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Food security in Africa: China's new rice bowl
- China Brief
- 27 May 2009
Most Chinese investment in African agriculture is concentrated in southern Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and, increasingly, Angola.
Libya agrees deal to grow wheat in Ukraine
- Reuters
- 27 May 2009
Tymoshenko is pushing through with promises to provide Libya 100,000 ha of Ukrainian farmland to produce its own wheat
Wikileaks: Food security, agriculture getting spotlight in the Kingdom
- Wikileaks
- 27 May 2009
"Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa," reports the US mission in Riyadh in May 2009
Fix the land deals
- FT
- 26 May 2009
Food commodity prices remain near historic highs. Food riots destablised countries around the world last year – more than the financial crisis – and may well return. If food was ever a soft policy issue before, it now rivals oil as a basis of power and economic security.
Egypt to reap wheat in Ugandan field
- Trade Arabia
- 26 May 2009
The Egyptian government has been allocated up to 2 million acres of land in Uganda to grow wheat and corn for its domestic market
G8 move to halt 'farmland grabbing'
- FT
- 26 May 2009
Japan will spearhead a drive at the Group of Eight summit to prevent "farmland grabbing" in developing countries and encourage responsible investing in agriculture.
Japan to propose land investment principles at summit
- Reuters
- 26 May 2009
Japan is to propose introducing a set of principles to ensure smooth investment in agriculture in developing countries at a Group of Eight summit in Italy in July, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, in a move to limit 'land-grabbing'.
Slater aims to raise $15m for agriculture company
- Dow Jones
- 26 May 2009
Slater reckons shortages of soft commodities and the likelihood of rising inflation make farmland an excellent investment, not least in Brazil where Agrifirma is located.
Sabah welcomes foreign investors for commercial rice cultivation
- Bernama
- 25 May 2009
The state government is welcoming foreign investors wishing to commercialise padi planting in Sabah in order to increase rice production in the state, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Yahya Hussin said.
Riyadh paves way for foreign ventures
- FT
- 24 May 2009
Since details emerged of Saudi Arabia’s plans to ensure supplies of wheat, rice, corn, soya beans and alfalfa through overseas agricultural investments, officials have insisted that they intended the programme to be private-sector led.
Food security fuels land grab, says report
- Financial Times
- 24 May 2009
Alarmed by exporters’ trade restrictions, food importing countries have realised that their dependence on the agricultural market makes them vulnerable not only to a surge in prices but, more crucially, to an interruption in supplies.
Africa almost giving land away, says UN
- Financial Times
- 24 May 2009
African countries are giving away vast tracts of farmland to other countries and investors almost for free, according to a report published by IIED, IFAD and FAO