countries, including farmland acquisitions.
Investors try new tactic with African agriculture
- Reuters
- 01 December 2010
Profit-hungry investors hope to avoid the stigma and opposition associated with land grabbing by partnering with local business development groups.
Neha International to acquire land in Zambia
- Equity Bulls
- 01 December 2010
Indian company signs an MoU with Zambia Development Agency to facilitate the acquisition of 100,000 hectares of land for agricultural development in Zambia.
Saudi investors facing obstacles in Argentina
- Saudi Gazette
- 30 November 2010
There are concerns about tax exemptions, an investment protection pact and a tax on foreign investors, but there no restrictions for Saudi investors to possess lands in Argentina, the Saudi Minister of Agriculture says
Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.
Mozambique: Rice Processing Factory for Matutuine
- Noticias
- 29 November 2010
By 2014, the area under rice cultivation is expected to reach 5,000 hectares, and the harvest is projected at 57,000 tonnes of rice a year.
African Agriculture Fund first closing at USD135m
- AAF
- 29 November 2010
The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.
Slow progress on land-grabbing regulation
- IRIN
- 29 November 2010
As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.
The new colonisers
- Deccan Herald
- 27 November 2010
Not surprisingly, the backlash from people in Africa against Indian farmland investments has begun.
Experts warn of risks in unbridled foreigners’ access to farmlands
- Business Insight
- 26 November 2010
Efforts must be made to ensure that foreign access to local agricultural lands follow strict guidelines