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UAE examines farm future
- The National
- 19 October 2008
Some experts believe that the emphasis should be on overseas agricultural investments as well as a boost in trade relationships, due to the unavoidable handicaps to domestic agriculture.
Rising wheat crisis | Pakistan eyeing corporate farming
- The Post
- 12 October 2008
Talks are on with investors from Qatar, UAE and Saudi Arabia. 25,000 Punjab villages will be affected.
PE looks at Brazilian agriculture
- PE Hub
- 11 October 2008
Private equity funds remain optimistic that Brazil’s farm sector offers investment opportunities despite the deteriorating world credit market, executives said on Thursday.
Private equity bullish on Brazil ag despite crisis
- Reuters
- 09 October 2008
Private equity funds remain optimistic that Brazil's farm sector offers investment opportunities despite the deteriorating world credit market, executives said on Thursday.
Farming Makes a Comeback in Russia
- Business Week
- 09 October 2008
Investors are pouring billions into Russian agribusiness—and trying to reverse decades of Soviet mismanagement.
Ivory Coast land tensions fester ahead of polls
- Reuters
- 09 October 2008
The question of land ownership in Africa has become more pertinent as foreign investors tap a global need for food and energy security by investing in land and agricultural or biofuel projects in the developing world.
Cambodia - Socfin-KCD contract on rubber plantation
- FIDH
- 08 October 2008
Contract on the investment of rubber and agro-industry plantation between the Govt of Cambodia and KCD (SOCFIN) of 8 October 2008
CHS, Mitsui & Co. raise stake in Multigrain JV in Brazil
- World-Grain.com
- 08 October 2008
The owners of Multigrain, a leading Brazil-based agricultural commodity business, announced today the company has acquired 100,000 hectares (247,000 acres) of farmland and related processing operations intended to strengthen its ability to serve customers around the world.
Bin Ladin Group to Invest in Food Production in West Java
- Tempo
- 08 October 2008
West Java governor Ahmad Heryawan said his province will become one of the many regions targeted by the Binladin Group for investment in food production.
Philippines keen on UAE investments
- Gulf News
- 07 October 2008
Margarito B. Teves, Finance Secretary of the Philippines, spoke to Gulf News about the potential for joint investment initiatives between the UAE and the Philippines. "The UAE can count on the Philippines as a reliable supplier of food products permissible under Sharia."
FACTBOX: Investing in Africa: Land and agriculture
- Reuters
- 07 October 2008
Soaring food prices, supply fears among import-dependent countries and rising demand for biofuels have driven up investment in agricultural land, notably in Africa.
Turkey: International cooperation necessary to boost agricultural productivity
- ALI ASLAN KILIC
- 06 October 2008
The deputy leader of the Democratic Left Party (DSP) Turkey has stated that Turkey possesses some great advantages in agriculture, despite the major problems that remain in place in the sector, but emphasized that it is a mistake to sell agricultural land to foreigners.
Sudan spends $1.5 billion to develop agriculture
- Sudan Tribune
- 05 October 2008
Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will spend three billion Sudanese pounds (1.5 billion USD) up to the end of the year to implement a massive program to develop the agricultural sector.
Angola launches $6bn agriculture expansion
- Financial Times
- 04 October 2008
Angola, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has launched an ambitious plan to exploit both its fertile soils and high global food prices to attract $6bn (€4.3bn, £3.4bn) in agriculture investments over the next five years.
Riyadh outsources wheat industry
- Middle East Business Intelligence
- 03 October 2008
Arabia is phasing out its domestic wheat growers and seeking to shift production overseas.