water

Egypt seeks food and water security in Sudan
- AFP
- 27 Mar 2011
Sudanese officials have set aside 17,000 hectares of land in White Nile state for an Egyptian meat project.
Journée mondiale de l’eau : l’Ethiopie aux prises avec un scandale international
- Survival
- 21 Mar 2011
Le gouvernement éthiopien a par ailleurs affecté 180 000 hectares de terres de la vallée de l’Omo à l’investissement agricole dont certaines se trouvent sur les territoires des tribus nyangatom, karo et mursi.
Africa’s flourishing Niger Delta threatened by Libya water plan
- Yale e360
- 03 February 2011
Mali’s president and Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi have begun a major agricultural project that will divert much of the river’s water and threaten the delta’s future.
Farmers want register of overseas buyers of Oz farmland & water licences
- ABC
- 16 November 2010
New South Wales Farmers Association is calling for a register of all overseas purchases of Australian agricultural land and water licenses.
Private equity sees "buckets of money" in water buys
- Reuters
- 09 November 2010
Water scarcity will generate big returns once climate change and population growth take their toll on farming.
Egypt’s conundrum over food security and the Nile’s water
- Afrik News
- 14 October 2010
The Egyptian external agricultural land deals are all the more fragile as a future government or policy change in Ethiopia or Sudan risks destabilizing their external food security strategy.
Liquid gold
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 04 September 2010
In an era when many countries are starting to worry about food security, foreign agribusiness might buy into the rural water market here in Australia and use permanent water holdings to dictate how our farmland should be used.
Argentina: la extranjerización de la tierra
- Adital
- 28 June 2010
Las iniciativas orientadas a frenar la "extranjerización" que impulsan los diputados nacionales Orsolini y Conti apuntan, en principio, a evitar la concentración de propiedades y a establecer un control anual de las zonas donde se acumulan recursos estratégicos del país, como el agua o las reservas de minerales
Namibia: Will farm project mean the river runs dry?
- IPS
- 18 May 2010
"Local businessmen make deals with foreign investors and convince tribal authorities in the area to give them land, but the water from the river is not just for people to take," says Water Affairs Under Secretary A. Nehemia who had not been informed about the farm.
Saudia Arabia eyes US for ag investing, contracts
- Reuters
- 30 April 2010
Saudi Arabian investors are looking to expand their agricultural investments in the United States to secure long-term food supply because of water shortages in the desert kingdom, Saudi officials said on Thursday.
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
- The Guardian
- 07 Mar 2010
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens
Saudi to phase out water intensive crops
- Al Arabiya
- 07 November 2009
Saudi Arabia plans to phase out production of water intensive crops such as wheat, soybeans and animal fodder. "It would be best to grow these kinds of crops outside Saudi Arabia," says the kingdom's water and electricity minister.