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ASEAN states plan rice cartel
- VNS
- 18 August 2009
Laos has approached Thailand as a partner in a joint venture with Kuwait to grow rice in Laos. The Lao government has allocated 200,000ha.
Agriterra Ltd seeks to acquire West African palm oil company
- Agriterra
- 18 August 2009
EBF, which Agriterra will acquire, has land holdings of more than 169,000 hectares in Liberia, West Africa.
Thailand set for food deals with the Gulf
- Bangkok Post
- 18 August 2009
Thailand is poised to establish joint ventures with Gulf states to secure rice, processed agricultural products and food supplies for the oil-rich countries. But the government has reiterated that foreigners will not be allowed to invest in farming and livestock businesses in Thailand.
La Libye s'accapare des terres rizicoles maliennes
- Via Campesina
- 17 August 2009
L’accaparement des terres des petits paysans par des grandes entreprises nationales et étrangères devient un sujet de plus en plus révoltant au Mali.
Financiers scent food-security deals
- Financial Times
- 17 August 2009
As financiers seek to diversify their fee bases, investment banks are scenting an opportunity in Gulf states’ eagerness to secure long-term food supplies in the form of agricultural investment deals.
Sime Darby $800 million Contract: Another Form of Extortion in Liberia?
- New Liberian
- 17 August 2009
The recently signed $800 million United States dollars Concession contract between the government of Liberia and the multinational conglomerate, Sime Darby, is raising questions in counties to be affected.
Farmland investment - Next bubble or undervalued asset?
- Sterling Knight
- 17 August 2009
"In any resource sector, if you want to get involved, you always want to be in the upstream. It doesn't matter whether it's mining, whether its oil and gas or agriculture," says ABN AMRO's Tariono.
Farmlands and deglobalization
- Pakistan Observer
- 17 August 2009
Islamabad instead of allowing foreigners control of local agri-land should use twenty million acres of government land to settle 2 million families by allotting ten acres land to each family
Laos floats joint Thai-Kuwait rice investment proposal
- Bangkok Post
- 16 August 2009
Kuwait has recently shown an interest in doing rice business in Laos, but Vientiane wants Thailand to be its partner,
Le Maurice s'apprête à acheter des terres agricoles de première qualité au Mozambique
- Reuters
- 15 August 2009
Le Maurice prendra possession du bail de 20 000 ha de terres mozambicaines avant de les sous-louer à des investisseurs.
Mauritius eyes prime Mozambican farmland
- Reuters
- 15 August 2009
Mauritius plans to buy 20,000 hectares (49,420 acres) of prime farmland in Mozambique to alleviate mounting worries about food security on the import-dependent island.
New rice project launched in Maputo
- Agencia de Informção de Moçambique
- 14 August 2009
Libya Africa Investment Portfolio and the Mozambican company Ubuntu SA are launching a $30 million rice project that will cover 20,000 ha near to Bela Vista, capital of Mozambique's southernmost district of Matutuine.