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Gabon Government signs $4.5 billion accords on infrastructure, agriculture
- Bloomberg
- 15 August 2010
Singapore-based Olam will develop a palm-oil plantation covering as much as 300,000 hectares in the southeast of the country.
Le Gabon signe de contrats de 4,5 M USD avec l'Inde et Singapour
- Xinhua
- 15 August 2010
Olam, multinationale basée à Singapour réalisera un programme de développement de 200.000 hectares de palmeraies pour un investissement total de 800 millions USD.
Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world
- Global Land Project
- 14 August 2010
Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under negotiation in 27 African host countries – an area equivalent to France.
Enquête sur la riziculture chinoise à Nanga-Eboko
- Le Jour
- 13 August 2010
Installés dans la Haute-Sanaga depuis quatre ans, les chinois s'adonnent à la riziculture. Enquête sur une activité parrainée par les pouvoirs publics
China, Africa forge farming ties
- China Daily
- 12 August 2010
Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of China-Africa agriculture cooperation says China State Farms Agribusiness Corporation manager.
Who's who of South America corporate farm giants
- Progressive Farmer
- 12 August 2010
With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.
Food estate Merauke cakup area 480.000 ha
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 12 August 2010
7 Perusahaan besar siap memulai kegiatan
L’Afrique, une terre à louer
- Tribune de Genève
- 12 August 2010
L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour le continent noir, finissent par nuire à des populations déjà pauvres et à des économies précaires.
Tanzania : Memorandum of Understanding for conducting feasibility study between Agrisol Energy and the Mpanda District Council
- The Oakland Institute
- 11 August 2010
Feasibility study to invest in a large scale agro-industrial project in the land designated as the Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements
This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
- PTI
- 11 August 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.
Sudan woos investors to put $1bn in farming
- Financial Times
- 11 August 2010
Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.
Alta do investimento chinês remodela conexão com Brasil
- Reuters
- 11 August 2010
Vinda virtualmente do nada, a China disparou para a posição de maior investidor estrangeiro direto no Brasil este ano, com aquisições que variam de minas de ferro a vastas terras para plantio, bem como linhas de transmissão de energia.
Congo offers investment opportunities in agriculture for Indian entrepreneurs
- FnBnews
- 11 August 2010
DRC, with 80 million ha of rich arable soil of which only 5% is cultivated, has invited Indian investors in the area of largescale farming to come and assess the possibilities.
Analysis: Surge in Chinese investment reshapes Brazil ties
- Reuters
- 10 August 2010
From virtually nowhere, China has rocketed to become the biggest foreign direct investor in Brazil this year with purchases ranging from iron ore mines to vast tracts of farmland and the electricity grid.
OECD: Private financial sector investment in farmland and agricultural infrastructure
- OECD
- 10 August 2010
Given the expected need for additional arable land to be brought into production on a global basis, the amount of capital that could enter the [farmland acquisition] sector could substantially exceed USD 150 billion.