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South African farmers in high demand across Africa
- Ghana Business News
- 09 May 2009
A number of African countries are inviting South African farmers to come over to their countries and ply their trade, and Libya is included.
Saudi trade mission asked to invest in Mindanao’s halal food production
- Business World
- 09 May 2009
The Philippine government has invited visiting investors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to invest in the halal food industry, said Agriculture Secretary Arthur C. Yap. "They have the fund...we have to find a way to convince them to invest in the Philippines," he said.
Saudi businessmen wary of agrarian reform
- Business Mirror
- 07 May 2009
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said corporate executives representing the big agricultural businesses in Saudi Arabia have raised concerns about the Philippine agrarian reform and limiting foreign land ownership as they indicated interest in acquiring tracts of plantation land and poultry farms.
Foreign, local investors allowed to develop RP land
- RAMR, GMA News
- 07 May 2009
Over a million hectares of Philippines farmland will be made available to foreign and local investors in a bid to boost agriculture productivity.
UN expert: Food crisis needs more than increased production
- Deutsche Press-Agentur
- 07 May 2009
A United Nations expert said Thursday that increasing food production would not necessarily decrease the vulnerability of those who were food-insecure.
Ensuring food security for the world’s poor: Questions and Answers
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- 07 May 2009
What is the OECD’s view of rich food-importing countries buying land in developing countries to secure their own food requirements?
RP, Bahrain sign accord for project in Mindanao
- Saudi Gazette
- 07 May 2009
The Philippines and Bahrain have begun discussions on a possible agribusiness project in Mindanao covering an initial area of 10,000 hectares that is expected to create some 20,000 jobs, officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday.
Global farm grab vs our native need for food
- The Call of The Land
- 07 May 2009
Land grabbing and food speculation are not just overseas phenomena; they are also happening in North America.
RP pitches investment opportunities to Saudi businessmen
- Business World
- 07 May 2009
The Philippine government yesterday proposed investment opportunities in the agriculture sector for Saudi Arabians to ensure the supply of agriculture commodities and develop idle government lands.
Russia's PAVA to offer farmland to Gulf investors
- Reuters
- 06 May 2009
Russian grain processing firm PAVA plans a farmland investment road show across the Gulf region over the next two months and is open to selling shares to Middle East investors as it aims to triple the land under its control.
’Food colonialism’ increasing hunger in Africa
- Modern Ghana
- 06 May 2009
The European Union is coercing some West African governments into allowing European-based fishing companies to deplete West Africa’s fishing stocks in a new "food colonialism" that is now taking place between rich and poor countries around the world, according to British author George Monbiot.
Deflating bubbles
- Financial Times
- 06 May 2009
For the far-sighted investor, especially one spending dollars, an agricultural downturn could be the time to consider buying farmland.
PAVA views land assets as unique investment opportunity
- PR-inside
- 06 May 2009
PAVA together with its agricultural subsidiary explores the investment potential of Russian lands amid the world booming demand on agricultural resources
Pakistan’s farmland sales: a fatal folly?
- Reuters
- 06 May 2009
Any student of history will tell you that a recurring feature of 20th century revolutions and civil wars was conflict over land ownership, driven by the resentment of the rural poor against the concentration of agricultural wealth in the hands of the elite.
NAWG: Buying foreign farmland will not provide food security
- National Association of Wheat Growers
- 05 May 2009
There have been numerous press stories about food importing countries planning to buy land abroad to secure their food supplies. While that is perhaps a natural reaction to the shockingly high prices that basic food commodities reached briefly early last year, it will not work.