"Africa is the next destination for the world sugar industry due to huge land available in that continent," said Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.
- Economic Times
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13 August 2013
India and China are pushing heavily to open new markets in Africa but how do the local people feel about the results? BBC News video report.
Business came to a halt at the expansive Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, after its over 3,000 workers downed tools demanding their July salaries.
An Indian state minister-controlled sugar cooperative will sign an agreement with the government of Mozambique to operate a 17,000 ha farm near the Zambezi River under 49-year lease. The minister is also eyeing an opportunity to run a sugar mill in Kenya.
- Hindustan Times
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07 August 2013
Slideshow about controversies around Karuturi's flower farm operations in Ethiopia
L'accaparement des terres comme une forme de néo-colonialisme n'est pas une question de noms et d’origines, mais simplement une question liée à l'expansion mondiale du système capitaliste.
The Ajeenkya D Y Patil Group of India has signed an MoU with the Government of Guyana for 65,000 ha in the Canje Basin, to be used for agriculture-related projects.
- Guyana Chronicle
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21 July 2013
Indian companies have attracted global controversy for a spate of large land deals across Africa, yet the Indian Export and Import (Exim) Bank has largely steered clear of directly financing land deals.
To actualize the terms of an agreement signed in January 2010 between the Malian government and the Indian firm, Angelique International, Indian businessmen are set to begin wok on rice farms in parts of northern Mali
Dans l'État d'Odisha, Inde, la société sud-coréenne POSCO accélère la réquisition des terres agricoles et forestières dans les villages de Govindapur et Dhinkia, alors que le National Green Tribunal indien a retiré son aval pour le projet (complexe sidérurgique et port maritime). A l'international, une plainte a été déposée à l'OCDE - Watch, qui mène son enquête sur la violation des Droits de l'Homme.
Hassad Food Co., the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to invest $500 million in India after buying Bush Foods Overseas Ltd.
The slow progress of Karuturi Global and similar projects has prompted the Ethiopian government to reassess its policy of leasing vast tracts of land to single investors.
