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.

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

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

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 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.

Al Salam and CP Group will jointly identify suitable agribusiness ventures that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while playing a proactive role in addressing food security in the region.

A hunt by investors for a bright spot in the global economic downturn has led to the farm.

Bahrain-based Islamic bank Al Salam said on Sunday it has signed an agreement with Thailand's agriculture and food company Charoen Pokphand Foods to jointly invest in agricultural businesses.

La ruée des investisseurs étrangers vers les terres arables est une tendance lourde du continent africain

Daewoo continues to surreptitiously hold some 218,000 hectares of appropriated land in Madagascar

The best investment opportunities are most likely to be in areas where entry values are low or agricultural production is currently underperforming. Both these aspects could apply to parts of Central Eastern European Countries, South America or other developing markets.

Support our protest with a letter to Ahn Yong Nam, president and CEO of Daewoo Logistics Corp. Urge Daewoo to bring clarity and transparency to the public about the announced contract with the Madagascan government, and their contents and conditions.

Las poblaciones afectadas no siempre permanecen expectantes. Además de la larga lucha del pueblo mapuche contra Benetton en Chile y Argentina, el caso de Madagascar es paradigmático.

La colère suscitée par l'éventuel démarrage d'un vaste projet agricole, conclu entre l'ancien gouvernement et la société sud-coréenne Daewoo Logistics, continue d'alimenter la crise actuelle.

"We have our experiences about foreign ownership of land in Mindanao, where Dole and Del Monte controlled hundreds of thousands of hectares of lands, through leaseback agreements, cultivating their raw materials, thus, peasants have been transformed to mere lowly agricultural workers whose rights of their lands have been stripped off," said Antonio Flores, KMP Spokesperson.