KS Oils acquires additional 14,000 ha of land

• KSNR
• 24 June 2009

KS Oils acquires additional 14,000 HA land for oil palm plantations in Indonesia, owning a total of 34,000 ha.

Farm swap

• BBC
• 24 June 2009

Farming overseas is a global trend. So to find out more about this phenomenon, Mike Gallagher meets Andrew Hunter - a British farmer working vast landholdings in Hungary and Serbia.

Farmer-scientist group says no to public land lease to foreign corporations

• MASIPAG
• 24 June 2009

We challenge the line agencies, legislators and national government to immediately stop the leasing of public land to foreign corporations. Instead, public lands that have huge potential to ensure food security and nation building should be distributed to Filipino small farmers.

Militant groups expose RP-Bahrain secret pact on agriculture

• Pamalakaya and KMP
• 24 June 2009

The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pamalakaya and staunch ally KMP on Thursday exposed what they called a secret agricultural pact between the Philippines and Bahrain.

Le Cap-Vert exploite des terres agricoles en Angola

• PANA
• 24 June 2009

Le gouvernement du Cap-Vert a créé une société anonyme à capitaux publics en vue d’exploiter et gérer des terres agricoles mises à sa disposition par les autorités angolaises dans le cadre de la coopération entre les deux pays

Argentina: Justicia entrerriana no intervendrá en la siembra de soja en las islas

• La Capital
• 23 June 2009

Thailand says no to farm investment by foreigners

• Reuters
• 23 June 2009

The issue of farmland investments is expected to be raised in the first ministerial meeting between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) on June 29-30 in Manama.

Bahrain Bank, CP to form strategic alliance for agro-industrial

• The Nation
• 23 June 2009

Eam Ngamdamronk, vice chairman of CP Group, said it was a flexible agreement in which investment could be made in Bahrain, Thailand and also in third countries.

Flow of investment dollars to farms seen growing

• Reuters
• 23 June 2009

From Kansas to Kenya, investment opportunities in a range of global farm-related ventures are increasingly drawing capital to what many players and analysts see as the early days of a burgeoning bull market in agriculture.

Soja, l’eldorado argentin

• L'Humanité
• 23 June 2009

La semence directe, en réduisant les coûts de production, permet aux grands pools souvent étrangers de louer la terre, promouvant ainsi une agriculture sans agriculteurs.

Thai govt: Foreigners can't farm here

• Bangkok Post
• 22 June 2009

Thailand's Ministry of Commerce says the law is quite clear -- foreign developers cannot invest in the country's agricultural sector, especially the farm sector.

Guyana yet to see huge regional investment in agri sector -Persaud

• Starbroek News
• 22 June 2009

The Guyana government has rolled out several invitations to regional investors that included land offers for agricultural purposes.

Farm sector: 'Reject mideast overtures'

• The Nation
• 22 June 2009

Thai rice farmers and exporters strongly oppose the Gulf Cooperation Council's interest in investing in the Thai farming sector

Il n’y a pas que les vaches qui rient

• Madagacasr-Tribune.com
• 22 June 2009

Dans tout le flou et le vague qui règnent autour du projet Daewoo, il y avait au moins une certitude : les Sud-coréens se proposaient de louer des terres qui seraient restées à Madagascar. L’eau de Faraony quant à elle, quittera bel et bien la Grande Ile, et en grande quantité.

Gulf states plan farm projects in Philippines

• Emirates Business 24/7
• 22 June 2009

Gulf oil producers are considering plans to invest in farming projects in the Philippines to face a steady increase in domestic food demand and reduce a painful import bill, said the region's private sector leader.