• China’s shrinking farmland
    • Perspectives
    • 26 June 2009

    Latin America is surely one of the most attractive places for China to invest in arable land and food industries.

  • Some large investors views on farmland
    • Ag Capita
    • 26 June 2009

    Soros recently became the largest shareholder in Adecoagro one of the leading agribusiness companies in South America whose main activities are the production of grains, rice, oilseed, dairy products, sugar, ethanol, coffee, cotton and cattle meat.

  • FAO: International investments in agricultural production
    • FAO
    • 25 June 2009

    Paper presented at the Expert Meeting on “How to Feed the World in 2050,” FAO, Rome 24-26 June 2009

  • Other countries could grow their own crops here
    • ABC
    • 25 June 2009

    Greg Mason, from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries, says countries and regions facing 'peak water' like China, India and the Arab states are looking to solve food shortages by growing crops in places like the Ukraine and Australia.

  • Strategic food security?
    • International Supermarket News
    • 25 June 2009

    Carl Atkin, Head of Research at Bidwells Agribusiness looks at the recent interest in 'strategic food security' and the associated 'land grab' by Middle Eastern Corporations and Governments in countries as diverse of Sudan, Senegal and Sierra Leone.

  • Czech agricultural chamber complains of foreign land grab
    • Radio Praha
    • 25 June 2009

    In the Czech Republic, agricultural land is also being snapped up. Whereas buyers used to be mainly Dutch and German farmers, now Western investment companies are also getting in on the act.

  • La course au foncier : regard croisé Nord-Sud à l’occasion de l’assemblée générale d’Afdi en juin 2009
    • AFDI
    • 25 June 2009

    La course au foncier a vu environ 15 à 20 millions d’hectares changer de mains dans le monde, sur les trois ou quatre dernières années. Lors de son Assemblée générale à Paris, le 25 juin, l’association de solidarité internationale Afdi (Agriculteurs français et développement international) a organisé une table ronde sur cette question, véritable polémique depuis la crise alimentaire survenue en 2008.

  • India cultivates Africa
    • Mail Today
    • 25 June 2009

    Indian firms have signed land deals in Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar to produce a range of food crops for export to India.

  • Business close-up: Ithmaar Bank
    • MEED
    • 25 June 2009

    In August 2008, Ithmaar joined forces with two leading Middle East banks, Bahrain-based Gulf Finance House and Abu Dhabi Investment House, to form Vision 3, an organisation that provides high-value investment opportunities across a range of sectors including food security

  • Eastern promise!
    • Gulf Daily News
    • 25 June 2009

    Undeterred by recent debates, a Bahrain scouting mission left for a week-long trip to the Philippines and Thailand yesterday, where it hopes to secure fruit and vegetable plantations.

  • Our fear of the foreigner on the farm
    • Bangkok Post
    • 25 June 2009

    Amid fears of land-grabbing foreigners, Thailand's Democrat government is all set to give local landlords a big bonanza.

  • Land grabs becoming more popular
    • Farmland Forecast
    • 24 June 2009

    Many land transactions occur without a paper trail, therefore making regulation even more challenging.

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