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From bleeding Africa to grabbing the land
- The Citizen
- 06 May 2010
The long-term danger I foresee, in the worst case scenario, is that the debt spiral will eventually converge with the land grabs.
ANI forges food deal with Saudi firm
- Manila Bulletin
- 05 May 2010
AgriNurture Inc has signed the enclosed MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
The World Bank in the hot seat
- GRAIN
- 04 May 2010
The World Bank is marching ahead with plans to facilitate global land grabs, while not releasing a report that confirms the negative impacts of these deals for local communities.
Investment bankers with wings: Making a killing
- Huffington Post
- 04 May 2010
Unfortunately, the US Senate inquiry into Goldman Sach's alleged malfeasance is unlikely to question why the company in 2008 decided to acquire ten intensive poultry farms in China's Hunan and Fujian provinces for $300 million.
Africa: What will continent export if it leases farmland to Arabs?
- Business Daily
- 04 May 2010
"Investors like Citadel Capital and Goldman Sachs must be stopped from acquiring large tracts of land in Africa because this practice has become a serious threat to the continent's food sovereignty"
Pinstripes, pitchforks and profits
- Reuters
- 04 May 2010
"In the age of derivatives and evaporating valuations, farmland is gold with a cash flow."
Bunge to acquire land in Brazil
- Zacks
- 03 May 2010
Bunge Limited, a premier global agribusiness and food company in the US, has recently announced plans to acquire 25,000 acres in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from the local firm Acucar Guarani to grow cane for its sugar and ethanol mills.
Arab food security or land grab?
- Land and People
- 03 May 2010
Do we or do we not want to promote Arab agricultural integration and to foster inter Arab investments in farming?
King Abdullah's Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad: A way of enhancing Saudi food security
- IDB
- 03 May 2010
Powerpoint presentation made by Dr. Abdullah A. Al-Obaid to an expert group meeting at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah on 2-3 May 2010.
Ghana presents $700mn investment proposals to Qatar food firm
- Gulf Times
- 03 May 2010
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre is seeking investments from Qatar to the tune of $700mn, including a major deal with Hassad Food
Roman Rosslenbroich: Way ahead of the alternatives crowd
- Financial Times
- 02 May 2010
Mr Rosslenbroich is particularly enthusiastic about agriculture, where he says Aquila has “teams travelling the world looking for farms”, with New Zealand dairy farms a speciality.
Africa boom lures investors as growth set to double: week ahead
- Bloomberg
- 02 May 2010
Capital flows into Africa, include farmland acquisitions by foreign investors, rose 16 percent in 2008 to a record $62 billion even as FDI that year fell 20 percent worldwide