Foreign companies start buying or leasing huge tracts of agricultural land in developing countries. Foreign companies have recently started buying or leasing huge tracts of agricultural land in developing countries ?” and generating scare stories in so doing. Companies from countries including Saudi Arabia and China are investing in agricultural land to have more control over a strategic industry ?” in just the same way that other international companies do, she says. If you take Nestlé, they have developed local markets, they have catered to local needs, they have had to interact with local laws and interests, and that is what many companies which start to expand in key countries will have to learn. There has been a surge of interest in foreign investment in agricultural land since the biofuels boom of 2003 and the global food crisis of 2008. About Us | Site map | Site help | Management | Job vacancies | Link to us | Where are we | Contact | ©Copyright swissinfo. read more

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