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The growing lust for agricultural lands
- Le Monde
- 14 April 2009
Not a day goes by without new acreage being signed over. "For Sale" ads for agricultural property are now featured in the international financial press. And there's no dearth of clients.
Saudis and South Koreans in new land rush
- Land Gazette
- 14 April 2009
Two of the world's biggest land investors - Saudi Arabia and South Korea - have announced moves to improve their food security. A South Korean company is to buy 125,000 acres in Russia over the next four years and a Saudi group has set up a £600m fund to buy land.
SKorea shipbuilder buys big tract of Russian land
- AFP
- 14 April 2009
South Korea's largest shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries, announced it will buy a big tract of Russian farmland in the latest move by Korean firms to help their crowded country secure stable food supplies.
SR3b bid for food security
- Saudi Press Agency
- 14 April 2009
The Saudi Cabinet on Monday approved establishing a SR3 billion agricultural investments company that will partner the Saudi private sector in the quest to achieve food security in the Kingdom.
Saudis establish agribusiness to invest overseas
- Reuters
- 13 April 2009
An agricultural investment firm owned by the Saudi government will focus on investing abroad to cultivate mainly wheat, rice, sugar and soybeans, a senior agriculture ministry official said on Monday.
Ukraine: Farming opportunities
- UK Farming
- 13 April 2009
With food prices rising across the globe, adventurous foreign investors can find excellent business opportunities in Ukrainian agricultural sector despite (or perhaps due to?) the global economic crisis.
Jordan to move forward on agricultural investments in Sudan
- Sudan Times
- 11 April 2009
Jordan will dispatch a delegation to Sudan next Thursday headed by its agriculture minister Saeed Al-Masri to discuss an agreement on developing food farms in the East African country, according to media reports.
Madagascar May Welcome Farm Ventures After Daewoo Cancellation
- Bloomberg
- 10 April 2009
Madagascar has “definitely abandoned” a $6 billion farming agreement with Daewoo Logistics Corp., though may welcome agriculture investment in the future, Minister of Land Reform Hajo Andrianainarivelo said.
IFC to invest $200 mln in Africa agribusiness
- Reuters
- 09 April 2009
The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector lending arm, will nearly double its investment in agribusiness in Africa to $200 million during the 2009 fiscal year, a senior official said.
The challenge of unearthing global capital
- Money Management
- 09 April 2009
The agribusiness managed investment scheme sector is not expected to escape the economic downturn that has hit the financial services industry.
Seychelles sets out its priorities
- BBC
- 09 April 2009
People planning to spend their dream holiday lounging on the idyllic palm-lined beaches of the Seychelles might have to look elsewhere after the government decided to make food security a priority over the lucrative tourist sector.
Sowing the seeds of regret?
- Globe and Mail
- 08 April 2009
Increasingly, the land deals are coming under the scrutiny of the UN and watchdog groups such as Grain, the International Land Coalition and the IFPRI. That's because it is not obvious that they are win-win situations.