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SDC syposium: "Large-scale investment in agriculture and land – Opportunity and risk for food security"
- SDC
- 15 October 2009
Presentations at a symposium organised by the Swiss government on World Food Day 2009
China may sponsor Lamu Port
- BMI
- 15 October 2009
No deal was ever secured with Qatar, and China is now being eyed as a more appropriate suitor for the project.
Food for thought
- FDI Magazine
- 15 October 2009
In the future it seems most likely that improved food security will be achieved through a combination of farmland investment, the traditional free flow of trade in agricultural commodities and food products, and insurance market support to underwrite all of these activities, says FDI Magazine
As US and other wealthy nations slash aid, UN warns of “silent tsunami of hunger” in global food crisis
- Democracy Now!
- 14 October 2009
Devinder Sharma talks about landgrabbing in the context of the world food crisis on "Democracy Now!"
Petition against land lease disposed of
- The News
- 14 October 2009
The chief justice of Lahore's High Court directed the Ministry of Food and Agriculture that no land would be sold or leased out to any foreign country without prior intimation to this court.
Kuwait's SWF-linked KCIC says to list shares in Q4
- Reuters
- 14 October 2009
Kuwait China Investment Co, a firm linked to the Gulf Arab state's sovereign wealth fund which is approaching governments in Southeast Asia to invest in farmland, said it had secured final approval to list its shares on the Kuwaiti bourse.
Buying farm land and mines as local sectors languish
- Organiser
- 13 October 2009
The UPA Government has deprived job opportunities to millions of illiterate and semi-literate Indians by forcing Indian companies to invest abroad in overseas plantations and coal mining sectors.
Global land acquisition: trends and challenges
- EDD
- 13 October 2009
As land acquisition becomes increasingly borderless, new mechanisms and codes of conduct are required to govern the relationship between investors, governments and local communities.
S.Africa farmers want land in Zimbabwe investment pact
- Reuters
- 12 October 2009
While Agri SA has been leading a push for South African farmers to invest and farm in a number of other countries across Africa, including the Republic of Congo, Libya and Zambia, the union has urged its members to stay away from countries where South Africa has no investment protection agreements.
Sheik’s new agro firm shells out $80m
- Addis Fortune
- 12 October 2009
Al Amoudi has a new company whose purpose is to grow food in Ethiopia for Saudi Arabia.
Black earth stirs investors in Russia
- AFP
- 12 October 2009
Swedish company Black Earth Farming (BEF) since 2006 has bought 300,000 hectares (740,000 acres) of Russian farmland after the government finally allowed land to be privatised after decades of state ownership.
Chinese investors descend on Masindi
- The Observer
- 11 October 2009
Hebei Company plans to grow its operations -- wheat, maize, rice, vegetable and livestock production for the local, Chinese and European markets -- to about 100,000 acres [40,500 ha] of land in 8-10 years.