Food security in Arab countries still faces big challenge
      Saudi Arabian Agriculture Minister Fahd Bin Abdul-rahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim said at the summit that Saudi Arabia was planning to invest in Algeria's agriculture, like Egypt and Sudan.
      • Xinhua
      • 11 May 2010
      Hyundai Co. aims to purchase 10,000 ha farmland in Brazil
      South Korea's Hyundai Corporation is trying to purchase 10,000 ha of farmland in Brazil to grow soybeans for the Korean market
      • MBN
      • 10 May 2010
      MIGA and Chayton Capital LLP to support agribusiness investments in southern Africa
      MIGA, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank, will support up to $50 million of Chayton's agribusiness investments in Zambia and Botswana
      • World Bank
      • 10 May 2010
      Cargill's Black River eyes food, land deals
      Cargill's private equity firm says it will set up farms in Asia where "there is a huge lack of competency in farm management practices."
      • Reuters
      • 10 May 2010
      North-South Forum: Transnational land acquisitions and rural development
      The recent food crisis has triggered a rush for agricultural land overseas. We will debate this challenge at the North-South Forum, organised jointly by the NCCR North-South and the North-South Centre in Zurich on 18 May 2010
      • ETH
      • 10 May 2010
      Achieving water security worldwide - Kings College London
      "This workshop is the first in the world to explicitly discuss the implications of the water/food/land deals nexus," according to Martin Keulertz, Department of Geography, King’s College London
      • King's College London
      • 10 May 2010
      Hyundai wants to buy land in Brazil
      Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea.
      • Folha de São Paulo
      • 09 May 2010
      Battle brewing over forests and plantations in Papua
      Environmentalists are up in arms over the latest design for the Merau­ke Integrated Food and Energy Estate in Papua, which they say will see more than 1.1 million hectares of forests converted into agricultural estates.
      • Jakarta Globe
      • 09 May 2010
      Hyundai busca tierras para cultivar soja en Brasil
      La empresa automotriz surcoreana Hyundai anunció su intención de comprar diez mil hectáreas de tierras cultivables en Brasil para exportar soja (soya) hacia Corea del Sur
      • ANSA
      • 09 May 2010
      Pachauri to Arabs: "Convert oil wealth into soil wealth"
      Prof Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, thinks Arab states should shore up their food security as global warming places stress on the world's agricultural resources. But he is not thinking of recent government initiatives to buy fertile farmland in other countries.
      • The National
      • 09 May 2010
      SA, Zim not safe for investments
      At a recent conference in Cairo, South Africa and Zimbabwe were the only African nations not considered safe havens for foreign farmland investment because of uncertainty about land-reform programmes and unfriendly labour environments.
      • Farmers Weekly
      • 09 May 2010
      Local food production not viable
      GCC countries are doing the right thing by increasingly exploring investments in farmlands abroad, says Jasim Ali, Bahraini MP.
      • Gulf News
      • 09 May 2010

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