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Cargill's Black River eyes food, land deals
- Reuters
- 10 May 2010
Cargill's private equity firm says it will set up farms in Asia where "there is a huge lack of competency in farm management practices."
North-South Forum: Transnational land acquisitions and rural development
- ETH
- 10 May 2010
The recent food crisis has triggered a rush for agricultural land overseas. We will debate this challenge at the North-South Forum, organised jointly by the NCCR North-South and the North-South Centre in Zurich on 18 May 2010
Achieving water security worldwide - Kings College London
- King's College London
- 10 May 2010
"This workshop is the first in the world to explicitly discuss the implications of the water/food/land deals nexus," according to Martin Keulertz, Department of Geography, King’s College London
Hyundai wants to buy land in Brazil
- Folha de São Paulo
- 09 May 2010
Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea.
Battle brewing over forests and plantations in Papua
- Jakarta Globe
- 09 May 2010
Environmentalists are up in arms over the latest design for the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate in Papua, which they say will see more than 1.1 million hectares of forests converted into agricultural estates.
Hyundai busca tierras para cultivar soja en Brasil
- ANSA
- 09 May 2010
La empresa automotriz surcoreana Hyundai anunció su intención de comprar diez mil hectáreas de tierras cultivables en Brasil para exportar soja (soya) hacia Corea del Sur
Empresa sul-coreana Hyundai quer comprar terras no Brasil
- Folha de São Paulo
- 09 May 2010
Executivos da empresa sul-coreana Hyundai negociam com governos estaduais a compra de terra no Brasil com o objetivo de plantar e exportar soja para a Coreia do Sul.
Pachauri to Arabs: "Convert oil wealth into soil wealth"
- The National
- 09 May 2010
Prof Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the IPCC, thinks Arab states should shore up their food security as global warming places stress on the world's agricultural resources. But he is not thinking of recent government initiatives to buy fertile farmland in other countries.
SA, Zim not safe for investments
- Farmers Weekly
- 09 May 2010
At a recent conference in Cairo, South Africa and Zimbabwe were the only African nations not considered safe havens for foreign farmland investment because of uncertainty about land-reform programmes and unfriendly labour environments.
Local food production not viable
- Gulf News
- 09 May 2010
GCC countries are doing the right thing by increasingly exploring investments in farmlands abroad, says Jasim Ali, Bahraini MP.
LatAm could contribute to India’s food security
- Financial Express
- 08 May 2010
India should look at Latin American countries to keep its food security intact, argue public and private sector officials
Agrarian Ministry advocates cancellation of moratorium on farmland sales
- Ukrainian News
- 07 May 2010
"The government will trigger lifting of the moratorium on sale of farmland. We cannot form sustainable development of the land market without this step," says Ukraine's agrarian policy minister.
Arab world needs $144 billion to meet food needs, official says
- Bloomberg
- 07 May 2010
Tareq al- Zadjali, director general of the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development, wants to see more Arabs investing in agriculture within the Arab worlds’ borders rather than buying farms abroad in Asia and Africa.
Is the World Bank napping on land grabbing?
- Change.org
- 07 May 2010
And even though the World Bank has announced some tepid steps along with the United Nations to protect against land grabs, don't expect much out of the process.
Wall Street eyes farmland
- DTN
- 07 May 2010
Wall Street financiers now interested in channeling billions of new dollars into cropland include heavy hitters like UBS, Morgan Stanley and Rabobank.