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Land rental deal collapses after backlash against 'colonialism'
- Telegraph
- 14 January 2010
“We are in big trouble with the government of Madagascar,” said Shin Dong-hyun, the general manager of planning and finance at Daewoo Logistics Corporation.
I grandi capitalisti alla conquista delle terre coltivabili dei paesi poveri
- ComeDonChisciotte
- 07 January 2010
Si impadroniscono delle risorse naturali sempre più scarse attraverso la guerra delle armi o il danaro. La scomparsa delle popolazioni in via di sviluppo a loro non importa.
From the Bosphorus: Straight - A proposal to be stewed, roasted, baked or boiled
- Hurriyet
- 04 January 2010
This proposal smacks of the 18th and 19th century capitalizations of the Ottoman government that made Turkey a vassal of European powers. Thanks Mr. Korkmaz. But no thanks.
S Korean investor begins building corn processing plants
- Antara
- 08 December 2009
Gorontalo Vice Governor Gusnar Ismail said the South Korean investor, PT Harim Group, was also planning to build six silos with a combined storage capacity of 6,000 tons to support its corn exporting activity.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
The African land-grab: Creating equitable governance strategies through codes-of-conduct and certification schemes
- Earth System Governance
- 02 December 2009
This paper examines two failed land acquisition processes for food and biofuels production in Africa (SEKAB-Tanzania and Daewoo-Madagascar) with the aim to establishing more equitable governance strategies.
Alimentos: el mercado falló
- La Jornada
- 01 December 2009
Los grandes "acaparamientos de tierras" en África y Asia también son signos de desconfianza en los mercados mundiales. Algunos importadores con recursos –como Arabia Saudita, Kuwait, China y Corea del Sur– han optado por cultivar alimentos en tierras que poseen o controlan en el extranjero en vez de importarlos mediante el comercio internacional. Estos países han cerrado contratos para comprar o arrendar unos 20 millones de hectáreas de la mejor tierra agrícola en países pobres.
Sudan arable land attracting Arab, Asian investors
- AFP
- 01 December 2009
"I think it is not right to sell or give your land to foreigners... until you have exhausted every local possibility," said Osama Daoud, chief executive of the Sudanese DAL group which runs large agricultural projects.
A grande dádiva de terras: Neocolonialismo por convite
- Resistir
- 30 November 2009
A construção de impérios em estilo colonial está a ter uma enorme recuperação, e a maior parte dos colonialistas são recém-chegados, a abrirem o seu caminho depois dos predadores europeus e estado-unidenses bem estabelecidos.
Korea leases African land to ensure food security
- APA
- 30 November 2009
The South Korean government has realised that its 49 million people cannot, in the long term, be fed sustainably without the assistance of Africa’s abundant land resources.
Rubada gets Sh65bn loan for rice project
- The Citizen
- 27 November 2009
South Korea, through the Korean Economic Development Fund, has extended a $50 million (about Sh65 billion) loan to the Rufiji Basin Development Authority (Rubada). About 100,000 hectares of land have been set aside for modern rice farming under the project.
Sudán, ¿el futuro granero de Oriente Medio?
- AFP
- 26 November 2009
Inversores árabes y asiáticos buscan tomar el control de amplias extensiones de tierras fértiles en Sudán, el país más grande de África, que quiere convertirse en el granero de Oriente Medio, aunque para ello deberá modernizar primero su agricultura.