Daewoo Logistics of South Korea said it expected to pay nothing to farm maize and palm oil in an area of Madagascar half the size of Belgium, increasing concerns about the largest farmland investment of this kind.

The Saudi Arabia-based Binladin Group is expected to wrap up a feasibility study by the end of this year on investment in a massive food business program that will be located primarily in the eastern part of Indonesia, a senior official says.

A South Korean company hopes to turn an undeveloped stretch of Madagascar into a corn-production center, an official said Wednesday.

Agcapita allows investors to gain direct exposure to a key part of the agriculture commodity bull market story - Canadian farmland.

South Korea's Daewoo Logistics will plant corn in Madagascar, a company official said on Tuesday, with a long-term aim to replace more than half the corn it currently imports from mostly the United States.

Daewoo Logistics of South Korea has secured farmland in Madagascar to grow food crops for Seoul, in a deal that diplomats and consultants said was the largest of its kind.

Due to the lack of arable land in its home market, Savola must look abroad for agricultural land and has named Sudan, Egypt, Ethiopia and Ukraine as target countries where it plans to buy the land necessary to grow seeds such as sunflower and corn seeds.

Gulf nations now are quietly scouring the globe for rich farmland to rent or buy outright.

As the Gulf's agricultural production rates slow and food prices around the world continue to rise, GCC members are investing heavily in the fertile lands of Africa and Asia.

Interview with Sudanese government and FAO officials on leasing farmland to foreign investors

Malibya a été chargée par les dirigeants du Mali et de la Libye de mettre en valeur 100 000 hectares mis à la disposition de la Jamahirya libyenne par les autorités maliennes.

Les Coréens du Sud négocient. Une première délégation d’investisseurs est venue au mois de Mai. Elle aboutit à l’issue de son séjour à un mémorandum. Elle est revenue au mois de juillet, avec plus d’empressement et de détermination. Résultat, la préparation de la signature d’un contrat très important avec le gouvernement malgache.