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Hungry for land
- Seed Magazine
- 27 April 2009
Growing food in foreign lands has a long history. But the 21st century version of outsourced agriculture presages something fundamentally new.
Troubles in the Delta
- Seed Magazine
- 27 April 2009
On the eastern coast of Kenya, controversy erupts over plans to turn a biodiversity hotspot into farmland for Qatar.
Reassurance must be sown in foreign fields
- Financial Times
- 27 April 2009
Saudi officials I have spoken to seem to be aware of the minefields their schemes could ignite.
Saudi-Phillipine food production joint ventures in the cards
- The Saudi Gazette
- 27 April 2009
Saudi Arabia's desire to secure its sources of food for its citizens by establishing overseas joint ventures in food production has received a positive response from a Philippine trade delegation.
Japan to promote farm investment overseas for food security
- Bloomberg
- 27 April 2009
Japan is considering providing loans from a government-owned bank for companies to purchase and lease farmland abroad, Munemitsu Hirano, counsellor at the international affairs department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said.
Still sound reasons to cultivate agriculture
- Financial Times
- 26 April 2009
So does this mean farming might now be a good place to make money? Some investors certainly think so, according to ETF Securities.
Saudi Arabia looks to foreign farmlands to feed itself
- Dawn
- 26 April 2009
The issue of food security is getting higher on Riyadh’s priority list.
Learning tricks of the trade
- Gulf News
- 25 April 2009
Some Gulf countries may now be realising the importance of offering direct loans to African countries as a means to increase Arab investment.
Pakistan woos investors from UAE
- Khaleej Times
- 24 April 2009
"Pakistan has finalised plans to offer ownership of agricultural lands to investors for farming, and is targeting investors from the UAE and other Gulf countries to help with their own food resources."
Food follies
- National Interest
- 24 April 2009
The Federal Minister of Investment in Pakistan, Waqar Ahmed Khan, said this week that the government plans to sell or lease 1 million acres of farmland to foreign investors, primarily from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Although the news has yet to gain much coverage, if carried out it could punctuate growing unrest and frustration, given Pakistan’s limited amount of arable land and population of more than 170 million.
Foreign investors eye rural targets
- The Australian
- 24 April 2009
The debate over foreign investment is set to expand from the mining industry to agriculture as overseas investors pour billions of dollars into Australian rural properties considered by some to be strategic national assets.
Disputes erupt over plans to invest millions in rice farming
- The Economist
- 23 April 2009
It seemed like the perfect match. Kuwait has a lot of money and needs to import food. Cambodia has a lot of fertile land and wants to attract foreign capital.