Betting the farm

• Fortune/CNN
• 10 June 2009

As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.

Credits

• Financial Times
• 10 June 2009

Colombia: Buscan destrabar inversión extranjera en el agro

• Portafolio
• 10 June 2009

Estudian un mecanismo jurídico que le permita eliminar las restricciones por el área máxima que puedan adquirir los empresarios extranjeros para ejecutar proyectos productivos en el sector colombiano.

SKorean firm to invest $150m in corn plant

• Phnom Penh Post
• 09 June 2009

South Korea's KOGID Cambodia plans to invest US$150 million to grow and process corn for animal feed to be sold overseas.

Russia's ambitious food plan needs big money

• Reuters
• 09 June 2009

Analysts say Moscow's plan, which would attract international commodity firms, might require a more open approach to investment in land

Africa becomes wary of farm deals: land activist

• Reuters
• 09 June 2009

African nations are becoming more cautious in selling farmland to foreign investors, with governments paying closer attention to deals that could lead to social unrest, AGRA says

Africa: Agriculture an underestimated "safety net"

• IRIN
• 09 June 2009

IFAD says that "land grab deals" are opportunities and should be transparent.

Inside the barley republic

• Ethiomedia
• 08 June 2009

What we are witnessing in countries like Ethiopia today is an extreme form of the banana republic syndrome.

Indian Company launches agro-investment project in Gambella

• Ethiopian News Agency
• 08 June 2009

A multi-million birr investment project by Karuturi Global Limited, an Indian company in Etang Special Woreda of Gambella State was launched on Saturday.

Gulf states show interest in Thai farms

• Reuters
• 08 June 2009

A number of Gulf states have expressed interest in livestock and rice farming in Thailand to secure food supplies, a Thai official said on Monday. "The countries involved could be Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or the UAE," he added.

FAO : acquisition de terres cultivables par des intérêts privés ou publics

• Attac
• 08 June 2009

On est au cœur de la nécessité d’une régulation publique, nationale comme internationale à travers les biens publics mondiaux. Sans elle, c’est évidemment l’intérêt financier et/ou l’intérêt étranger qui prévaudra.

The coming of foreign farm investors…what lessons for Nigeria ?

• Business Day
• 08 June 2009

It is not clear whether a strategy is in place to ensure that part of the food produced by the rich food importers farms will be sold locally.

Draft agreement on Sudan project nearing completion

• Jordan Times
• 08 June 2009

The government said on Sunday that a draft agreement with the private sector on the stalled Jordanian agricultural megaproject in Sudan is being finalised in order to be sent to the Cabinet for approval.v

Mount Kenya Declaration on the global crisis and Africa’s responsibility

• Oakland Institute
• 08 June 2009

It is clear that the proposed solutions by corporate interests are based on acquiring large tracts of land and cheap labour for industrial scale production, serving to maintain the lifestyle of societies of over-consumption thereby exacerbating the crises both in the North and the South.

Time to invest in dairy

• Stuff
• 08 June 2009

The next six to 12 months may be the best time in five years to buy a dairy farm or a share in one, according to investment company MyFarm in New Zealand. The global recession has not changed anything.