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Azerbaijan grows in UAE’s food security plan
- The National
- 22 December 2009
The UAE is looking to Azerbaijan to increase its food security as the two countries signed an agreement that helps pave the way for co-operation in both farming and industry.
Hassad Food launches livestock project in Australia
- Qatar News Agency
- 22 December 2009
Hassad Food has launched a large project for producing livestock in Australia with a capacity of up to 70,000 Syrian head of sheep in its first year, and then up to 150,000 head of sheep in three years. The company will also purchase farmlands for the production of grains especially wheat.
Wikileaks: Libya invests $30 million in Liberian rice development
- Wikileaks
- 22 December 2009
"Without significant road improvements, it is unlikely that the ADA rice will reach markets in Maryland, River Gee, or Grand Kru and Liberia will continue with an insecure food supply."
Activists worried about African land grab
- Final Call
- 21 December 2009
“What we are going to do is develop a statement of guiding principles for African nations entering into contracts with foreign powers for the utilization of land and resources,” Dr. Daniels told The Final Call.
Fears grow over farm deals
- Otago Daily Times
- 21 December 2009
Dubai World said on Friday the company was not involved in the dairy farm purchases "in any way".
Fraud office alert over sale to mystery Arabs
- Sunday Star Times
- 20 December 2009
The Serious Fraud Office has been brought into the controversy over a Maori trust's move to buy thousands of hectares of prime Southland farmland, after revelations that an alleged fraudster is involved: bankrupt Australian "kaumatua" Shane Wenzel.
Bid to buy up southern farms alarms
- Southland Times
- 19 December 2009
Mr Murray, spokesman for the Maori trust buying farms for foreign investors, told the Southland Times website he would buy the whole South Island if he could.
Dubai World reportedly backing bid to buy New Zealand farms
- dpa
- 18 December 2009
Dubai World is reportedly trying to buy 30,000 ha of farms in New Zealand, ringing alarm bells there Friday.
Caution urged on farm sales
- Federated Farmers of New Zealand
- 18 December 2009
Federated Farmers is urging farmers to conduct due diligence after reports that a Maori trust, with reputed backing from Dubai World, has been contracted to buy 28 farms in Southland
Greens press govt on rumoured land grab
- TVNZ
- 18 December 2009
The Maori trust has contracted to buy nearly 30,000ha of dairy, sheep, beef and deer farms throughout Southland, but some sellers have raised queries ranging from delays confirming the sales contracts to deposits not being paid as expected.
NZ wide open to massive land grab
- Voxy
- 18 December 2009
New Zealand needs to tighten its rules around overseas investment as China and the Gulf States go on a world-wide shopping spree for prime land, said Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman.
Food security keeps its place at the table
- The National
- 17 December 2009
What do the Berlin Wall and the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) have in common?