• Vos terres : Avis d'expert
    • MAG Cultures
    • 29 May 2009

    Pergam: "J’ai débuté mes achats de terres en 2005, en les étalant sur une période de deux ans jusqu’en 2007. La majorité des terres acquises se situe en Uruguay (35 000 hectares dont 40 % sont consacrés à la culture et 60 % à l’élevage) et les autres, en Argentine, soit 10 000 hectares. J’ai effectué ses achats au travers de la société argentine Campos orientales, l’un des plus gros propriétaires terriens du pays. La plus value latente est de l’ordre de 30 % en deux ans."

  • Outsourcing agriculture
    • ISN Security Watch
    • 28 May 2009

    If land is being unused or under-utilized in poor regions across Africa and Southeast Asia, outsourcing to capital-rich and land-poor nations could help prevent another global food crisis, but it must be fair and productive, Adam Wolfe writes for ISN Security Watch.

  • Raid indien sur des terres camerounaises
    • Africa Intelligence
    • 28 May 2009

    Quel est le groupe indien qui négocie la location de 15 000 ha de terres au Cameroun dans la région d'Ombe (sud-ouest) pour un investissement de 168 milliards F CFA ?

  • Japan to push for G-8 rules on intl farm investment
    • Yomiuri Shimbun
    • 28 May 2009

    This would be the first time for an international set of guidelines of this kind to be formulated

  • Food security in Africa: China's new rice bowl
    • China Brief
    • 27 May 2009

    Most Chinese investment in African agriculture is concentrated in southern Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and, increasingly, Angola.

  • Libya agrees deal to grow wheat in Ukraine
    • Reuters
    • 27 May 2009

    Tymoshenko is pushing through with promises to provide Libya 100,000 ha of Ukrainian farmland to produce its own wheat

  • Wikileaks: Food security, agriculture getting spotlight in the Kingdom
    • Wikileaks
    • 27 May 2009

    "Saudi Arabia is increasingly looking for agriculture investment opportunities abroad, mostly in Africa," reports the US mission in Riyadh in May 2009

  • Fix the land deals
    • FT
    • 26 May 2009

    Food commodity prices remain near historic highs. Food riots destablised countries around the world last year – more than the financial crisis – and may well return. If food was ever a soft policy issue before, it now rivals oil as a basis of power and economic security.

  • Egypt to reap wheat in Ugandan field
    • Trade Arabia
    • 26 May 2009

    The Egyptian government has been allocated up to 2 million acres of land in Uganda to grow wheat and corn for its domestic market

  • G8 move to halt 'farmland grabbing'
    • FT
    • 26 May 2009

    Japan will spearhead a drive at the Group of Eight summit to prevent "farmland grabbing" in developing countries and encourage responsible investing in agriculture.

  • Japan to propose land investment principles at summit
    • Reuters
    • 26 May 2009

    Japan is to propose introducing a set of principles to ensure smooth investment in agriculture in developing countries at a Group of Eight summit in Italy in July, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, in a move to limit 'land-grabbing'.

  • Slater aims to raise $15m for agriculture company
    • Dow Jones
    • 26 May 2009

    Slater reckons shortages of soft commodities and the likelihood of rising inflation make farmland an excellent investment, not least in Brazil where Agrifirma is located.

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