• Pelea por nuevas tierras
    • El País
    • 23 October 2011

    Especuladores, Gobiernos, bancos y fondos de pensiones se lanzan a comprar

  • Nairobi Action Plan to advance land-based investments that benefit Africa
    • UNECA
    • 05 October 2011

    Participants at a 2-day High-Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investments in Land in Africa have resolved to promote land-based investment models that increase agricultural productivity and maximize opportunities for Africa’s farmers.

  • Horn von Afrika: Landraub in der Hungerkrise
    • FIAN
    • 22 September 2011

    Die beiden neu veröffentlichten Dossiers „Landnahme in Kenia“ und „Landnahme in Äthiopien“ stellen Land Grabbing in diesen nahrungsunsicheren Ländern auf den Prüfstand des Menschenrechts auf Nahrung.

  • Land grabs in Africa threaten greater poverty
    • Epoch Times
    • 21 September 2011

    Desperate for foreign investment and the promise of development, African governments are increasingly offering to foreigners what their people rely on most—land

  • Chauhan in China to make pitch for investments in MP
    • ZeeNews
    • 17 September 2011

    Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh's meetings with a delegation from Kenya, Karuturi and Ethiopia were focused on agriculture development and possible areas of work for mutual benefit.

  • China tills vigorously at African agro opportunities
    • Business Standard
    • 09 September 2011

    Speaking at the annual African Cup of Investment Management, Alex Pestana said China had invested in arable land in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique.

  • US company looking to farm rice in Nigeria and Tanzania left trail of devastation in Kenya
    • GRAIN
    • 07 September 2011

    The people living on the lands now being targeted by US-owned Dominion Farms can learn a lot from the film Good Fortune, which provides a behind-the-scenes account of the struggle of a local community in Kenya to defend their lands from this company.

  • Mauritian firm to build Sh16.5 bn sugar factory at Coast
    • Business Daily
    • 05 September 2011

    The company, which is listed in Stock Exchange of Mauritius, would form a joint venture with local investors — giving it access 17, 000 acres of sugar cane.

  • Kenya: Dominion Farms chief fears for his life
    • Nairobi Star
    • 30 August 2011

    Calvin Burgess recorded statement to police over threats on his life after he was chased by angry villagers who were protesting eviction from their farms which the company insists belongs to them.

  • Ethiopie - La famine n’arrête pas l’Inde
    • Slate Afrique
    • 26 August 2011

    Les affaires sont les affaires: des entreprises indiennes d’agroalimentaire sont prêtes à investir plus d’un milliard d’euros en Ethiopie, Tanzanie et Ouganda

  • Menos tierra, más hambre
    • Blog de Esther Vivas
    • 23 August 2011

    En los últimos años, la oleada creciente de privatizaciones de tierras en África (su compra por parte de gobiernos extranjeros, multinacionales agroalimentarias o fondos de inversión) ha hecho aún más vulnerable su precario sistema agrícola y alimentario.

  • Terres fertiles, pétrole : le Sud-Soudan, pays neuf à vendre
    • Rue89
    • 08 July 2011

    Le Sud-Soudan devient formellement indépendant samedi. Ravagé par la guerre, convoité pour son pétrole, le nouveau pays dispose d'un fort potentiel agricole. Et les investisseurs étrangers l'ont bien compris.

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