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Saudi investment mission visiting Zambia
- UKZambians
- 21 April 2010
Saudi Arabia is interested in investing in Zambia's agriculture sector in order to improve the food security of the two countries. Zambia says they have plenty of land for this.
China farming deal not 'completed yet'
- Tribune (Bahamas)
- 20 April 2010
Chinese investors interested in cultivating Bahamian land could be interested in exporting what they produce as well as supplying the local market, the executive chairman of the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation said yesterday.
Ethiopia: Land rent contractual agreement made between Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Verdanta Harvests PLC
- 20 April 2010
Contract covers the lease of 3,012 ha in the Gambela Regional State for a period of 50 years, with option for renewal.
Grabbing Africa
- Frontline
- 20 April 2010
The global rush to acquire agricultural land in bountiful Africa evokes concern and protests.
Fertile ground for investment
- Pensions & Investments
- 19 April 2010
European pension funds are investing in global farmland, with a focus on emerging markets. If political problems arise, “You'll have the World Bank on your side,” SilverStreet's chief investment officer said.
Foreign investors safeguarded from obligations to locals
- IPS
- 19 April 2010
The recent large-scale acquisition of land in Kenya and in Africa in general happens on murky terrain as governments negotiate behind closed doors.
PE firm rethinks Laos/Cambodia fund
- Financial Times
- 18 April 2010
FIDP has launched a Cambodia and Laos fund, “an extended China play” that will focus largely on agriculture, seeking to benefit from China’s desire for food security.
The latest crop of landowners gives food for thought
- The National
- 18 April 2010
Such huge transfers of agricultural power must surely come with consequences that are worthy of closer regulatory inspection.
Honored to accept invitation
- Japan Times
- 18 April 2010
I personally know of the efforts of a leading Japanese company that is cooperating with African farmers to create sustainable systems that blend technology with traditional African lore
Stakes are high in African investment race
- Joong Ang Daily
- 16 April 2010
Korean investors are nervous about trusting African governments’ guarantees, and about complex and frequently arbitrary regulations.
Fighting land grab
- Slow Food
- 15 April 2010
The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has joined forces with a coalition of organizations to protest against the recent increase in land grabbing - transferring rights over agricultural land in developing countries to foreign investors - and to denounce its support by the World Bank (WB).
ME’s farmland buys in Africa seen as 'a win-win partnership'
- Arabian Business
- 15 April 2010
The head of a 19-state African trading bloc has denied the Gulf’s policy of snapping up cheap farmland across the continent is tantamount to a ‘neo-colonialist’ land grab.