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Land grabs becoming more popular
- Farmland Forecast
- 24 June 2009
Many land transactions occur without a paper trail, therefore making regulation even more challenging.
The food crisis continues - in the form of a global scramble for lucrative farmlands
- CounterCurrents
- 17 June 2009
It's a tsunami of land deals and, as all of the experts who have studied the phenomenon have agreed, no nation is truly prepared for its implications.
Interview: India Yes Bank sees 1st Africa farm project start 2011
- Reuters
- 15 June 2009
Yes Bank expects a $150 million Tanzanian rice and wheat project to reach full production by 2011, the first of several large African farms it is funding. "We are looking at a more inclusive model wherein the local farmers can be organised into a producers company, and they would be the suppliers to the processing facility. It's predominantly not to acquire huge tracts of land."
La Chine et l’Afrique : cela ne fait que commencer
- Les Afriques
- 07 June 2009
Au delà de sa boulimie pour les matières premières du sous-sol africain, la Chine a aussi commencé à s’intéresser à l’agriculture africaine.
Le ROPPA opposée à la vente massive des terres agricoles en Afrique
- Afrique en ligne
- 01 June 2009
M. Ndiogou Fall a exprimé lundi l'opposition "totale" du ROPPA à la vente massive des terres cultivables en Afrique
Food security in Africa: China's new rice bowl
- China Brief
- 27 May 2009
Most Chinese investment in African agriculture is concentrated in southern Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and, increasingly, Angola.
La pugna por la tierra amenaza a los africanos
- El País
- 25 May 2009
Las adquisiciones de tierra en África, Asia y Latinoamérica, tal y como se hacen en la actualidad, suponen condenar a los más pobres a ser desalojados de sus fincas o a perder acceso a la tierra, al agua y a otros recursos, según el primer estudio sobre la nueva tendencia de grandes corporaciones y gobiernos de invertir en tierras en países pobres, encargado por las agencias de las Naciones Unidas de la Agricultura y Alimentación y del Desarrollo (FAO y UNDP).
Africa: Tractored out by “land grabs”?
- IRIN
- 11 May 2009
Mohammed Mbwana, who farms in the Tana River delta area and is an official of a local NGO, said the Qatar agreement would displace thousands of locals. At least 150,000 families in farming and pastoralist communities depend on the land in question, said to be part of Kenya’s biggest wetland.
‘Agrologistics’ at home and abroad
- Ghana News
- 03 May 2009
Private equity used to stay away from anything to do with agriculture, put off by the uncontrollable risks of bad climate and natural disasters. And yet in the last three years some big funds have been launched in the agribusiness space, and they are busy trying different ways of mitigating the risks.
Mauritians Also Competing For Land in Africa
- Inter Press Service
- 27 February 2009
Soaring food prices and lack of land have forced Mauritius, a net food importing country, to launch an ambitious initiative. The island state is starting to grow its food in other African states where land is lying fallow and labour is cheap.
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.
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.