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Land sale moratorium extended in Ukraine
- Ernst & Young
- 22 February 2010
The land sale moratorium has been extended until 1 January 2012.
Indonesia aims to be world's breadbasket
- AFP
- 22 February 2010
Following Brazil's trail, Indonesia is encouraging foreign and local investors to lease huge swathes of fertile countryside and help make the country a major food producer.
BBC Radio 4: Food fights
- BBC
- 22 February 2010
Bill Law investigates the causes and consequences of the great global land grab. Tonight, episode one in Kenya.
Saudi Star to swallow 100,000sqm of Bishoftu land
- Addis Fortune
- 21 February 2010
Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, the newest food growing company formed by Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, is to acquire 100,000sqm of land in Bishoftu (Debre Zeit) this week, its senior official disclosed.
Y ahora a por sus tierras
- Noticias de Guipuzkoa
- 21 February 2010
LA ONU ha presentado un estudio en el que informa sobre la masiva compra de tierras que países poderosos, e incluso multinacionales, están llevando a cabo en África.
Jordan, Kazakhstan exploring food-security venture
- Jordan Times
- 21 February 2010
Jordan and Kazakhstan are considering a joint venture to produce grain in Kazakh territories to secure the Kingdom's needs at fair prices.
Agriculture contractuelle, entre sécurité économique et spéculation foncière
- Le Républicain (Bamako)
- 19 February 2010
La véritable nouveauté semble être le déplacement de l’épicentre de la spéculation de l’économie virtuelle vers l’économie réelle, précisément l’agriculture de marché, qui est non pas un facteur de sécurité alimentaire, mais la source même de péril climatique, d’insécurité alimentaire, et d’insécurité tout court.
Emergent Asset Management claims to run the biggest agricultural fund in Africa, but it is not clear how much progress has been made on the ground
- Agriprods
- 18 February 2010
There is something amazingly patronising in the way Payne claims that Emergent has ‘adopted’ a Mozambican village of 3,000 people and hired its citizens to clear 2,000 acres of land to farm it with her firm.
L'Indonésie veut devenir l'un des garde-manger du monde
- AFP
- 18 February 2010
Suivant l'exemple du Brésil, l'Indonésie ambitionne de devenir un grand producteur agro-alimentaire, en proposant des centaines de milliers d'hectares de rizières et de champs aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers.
Kingdom must have agriculture base, says Al-Rasheed
- Arab News
- 18 February 2010
The chairman of Golden Gras says the solution to problems around buying farmland abroad for Saudi food production is 60:40 partnerships.
Proposed agricultural deal carries risk for Cambodia's rural poor
- VoA
- 18 February 2010
BKK Partners, an Australian financial advisory firm, has a client that wants to buy 100,000 ha of Cambodian farmland. Human rights workers and politicians are concerned.
IDB eyes Qatar funds to double farm financing
- Gulf Times
- 17 February 2010
Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank is tapping Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund as well as other government and private entities as the bank seeks to double financing for agriculture sector in developing countries.
Egypt offers 50,000 acres of farmland for agri-products
- Reuters
- 17 February 2010
Egypt will invite bids in March for 50,000 acres of land in North Sinai for agro-business projects under a new land scheme that could bring in as much as 66bn Egyptian pounds ($12bn) by 2020.
Bringing jobs, energy to Sierra Leone or another African land grab?
- WSR
- 16 February 2010
In the last four years, an area the size of Germany has been bought or rented to produce food and fuel in Africa. But not by Africans, nor for Africans, say critics.
Hungarian MPs favor ban on sale of farmland to foreigners
- RealDeal
- 16 February 2010
Parliament yesterday approved a resolution calling on the government to get the EU to extend a ban on the purchase of farmland by foreigners for another three years. The current moratorium will end in 2011.