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India cultivates Africa
- Mail Today
- 25 June 2009
Indian firms have signed land deals in Ethiopia, Kenya and Madagascar to produce a range of food crops for export to India.
Kenya at a crossroads
- Speroforum
- 17 June 2009
Corruption has reached tremendous levels in Kenya. The distance between the poor and wealthy is at its greatest and Kenyans are wondering how to emerge from an unjust system in the land that gave birth to Humanity.
Kenyan activists fight land deal with Qatar
- The National
- 05 June 2009
The Qatari land deal in Kenya’s Tana River Delta has been seized upon by locals who have promised to fight it – to the death, if it comes to that.
Is offshore farming a good thing for Africa?
- Seattle Times
- 01 June 2009
Abdullah Alireza, the Saudi minister of Commerce and Industry, talked about farming abroad in a recent visit to Seattle, where he addressed a private gathering of local business people.
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).
Mideast grabs land elsewhere
- CNN
- 21 May 2009
CNN's John Defterios takes a look at how Middle Eastern countries are scouring the globe for farmland.
Technology and land grabs: Redefining peasantry in Africa
- The Ghanian Journal
- 20 May 2009
I came across the word “peasant” as a small boy in 1979. That was my second year of learning the English language when government Census officials came knocking on our door in Western Kenya armed with two big English words I had never heard before; “Occupation” and “Peasant!”
Kenya, Qatar land deal questioned
- Business and tech
- 19 May 2009
Kenya’s plans to lease out about 100,000 acres of land to a Gulf state for agriculture at a time when the country is facing serious food shortages has been criticised.
More on African land deals
- Global Dashboard
- 13 May 2009
More important is for Africa to realise its own potential for food production, which would in the long-term negate the need for these deals.
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.
South African farmers in high demand across Africa
- Ghana Business News
- 09 May 2009
A number of African countries are inviting South African farmers to come over to their countries and ply their trade, and Libya is included.
Grève du sexe, ventes de terres : les conversations de Nairobi
- Chemk'Africa
- 04 May 2009
Le débat tourne plutôt sur la question de la vente ou non des terres aux étrangers, et non aux riches nationaux... Et si les écologistes conservateurs multiplient lobbying et pressions pour faire capoter les contrats, il ne s'agit pas pour eux de défendre les intérêts des fermiers.