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Wilmar secures 200,000 hectares of land in Merauke Food Estate for sugar plant
- Indonesia Today
- 02 September 2010
Company "currently assessing the quality of the land."
Buffett’s Hathaway seeks farmland in Brazil, Relatorio reports
- Bloomberg
- 01 September 2010
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. is seeking a partnership with Brazilian billionaire Rubens Ometto and soybean grower Blairo Maggi to buy farmland in the South American country, Relatorio Reservado reported.
Africa: Agri-projects at 'unprecedented' levels
- Business Day
- 01 September 2010
The number of investment projects in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa is at "unprecedented" levels, said Paul Runge of Africa Project Access at the ag investment conference in Durban
Galtere says raising $1 bln agribusiness fund
- Reuters
- 01 September 2010
Galtere, a New York fund manager, said it was raising $1 billion to invest in production facilities for agricultural commodities -- including arable farmlands in countries such as Australia, Brazil and Uruguay -- that it planned to later sell or list publicly.
Comment: Brazil appears to be moving to ban foreign farmland ownership
- HedgeWeek
- 01 September 2010
AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" should make "developed markets such as Canada" more attractive to investors
African farms lure overseas investment
- Business Report
- 01 September 2010
45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
Brazil Ain't for Sale… Chapter 1 of the Coming Food Crisis
- Asia Pacific Dispatch
- 31 August 2010
Brazil shocked foreign investors when President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he was concerned about Brazilian land falling into foreign hands.
A small paradise that will be annihilated: View from Merauke, West Papua
- Indigenous Peoples Issues
- 31 August 2010
No-one should be surprised when people start describing the Merauke Integrated Rice Estate as a clear case of genocide by the Indonesian government, because it has been well-planned and well-organised.
Saudi-UK partners to visit Philippines
- Arab News
- 31 August 2010
Saudi and UK investors will travel to the Philippines in October to discuss "the possibility of food production in southern Philippines, with the government providing them the needed land".
Fonterra eyes options for China relaunch
- Business Day
- 30 August 2010
Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as it faces a rapidly growing competitive threat from Chinese manufacturing startups with their own large-scale dairy farms.
Africa: up for grabs
- FOE
- 30 August 2010
Studies suggest that a third of the land sold or acquired in Africa is intended for fuel crops - some 5 million hectares. Friends of the Earth has looked at cases of land grabbing in 11 countries across Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique
Hassad Food to buy sugar project in Brazil
- Reuters
- 29 August 2010
Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil with a capacity to produce 25 million tonnes per annum, 70% of which will be shipped to Qatar.