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China looking to lease Kazakhstan land for agriculture
- EurAsia Review
- 07 February 2010
Despite government assurances, the possibility that China could possess Kazakhstani territory leaves many citizens skittish
Analysis: Buy land — they’re not making it anymore
- Daily Times
- 07 February 2010
Reports indicate that the Gulf States have acquired more than 150,000 hectares of land in Balochistan near Mirani Dam to begin mechanised farming.
Indonesia: Govt to set up three SEZs for agribusiness
- Jakarta Post
- 06 February 2010
The government is aiming to attract less than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.6 billion) in investment through the development of three special economic zones (SEZs) producing agricultural products this year.
Conference: "Africa for sale" - Analysing and theorizing foreign land claims and acquisitions
- NVAS
- 05 February 2010
Call for papers for an international conference to be held at Groningen University, Netherlands, 28-29 October 2010.
Crime, conflict and shortages threaten Gulf
- The National
- 05 February 2010
The worldwide financial crisis has reportedly stalled several agricultural deals between Gulf countries and overseas partners, including two between Bahrain and Pakistan.
Stop à l’accaparement des terres arables
- Oikos Blogue
- 04 February 2010
Entrevue avec Arnaud Zacharie, directeur du Centre national de coopération développement (CNCD, Belgique)
Hungarian candidate backs ban on foreign ownership of farmland
- DPA
- 04 February 2010
Fears of a land grab by wealthier western EU countries prompted Hungary, and most of the members that joined in 2004, to negotiate temporary derogations in the case of agricultural land. The derogation is due to expire in May 2011.
Egypt leases land in Uganda to ensure food security
- MediaGlobal
- 04 February 2010
While the proposed deal brings up ethical questions of exploitation, another concern is how it will impact earth changes and food security in the future.
Kenya: Slow sale process delays plan for land bank
- Business Daily
- 04 February 2010
The State has stepped up the drive to buy idle land to make available to investors, hoping to snap up vast fallow land across the Rift Valley and Coast provinces and towns near Nairobi.
Land, investment and development
- Global Donor Platform
- 04 February 2010
Presentations from a meeting organised by the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development and FAO/SDC/IFAD, where today's largescale farmland acquisitions figured high on the agenda
Sudan firm in talks with Hassad
- The Peninsula
- 04 February 2010
A delegation of top Kenana Sugar officials is in Doha to hold talks with Qatar’s Hassad group to create one of the world’s biggest food producing companies with a view to ensuring food security in the Arab world.
African agriculture entices funds
- Sake24.com
- 04 February 2010
At least three or four private equity funds are currently raising capital with a mandate to invest in agricultural enterprises in Africa.
Papua food estate faces land-use tangles: Kadin
- Jakarta Globe
- 04 February 2010
Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry warns that the government’s plan to develop a major food estate in Merauke, Papua, may run into difficulties because confusing and overlapping land use regulations will deter investors.
Cambodia: US$310 Million for Irrigation to Boost Rice Exports
- dap-news.com
- 04 February 2010
The high potential in rice investment has intrigued not only China, which is Cambodia's biggest donor, but other donors as well, such as Kuwait, Korea and Japan—given the country’s agricultural sector is the nation’s backbone economy.
Ethiopia: Land grabbing and the emergence of ‘cereal republics’
- FoodFirst
- 04 February 2010
Ethiopia must harness its enormous agricultural potential, not by selling it off as a cheap commodity, but by supporting farmers in growing culturally appropriate crops for domestic markets, using agro-ecologically sustainable farming methods.