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UAE needs to invest in Egypt farm sector
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 13 May 2008
UAE wants to boost investment in Egypt’s agricultural sector in the light of the current rise in prices of commodities worldwide.
In Ukraine, mavericks gamble on scarce land
- Wall Sreet Journal
- 12 May 2008
Landkom has leased 165,000 acres from thousands of landowners in Ukraine and will reap its first big harvest this year.
La Chine compte étendre sa surface agricole…à l’étranger
- Food, Feed, Fuel
- 12 May 2008
Dans un souci de reprendre le contrôle sur son approvisionnement alimentaire, les autorités étudient actuellement la mise en place d’une politique incitative visant à encourager les entreprises agricoles chinoises à acheter et louer des terres cultivables en grande quantité, plus particulièrement en Afrique et en Amérique du sud.
Chinese firms eye Aussie farmland
- The Australian
- 12 May 2008
China's fast-growing farm corporations may be the next wave of Chinese investors in Australia, joining their already influential mining comrades.
Saudi Arabia moves agriculture abroad
- Market Research Analyst
- 12 May 2008
Saudi government moves agriculture abroad by investing in farming of staple commodities in Thailand, Brazil, India and other countries. This move represents a classic case of “absolute advantage” economy.
UAE investors buy Pakistan farmland
- Financial Times
- 11 May 2008
Dubai-based Abraaj Capital, one of the Middle East’s largest private equity companies, has been quietly buying farmland in Pakistan as part of plans by the United Arab Emirates to increase food security and to damp inflation.
Chinese debate pros and cons of overseas farming investments
- The Guardian
- 11 May 2008
“It is the government’s policy to encourage all companies to go abroad, including agricultural firms,” a Chinese Agriculture Ministry official told Reuters.
Convention d'investissement dans Ie domaine agricole entre le Mali et la Libye (2008)
- Mouvement des sans voix
- 10 May 2008
Contrat portant sur l'octroi de 100,000 ha maliens à la Libye.
Food Fight: Wealthy nations buying up land for food
- Marketplace / American Public Media
- 09 May 2008
This week, Saudi Arabia announced plans to invest in overseas fisheries, livestock and food production, and is reportedly trying to partner with Thai rice farms to lock in future supplies. Libya is in talks with Ukraine about growing wheat there, and as China tries to feed its expanding middle class, it’s looking to buy up farmland in Africa and South America.
Firm will grow rice in Africa
- China Daily
- 09 May 2008
Chongqing Seed Corp has decided to cultivate rice on 300 hectares in Tanzania from 2009
CHINA: Buying Farmland Abroad, Ensuring Food Security
- IPS
- 09 May 2008
Rattled by rapidly rising global grain prices, China is looking at strategies to ensure long-term food security for its 1.3 billion people such as procuring farmland overseas and opposing the formation of any international grain price-fixing monopolies.
China overseas food push not realistic
- Reuters
- 09 May 2008
China's private firms are pushing to invest in farms overseas, but policy debates over whether this is in China's strategic interest have so far stopped the trend becoming an explicit government policy, a senior official said on Friday.