India

Accaparement des terres - cas de l'Inde - par AGTER

Ruchi Soya Industries, one of the leading edible oil processors, on Friday announced a major farm land acquisition in Ethiopia for soybean cultivation.

Karuturi believes the potential for large profits is so great that it plans to invest nearly $1bn in its Ethiopian agricultural operations

The list of Indian companies that have purchased land in Africa is quite long and includes companies in businesses ranging from agriculture and horticulture to engineering and metals.

A long term land lease (25 000 ha) for cotton farming in Amhara and Benishangul Gumuz regions for a period of 50 years (renewable)

"This apparent rush to lease so much farmland, much or all of it to foreign interests, during a time of worsening food insecurity should raise concern within the donor community about GoE motivations and negotiating capacity," writes the US embassy in Addis Ababa in December 2009

Avanza en Etiopía el alquiler de grandes extensiones agrícolas a firmas indias y chinas

Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, managing director of Karuturi Global Ltd was conferred with the award for business excellence in agribusiness in Africa by Corporate Council on Africa, for the year 2009.

Lured by a new business model, wealthy nations flock to farmland in Ethiopia, locking in food supplies grown half a world away

I propose that a protest along this line in an international court be taken up to prevent loss of family farms in Latin America and Africa to the corporate landowners.

The Ethiopian government says concerns about foreign investors exporting food are outweighed by the plantations’ capacity to bring the country foreign exchange and technology, as well as creating employment.

Après l'industriel coréen Daewoo, les Indiens du groupe Varun convoitent des parcelles arables pour produire du riz. Les autorités sont méfiants.