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Principles for responsible agricultural investment that respects rights, livelihoods and resources
- World Bank
- 25 January 2010
A discussion note prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group to contribute to an ongoing global dialogue.
Wikileaks: Saudi foreign agriculture investment plans: Opportunities for increased trade, assistance, and US jobs
- Wikileaks
- 24 January 2010
US government mission in Riyadh writes, "Although the idea of Saudi farms in Africa may sound farfetched, the Kingdom has for years hired foreign managers and laborers to administer its farms and other agribusinesses (e.g., most Saudi wheat farms currently have Egyptian managers)."
Qatar seeks US tech deals on food security
- Arabian Business
- 24 January 2010
A top-level Qatar National Food Security Programme (QNFSP) delegation, led by QNFSP chairman Fahd al Attiyah, will visit agricultural research institutes and meet senior US Government officials, including from the White House, the State Department, the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy during its week-long US programme.
Namibia: Huge tracts of land in park for agri project
- The Namibian
- 22 January 2010
A foreign company intends to clear 10 000 hectares of land in the Bwabwata National Park in northern Namibia in order to set up a large-scale irrigation scheme for crop farming
Jordan: Gov't seeks investors for Sudan project
- Jordan Times
- 22 January 2010
The government is working to attract local and foreign investors to finance the Jordanian agricultural mega-project in Sudan, said a senior official. "One international company has shown interest in taking part in the project so far," the minister told The Jordan Times
Oz-based fund eyes $600m in agro-tech
- The Phnom Penh Post
- 21 January 2010
Peter Costello, the former treasurer of Australia, revealed Wednesday he was working with an investment fund that planned to inject US$600 million into Cambodia’s agricultural sector. The projects will cover a vast area, about 100,000 hectares.
Gulf sovereign funds show interest in farmland fund
- Reuters
- 21 January 2010
The fund is in the process of leasing 50,000 hectares of land in Tanzania which will be complete by the end of this year and will mainly be for rice production.
Significant progress - Agriculture and industry in Sudan
- Global Arab Network
- 21 January 2010
Both private and public sector investors from countries such as Qatar, Libya, Jordan, the UAE and Saudi Arabia in the Arab world as well as China and Korea elsewhere now hold long term rights to a total of two million feddans of arable land in Sudan, according to figures from the country’s agriculture ministry.
Swiss firm preps agricultural hedge fund
- FIN Alternatives
- 20 January 2010
The Lumix AgroDirect Fund, which has been incubated since June 2008, invests in the production of soft commodities and in commodity trade finance in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
Abu Dhabi and Alberta sign strategic economic co-operation
- Emirates News Agency
- 20 January 2010
This three years memorandum is not only setting a framework of cooperation but it includes some specific steps such as mutual beneficial arrangements in the agricultural sector (e.g. investment and provision of grain, development of a grain terminal)
Sacrificing the environment for food security
- World Politics Review
- 20 January 2010
The media and environmentalists must intensify their focus on the environmental costs of international farmland transactions.
Foreign investors to rise agriculture investments in Papua
- TEMPO Interactive
- 20 January 2010
Indonesia's Vice Agriculture Minister Bayu Krishnamurti said, “They are ready to invest, to build farms, factories and industries.”