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Buying Of Developing Countries’ Farmland Slows: UN

By Svetlana Kovalyova January 7, 2010

“Maybe some of them don’t want to take this political risk, reputational risk and economic risk.” – JEAN-PHILIPPE AUDINET, IFAD The pace at which investors in richer countries have been buying farmland in developing nations has slowed with the fall in food prices this year from peaks hit in 2008, United Nations farming experts said

Opinion

Agricultural Policy For Developing Countries: Back To Basics

By Daryll E. Ray November 12, 2009

While many in the U. S. see single-desk marketing boards controlled by farmers as problematic, one needs to consider the nature of the markets into which farmers sell their products. Agricultural policy in developing countries has been an ongoing concern since the end of the Second World War and the dismantling of colonial European empires.

News

Guidelines Could Help Improve Farmland Deals

By Roberta Rampton November 5, 2009

A draft of the first-ever international code of conduct for farmland deals should be ready by the end of the year, the head of the United Nations’ International Fund for Agricultural Development said. The draft document will lead to more discussion about how to ensure deals benefit host nations, as well as those seeking to

Crops

G20 Asks World Bank For Ag Fund

October 1, 2009

The Group of 20 has asked the World Bank to create a trust fund to increase agricultural investment in poor countries. In July, countries pledged $20 billion over several years to increase investment in agriculture in poor countr ies to bolster food security following record-high prices last year. “We call on the World Bank to

Opinion

Starvation In An Age Of Plenty

By Ron Friesen September 24, 2009

Other countries’ domestic and foreign policies are often at the root of food disasters What is it about Africa? With its tropical climate and rich soil, it should be able to feed its teeming millions many times over. Yet too often Africa becomes a metaphor for famine and hunger. In 1984-85 a horrified world responded

Opinion

Paul Beingessner — A Love Of Farming And Concern For Others

By Paul Beingessner July 2, 2009

It is with the deepest regret that we must pass on the news that columnist Paul Beingessner died last Thursday in an accident while repairing a haybine on his farm near Truax, Saskatchewan. Paul brought a unique combination to his readers – a love of farming, an analytical mind and a gift for writing. It

Livestock

Guidelines For Foreign Land Deals Coming

May 21, 2009

The World Bank will soon publish guidelines to help investors and countries make cross-border farmland purchases mutually beneficial, a senior World Bank official says. After last year’s food riots the food supply scare has pushed several countries such as Saudi Arabia and South Korea to buy or lease farmland overseas to feed their own people.

Opinion

Farming To Feed The World – for Apr. 23, 2009

By Alan Guebert April 23, 2009

If you had a nickel for every magazine story that detailed the best ideas to pass your farm or ranch on to your children and grandchildren, you’d have one wealthy farm or ranch to pass on. If, however, you had a nickel for every magazine story that detailed what economic, environmental and political actions are

News

World Bank Lending Arm Extends Into Africa

By Muchena Zigomo April 16, 2009

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank’s private sector lending arm, will nearly double its investment in agribusiness in Africa to $200 million during the 2009 fiscal year, a senior official said. IFC director for global agribusiness, Oscar Chemerinsky, said the lender would continue to ramp up its agribusiness investments as part of efforts to

News

Europeans Press U. S. For Doha Breakthrough Soon

By Doug Palmer April 9, 2009

Countries should try for a breakthrough in world trade talks after India has held national elections in May and could be in a better position to bargain, two top European trade officials said March 25. Leaders of the Group of 20 developed and developing countries also “should give a strong signal to close the deal

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Buying Of Developing Countries’ Farmland Slows: UN

Agricultural Policy For Developing Countries: Back To Basics

Guidelines Could Help Improve Farmland Deals

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Farming To Feed The World – for Apr. 23, 2009

World Bank Lending Arm Extends Into Africa

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