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The next big thing: H2O
- Foreign Policy
- 19 April 2009
Water is the new gold, and a few savvy countries and companies are already banking on it.
UN food agencies see "win-win" farmland deals
- Reuters
- 19 April 2009
Rich nations buying farmland in less developed countries to boost own food supplies should also contribute to improving agriculture overseas, heads of two United Nations' food agencies said.
Iffco's investment Down Under shows vision
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 19 April 2009
UAE food processing and poultry group Iffco has justifiably ruffled some feathers in Australia. Earlier this year, Iffco acquired a 14.99 per cent stake in Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) from Futuris Corporation for AU$64.7 million (Dh171.6m). AAC is the largest beef cattle company in Australia, running around 500,000 beef cattle on 21 cattle stations comprising 8.2 million hectares.
World agriculture ministers descend on Italy for food summit
- Deutsche Welle
- 18 April 2009
Some nations, such as India, instituted tight export controls on staples like wheat and rice. Others, like South Korea and Saudi Arabia, have bought land overseas to help grow food for their populations.
Congo-Brazzaville: Free Land Expected to Lure South African Farmers
- TradeInvest Africa (Cape Town)
- 17 April 2009
The Republic of Congo offered 10 million hectares of farm land to South African farmers to grow maize, soya beans and also establish poultry and dairy farms. In the deal being touted as the biggest in recent African history, farmers would be able to lease the land for free for 99 years.
The G8 should clean up their own mess instead of dictating to poor countries what to do
- Via Campesina
- 17 April 2009
We are seeing big international investors and speculators move away from financial products and into to food products and agricultural land in the South.
G8 farm ministers plot world food strategy
- Reuters
- 17 April 2009
Farm ministers of the Group of Eight meeting in Italy this weekend aim to forge a strategy to secure food supplies and stabilize prices, as rich nations scramble for acreage abroad to feed their people.
Now Malawi agrees to lease land to Djibouti
- Coastweek
- 17 April 2009
Malawi has agreed to lease arable land to Djibouti for crop production, leaders of the two countries have disclosed, the Nations reported on Tuesday.
Saudis request for 500,000 hectares
- The Citizen Newspaper
- 17 April 2009
Saudi Arabian investors want to lease 500,000 hectares of farmland in Tanzania to grow rice and wheat.
Securing food security in the Asia-Pacific region: A partial analysis
- United Nations Asian & Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery
- 17 April 2009
There is a need to allow countries which do not have access to arable land to guarantee food security of its people by an “Exchange Agreement”.
HyundaiHeavy’s land deal smells of politics
- Korea Times
- 16 April 2009
Hyundai Heavy Industries -- the world's biggest shipyard -- has bought a big tract of Russian farmland in one of the latest diversification moves by Korean firms. But here's a question: Have performance- and profit-obsessed Hyundai Vice Chairman Min Gye-sik and its CEO Choi Kil-seon voluntarily decided on the move or has the company's biggest stakeholder pushed for the plan?
Malagasy farmers oppose land deals with foreigners
- Reuters
- 16 April 2009
Malagasy farmers have backed a move by the country's new president to stop a $6 billion land deal with South Korea's Daewoo Logistics, saying it would have come at the expense of local people's needs for land.