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Agriculture Outlook Europe: London, 23-25 June 2010
- Terrapinn
- 28 May 2010
"The ONLY place where agriculture businesses and investors come together to discuss farmland investment" says the promoters
Abu Dhabi group enters grape, date hunt
- New Era
- 28 May 2010
Government of Namibia has leased land to Namibia Development Corporation and the Abu Dhabi-based Al Dhahra Agricultural Company to produce farm grapes and dates on a large commercial scale
Gulf states face food crisis
- UPI
- 27 May 2010
NCB Capital estimates that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the main buyers of African land, have acquired some 6 million acres worldwide, largely in Sudan, Pakistan and Indonesia. Other estimates are much higher.
'More Indian cos using S'pore springboard for global ventures'
- PTI
- 27 May 2010
An increasing number of Indian companies are expected to use Singapore as a springboard for their global operations, including overseas farmland investments
A better land grab for China?
- Change.org
- 27 May 2010
Better food and know-how for China, more food for Singapore: if the deal actually comes to pass, it strikes me as a fairly solid bargain, writes Te-Ping Chen.
Argentina welcomes Saudi agricultural investment
- Arab News
- 27 May 2010
Argentina will welcome investment from Saudi Arabia in its agricultural sector so the Kingdom can guarantee its own food security, the Argentine Embassy has said.
A new scramble for Africa?
- Mokoro Newsletter
- 27 May 2010
Amid much talk about the need for "codes of conduct" to help regulate this new phenomenon, I found myself wondering whether Cecil Rhodes would have signed such a code. He probably would, and have then gone on to completely disregard it.
Landcorp may bid against Chinese for Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 27 May 2010
NZ government-owned farming company Landcorp may bid for 16 big farms at the centre of controversy over their potential sale to a Chinese-backed investor.
Super Fund shops for Kiwi businesses
- NZ Herald
- 27 May 2010
The NZ Super Fund is "going hard" on the acquisition trail for stakes in prime New Zealand assets like rural land, state-owned enterprises, smaller high-growth companies and iwi businesses.
The world agriculture industry: A study in falling supply and rising demand
- Hardman & Co
- 26 May 2010
We believe that farmland, and agriculture generally, will shortly move beyond the ‘acceptable’ in the eyes of the world’s investment management community and become a core product.
African land interest is opportunity and threat
- Business Report
- 25 May 2010
South Africa, which became a net importer of food two years ago after two decades of net exporting, is developing African agricultural ambitions of its own.
The battle for Cambodian farm land
- ABC
- 25 May 2010
"People lose their access to land simply so that rich and powerful Cambodians and foreign investors can make profit from cash crops for export."