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Investing in Ukraine: Top 10 picks of 2010
- Kyiv Post
- 24 June 2010
Outline of major Ukraine companies open to farmland investors
Indonesia Seeks Saudi Arabian Investment in Agricultural Projects
- SES
- 23 June 2010
Major factor for enacting new investment law for land was Saudi Arabia's halting of investment projects worth billions of riyals, says Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture.
Brazil govt plans to limit foreign land purchases
- AP
- 23 June 2010
Brazil's government wants to tighten restrictions on foreign ownership of farm lands in Latin America's biggest country, the Agrarian Development Ministry said Tuesday.
Veto to foreigner is a defensive strategy
- Valor Econômico
- 22 June 2010
“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says
Une firme saoudienne va investir 100 millions de dollars dans l’agriculture au Nigeria
- APA
- 22 June 2010
Le gouvernement de l’Etat de Katsina affectera 1.?000 hectares de terres à Foras International pour la production agricole.
Saudi Arabian company to invest $100m in agriculture in Katsina
- Compass
- 22 June 2010
Under an MoU the state will provide Foras International with 1,000 hectares of land for crop production.
Laos gives green light to foreign rice farmers
- Vientiane Times
- 22 June 2010
The government will allow foreign companies and individuals to invest in rice cultivation in Laos, Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh announced on Friday
Alternatives to large land acquisitions in developing nations
- IFAD
- 22 June 2010
According to IIED, for more inclusive land agreements to work, companies need to embrace them as a genuine economic component of their business, and not just as part of a corporate responsibility programme.
$1b Arab fund to buy Aussie farms
- The Land
- 22 June 2010
Western Gulf Advisory, a Bahrain-Zurich based company, plans to invest $1 billion into the Australian economy, including farm acquisitions, over the next few years.
Brazil doesn’t know the size or location of land controlled by multinationals
- Correio Braziliense
- 21 June 2010
A study by a Federal Public Ministry working group on the purchase of land in the country demolishes the idea that Brazilian companies controlled by foreign capital should receive the same treatment in these purchases as companies by national capital.
Wilmar plans to invest USD2 bln in Indonesia
- Reuters
- 21 June 2010
Singapore's Wilmar, the world's largest listed palm oil firm, wants to invest $2 billion in Indonesia where they are targeting Merauke to develop sugar cane plantations
Foreign rush for farms
- Stock & Land
- 21 June 2010
A rush of foreign investment interest in Australian farmland is stirring new concerns about just how much overseas ownership of local agricultural resources is too much.