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Trinorth acquires Unilever's palm oil plantations in DRC
- Press release
- 03 September 2009
Canadian investor acquires 100,000 hectare plantation in DRC as part of its investment in farmland and large-scale food crop production in Africa.
New Thai laws to 'protect farms from Gulf buyers'
- Reuters
- 03 September 2009
Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, is cracking down on foreign ownership of its farmland following reports of rich Middle East food importers snapping up vast tracts of land in poorer countries.
Asian interest in Aussie farmland: rural rebound
- The Australian
- 03 September 2009
Ray White Rural chairman Paul White said there was interest in Australian rural property from Chinese, Malaysian and Indonesian investment groups, looking to secure their food supply for the future.
Charoen Pokphand pours Bt3 bn into Vietnam
- The Nation
- 02 September 2009
Pursuing its strategy of penetrating the Middle East market, the company has set up a special committee to study the possibility to increase exports to the region. So far, the company has signed a farming contract with Bahrain for supplying food products.
MoI to offer 7m acres of agri land to foreigners
- Daily Times
- 02 September 2009
Pakistan's Ministry of Investment has decided to offer more than 7 million acres of farmland for long-term investment to the Emirates Investment Group and others. China and Saudi Arabia are also interested.
Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland: official
- Reuters
- 01 September 2009
"Over the past few weeks the Saudi government has been in talks with us to lease 500,000 acres (202,400 hectares) of farmland and we are currently in the process of locating which land we could give them," Tauqir Ahmad Faiq at the ministry of agriculture, said
Mauritius leads land grabs for rice in Mozambique
- GRAIN
- 01 September 2009
Mauritius has secured a large area of land in Mozambique to produce hybrid rice for export back hom through a joint venture with a Singaporean company.
Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland
- Reuters
- 01 September 2009
In April, concerns over farmers’ rights led the government of Pakistan’s Balochistan province to block direct deals between United Arab Emirates-based private investors and farmers.
Russia eyes Japan investment in farms, ports
- Reuters
- 31 August 2009
Russia is in talks with Japanese companies to secure investment in Siberian farmland and Pacific ports that would allow the world's No. 3 wheat exporter to carve a greater share of Asian markets, a senior grain official said.
Agricultural FDI: Global land grab or good business?
- World Bank
- 31 August 2009
The World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Advisory Service is developing a new set of indicators called the Investing Across Borders project.
Land transfer: Consulting rural communities
- Spore
- 31 August 2009
"They are selling off African land for a song," said Ndiogou Fall, president of the executive committee for the Network of Peasant Organizations and Producers in West Africa (ROPPA), which is calling for dialogue between governments, producers and African and foreign investors.
The 'cursed career'
- Bangkok Post
- 31 August 2009
Palong Piroomyu, a 52-year-old farmer from Bang Len in Nakhon Pathom province, is preparing to sell his portion of farmland to a Bangkok-based buyer. He's not concerned about who the buyers are or that some may even be quietly representing foreigners.