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Local food production not viable
- Gulf News
- 09 May 2010
GCC countries are doing the right thing by increasingly exploring investments in farmlands abroad, says Jasim Ali, Bahraini MP.
LatAm could contribute to India’s food security
- Financial Express
- 08 May 2010
India should look at Latin American countries to keep its food security intact, argue public and private sector officials
Agrarian Ministry advocates cancellation of moratorium on farmland sales
- Ukrainian News
- 07 May 2010
"The government will trigger lifting of the moratorium on sale of farmland. We cannot form sustainable development of the land market without this step," says Ukraine's agrarian policy minister.
Arab world needs $144 billion to meet food needs, official says
- Bloomberg
- 07 May 2010
Tareq al- Zadjali, director general of the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development, wants to see more Arabs investing in agriculture within the Arab worlds’ borders rather than buying farms abroad in Asia and Africa.
Is the World Bank napping on land grabbing?
- Change.org
- 07 May 2010
And even though the World Bank has announced some tepid steps along with the United Nations to protect against land grabs, don't expect much out of the process.
Wall Street eyes farmland
- DTN
- 07 May 2010
Wall Street financiers now interested in channeling billions of new dollars into cropland include heavy hitters like UBS, Morgan Stanley and Rabobank.
Funds flow toward farmland as experts eye deals
- Reuters
- 07 May 2010
Cargill and Bunge among firms setting up funds to buy farms in Asia and South America.
5ème Convention ordinaire du ROPPA: Résolution finale
- ROPPA
- 07 May 2010
La Convention a recommandé l’élaboration d’un système de suivi et d’alerte permettant de fournir aux plateformes des bases réelles de mobilisation sociale des exploitations familiales agricoles pour limiter voire enrayer l’accaparement des terres de la région.
Envoy calls for agricultural investment in Pakistan
- Arab News
- 07 May 2010
Pakistan’s ambassador to the Kingdom has called on Saudis to invest in his country’s agricultural sector.
Zenawi "very comfortable" with farmland grabs by foreign investors in Ethiopia
- World Economic Forum
- 06 May 2010
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi talks about the leasing of large areas of Ethiopian farmland to foreign investors during a panel on African agriculture at the World Economic Forum
Sierra Leone: Protecting investors, but what about the people?
- Pambazuka
- 06 May 2010
When will governments recognise the immense potential of their own farmers and their sustainable, diverse family farming systems, that are so desperately in need of genuine 'responsible' agricultural investment to assure food and seed sovereignty, asks Joan Baxter
Tanzania: Nation mulls ambitious farming projects
- Tanzania Daily News
- 06 May 2010
Tanzania's President says his government has decided to work with the private sector in large scale farming and the Tazara corridor is the starting point.
Macquarie Agricultural Fund to own Brazil Soybean, grain farm
- Bloomberg
- 06 May 2010
Macquarie Group Ltd. plans to own and run 500,000 acres of soybean and grain farms in Brazil over the next three years
Gaiacor International enters joint venture negotiations for land reclamation in Argentina
- Market Wire
- 06 May 2010
Gaiacor International, together with its strategic partner MITC Investments, Ltd., has commenced negotiations with Agro North with the intent of forming a joint venture to acquire and reclaim agricultural land in Argentina.
From bleeding Africa to grabbing the land
- The Citizen
- 06 May 2010
The long-term danger I foresee, in the worst case scenario, is that the debt spiral will eventually converge with the land grabs.