Madagascar

Notes to broadcasters on foreign-owned farmland
- Farm Radio Weekly
- 22 December 2008
Dependence on oil imports may be influencing the Ethiopian government’s decision to lease farmland to Saudi Arabia
Madgascar, Kenya question widsom of foreign land deals
- Global Voices
- 21 December 2008
Such blockbuster deals neglect to take into consideration the true interests of the farmers
Wikileaks: Madagascar: GOM (again) denies Daewoo land deal
- Wikileaks
- 19 December 2008
"Most observers here take the GOM denials at face value, and attribute the whole matter to Daewoo's extreme naivete in having concluded that a permit to look around for land here was anything more than the beginning of a long and still very uncertain process," writes the US embassy in Antananarivo in December 2008
Supply response to sky-high prices: Old reliables and an eye-opening new approach
- The Prairie Star
- 19 December 2008
Recent unconfirmed media reports suggest that these countries are seeking as much as 20 million acres on which to grow crops that can be shipped back home for domestic consumption.
Africa’s silver lining
- FDI Magazine
- 17 December 2008
“Now we are facing the food crisis. Madagascar can have a lot to offer on this: we have land, we are using less than 10% of arable land in Madagascar. The big foreign investors can come in, work together with us. They will get good return on investment and we will get food for the population."
Madagascar, l'affaire Daewoo confirmée
- www.laverite.mg
- 16 December 2008
La tension monte de plusieurs crans dans les zones touchées par les demandes de terrains. Les paysans sont prêts à défendre leurs biens et à s’opposer à toutes formes de spoliation de leurs terrains. Un soulèvement populaire est à craindre si les autorités restent indifférentes à leurs revendications
Scandale après les visées de Daewoo sur les terres agricoles de Madagascar
- VSD
- 15 December 2008
Plusieurs journaux coréens estiment les Européens bien mal placés pour donner des leçons : des firmes britanniques ne cultivent-elles pas déjà des agro-carburants à Madagascar, au Mozambique, en Ethiopie ?
Daewoo s’apprête à coloniser Madagascar
- Chicago Tribune
- 15 December 2008
Devant les préoccupations internationales, Daewoo et les autorités malgaches ont aussitôt indiqué que rien n’avait été signé, et que le contrat en était encore au stade de la prospection. Mais ni la surface, ni la durée du bail, ni sa gratuité n’ont été contestées de part et d’autre.
Global grain rush under way as rich nations snap up farmland overseas
- Chicago Tribune
- 14 December 2008
Just how much security the new land investments may provide countries and corporations remains uncertain, experts say. Future governments in countries now renting or selling land may well fail to abide by deals their predecessors cut, particularly if they face food or land shortages at home.
Se venden países
- Rebelion
- 13 December 2008
Las impresionantes ventas de tierras del sur a grandes empresas extranjeras muestran la cara más insultante del mercado y del modelo económico vigente, esas operaciones convierten en una ridícula caricatura los procesos de descolonización del siglo pasado. De qué les sirve la independencia política a los países africanos o asiáticos si sus tierras, su territorio, terminan compradas por una empresa europea.
China and the great global landgrab
- Pambazuka
- 11 December 2008
Stephen Marks looks at the latest rush by China and countries in the middle east to sign lease agreements in poor countries for agricultural production, and what this trend means in terms of food security and access to arable land for local populations.
La tierra para quien la paga
- El País
- 10 December 2008
Común a todas estas operaciones, la de Daewoo incluida, es su secretismo. ONG e instituciones desconocen la totalidad de hectáreas compradas por foráneos en países pobres y a falta de que se publiquen estudios en curso, sólo pueden hacer estimaciones.