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Foreigners own more US farmland
- Delta Farm Press
- 09 October 2009
Foreigners have an interest (partial or total ownership) in 1.6 percent of all privately held US agricultural land, a 1.4 million acre increase from 2007.
Libye: Des terres pour les Sud-Africains
- Maghreb Confidentiel
- 09 October 2009
La Libye cherche à s’assurer des terres agricoles à l'étranger pour accroître son autonomie alimentaire, ce qui ne l'empêche pas de louer ses propres terres à d'autres pays !
Newsline: The Saudi factor
- Newsline
- 09 October 2009
Special issue on the Pakistani government's plans to dole out domestic farmlands to the Gulf countries on 99-year lease for corporate farming.
Corporate farming…A wise development strategy or land grab?
- Desertification
- 08 October 2009
Critics say that by seeking to solve their food shortage problem through foreign farmland acquisitions, the rich emerging economies may succeed in producing enough quantity for their populations but may in the long-term be exporting their food insecurity to other nations.
The great land grab: Rush for world's farmland threatens food security for the poor
- Oakland Institute
- 08 October 2009
A new report from the Oakland Institute lays bare the insidious role played by international financial institutions like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank and Foreign Investment Advisory Service, as well as rich nations, in promoting and facilitating this widespread land reappropriation--all in the name of promoting food security through foreign investment in agriculture.
Gov't ‘about to lose Sudan investment’
- Jordan Times
- 08 October 2009
The Sudanese government will take back a plot of land allocated for a Jordanian agricultural megaproject if the government does not implement the project within two weeks
Kuwait firm eyes farmland in Southeast Asia
- Reuters
- 07 October 2009
"Our proposition to the governments is that we can help them develop the infrastructure and develop the farmland and we will then take a share of the produce," says KCIC
K S Oils acquires more land in Indonesia
- Commodity Online
- 07 October 2009
K S Oils, one of India’s leading integrated edible oil food companies Wednesday announced further acquisition of 53,000 acres of land for palm oil plantations in Indonesia. This brings the company’s land bank in Indonesia to 1,38,000 acres [56,000 ha], the largest owned by any Indian company.
Le contrat d’agribusiness de VARUN doit être annulé
- Collectif pour la Défense des Terres Malgaches
- 07 October 2009
Le contrat de Varun est fortement défavorable aux paysans malgaches. Suspendu depuis plusieurs mois par le pouvoir central, il doit d’urgence être annulé.
Vita Grain says priority is to support stock-piling of rice in Singapore
- Business Times
- 06 October 2009
Vita Grain Group, which is backed by US $60 million of funding, owns more than 20 different strains of hybrid rice seeds. Vita Grain is looking for funding to expand its seed production beyond Africa to Asia, the US and South America. The company is also setting up a rice mill in Mauritius and is in talks with partners in Botswana, Madagascar and Mozambique to develop rice production units.
Españoles que cultivan fuera
- El País
- 06 October 2009
Empresas alimentarias españolas apuestan por producir en el exterior para abastecer el mercado nacional y los de terceros países
Japan ready to fund agriculture activities in Merauke
- Tempo Interactive
- 05 October 2009
Several companies like Mitsubishi Corporation are interested in promoting Merauke as a new rice barn in Asia.
Funds: Eastern Europe the focus for "Green Revolution II" investors
- Business New Europe
- 05 October 2009
It isn't often you sit down with a fund manager and begin the interview by discussing their new film.
This asset is like gold, only better
- Stockhouse
- 04 October 2009
Almost half the farmland bought in Britain last year was snapped up by banks and funds.
Zardari regime grappling with its credibility
- Dawn
- 04 October 2009
The Zardari government is on trial with respects to three developments, of which the possible lease of land to Saudi Arabia and some other Arab countries, because they are of historical significance for Pakistan.