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AgriNurture acquires mango exporter company
- Manila Bulletin
- 07 July 2010
ANI is one of the few accredited companies that have the capacity and license to export fresh mango to Japan and Korea.
Chinese bid sparks foreign ownership debate
- Otago Daily Times
- 07 July 2010
Calls for an overhaul of rules governing foreign ownership of farm land increased in New Zealand yesterday, coinciding with the Chinese-backed company lodging an application to buy 16 North Island dairy farms with the Overseas Investment Office.
Hassad to produce rice abroad for Qatar market
- Peninsula
- 07 July 2010
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice in India, Pakistan, the Philippines and Vietnam.
Sudan mega-project hits new snag
- Jordan Times
- 07 July 2010
Discussions are at a standstill after investors, a joint Arab-foreign company based in the Philippines, insist on owning the lands allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan for the project,
Indonesia: Demand for palm oil fuels land-grabbing
- IRIN
- 06 July 2010
Communities throughout Indonesia are losing land to companies seeking to profit from the booming palm oil industry.
Natural Dairy lodges OIO application
- NZPA
- 06 July 2010
Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy says it has relodged its application with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) to buy the Crafar portfolio of farms, and expects approval in the next few months.
Malaysia's Sugar King Kuok has gone global
- The Star
- 06 July 2010
Wilmar, which already owns 200,000 ha of sugar cane plantations in Indonesia, said it intended to use Sucrogen’s proven expertise in the sugar business to pursue growth strategies in “Indonesia and other high potential Asian markets.’’
Foreign investors buy up African farmland, sparking fears of a new colonialism
- bt Egypt
- 06 July 2010
While some North African countries are selling land, others struggling with dry climates are starting to buy land tracts overseas and in other African nations to feed their own growing populations.
Crafar bid by Landcorp endorsed by PM
- Radio New Zealand
- 06 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key is endorsing Landcorp's bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in receivership.
Rice/Cassava: Vietnamese, Chinese set to boost production in Edo
- Business Daily
- 05 July 2010
Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice and cassava in Edo State, Nigeria, respectively.
Press release from the London International Oromo Workshop
- LIOW
- 03 July 2010
Participants denounced land grabbing and agreed to co-ordinate their efforts globally to campaign to STOP the irresponsible greedy practice by the transnational conglomerates.
PM admits 'concern' about sale of Crafar farms
- Dominion Post
- 03 July 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign investors would be in the long-term interests of New Zealand.
L'Ukraine ambitionne de redevenir un "grenier à céréales" mondial
- Le Monde
- 02 July 2010
Nombre d'Ukrainiens préfèrent louer leurs droits fonciers plutôt que d'exploiter leur parcelle.
Tunisia to lease farmland to foreigners -official
- Reuters
- 02 July 2010
Tunisia plans to lease over 9,641 hectares of farmland to foreign investors this year to help increase agricultural production and exports, a government official said on Friday.
Assessing international investments in agriculture: A systems perspective
- EAAE Seminar
- 02 July 2010
The paper attempts to present an integrated look at international investments in agriculture from a systems perspective, focusing on Arab investments in Sudan.