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Bunge seeks palm plantation in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 02 August 2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia to cater to rising demand from Asian economies
Land Grab: win-win or win-lose? Corporate self-regulation or total system change?
- Socialist Standard
- 01 August 2010
The way to make it possible for third parties to benefit materially in exchange for a signature is to eliminate the profit motive.
Citadel Capital secures loan to develop sorghum plantation in Sudan
- Bloomberg
- 01 August 2010
Citadel Capital Corp., an Egyptian private-equity firm with $8.3 billion in investments, said one of its companies received a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum for the plantation of land in Sudan.
Citadel firm gets $4.9m Sudan farm loan
- TradeArabia
- 01 August 2010
Wafra, Citadel Capital’s agriculture platform in Sudan, said its portfolio firm has obtained a $4.9 million loan from Bank of Khartoum to support the farming of its first 2,076 acres of sorghum.
Liberals to limit foreign farm investment
- The Australian
- 31 July 2010
LABOR has demanded the Coalition back foreign investment in the farm sector after it said he would be prepared to limit foreign purchases.
Sudan to double output, export sugar by 2014
- Reuters
- 31 July 2010
Exports would target markets in the EU, where demand is rising, Sudan's nine neighbours as well as the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Arab world.
World Bank land grab report under fire
- WSJ
- 29 July 2010
The report is due for publication next month, but leaks are already getting out, and causing a stir among Brussels’ huge development activist community.
Fears grow we're selling the golden goose
- NZ Herald
- 29 July 2010
Public opinion is clearly against the Crafar farms sale on the basis that NZ is "selling the farm", while selling a controlling stake in a processing plant is seen as another issue altogether. There is a strong argument for conditionality either way, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Coalition backs Greens' call for register of foreign farm ownership
- ABC
- 29 July 2010
The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in rural Australia.
Liberia: Fertile ground for ambitious Equatorial Palm Oil
- Proactive Investors
- 28 July 2010
The UK-based EPO has almost 170,000 ha of land suitable for sustainable crude palm oil cultivation and its aim is to be a 100,000 ha producer with output totalling 250,000 tonnes per annum.
Arabs mull $65bn food security plan
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 28 July 2010
Arab nations are considering launching an ambitious strategy involving investment of nearly $65 billion in the next 20 years to expand their farming sector and ensure food for their fast-growing population.
Greens want foreign ownership register for farming
- ABC
- 28 July 2010
The Greens have called for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in Australia.