KADCO, part of Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Co, now owns 10,000 feddans [more than 10,000 ha] in southern Egypt while cultivating another 15,000 feddans that it will get ownership of at a later date.
Pour les populations locales, il s’agit en fait « d’un projet d’accaparement des terres, d’expropriation. »
Lors d’une assemblée générale des délégués de 60 localités qui s’est tenue le 27 Mai 2011 au siège de l’Association Mauritanienne pour l’Auto Développement (AMAD) à Boghé les représentants des populations locales ont, dans leur écrasante majorité, exprimé leur désaccord vis-à-vis du projet d’attribution de 40.000 hectares de terres rendu public dans un avis préfectoral affiché dans les locaux de la Moughata’a.
Gulf states have opted to buy up large tracts of farmland in developing countries in a bid to safeguard their food supplies – a strategy that risks exporting their water shortages to other nations, analysts said.
Sri Lanka's Minister of Industry and Commerce Rishad Bathiudeen invites Saudi businessmen to invest in Sri Lanka and says his country can cultivate agricultural crops for Saudi Arabia.
La crisis financiera de 2008 ha despertado al mundo de las finanzas que ha visto en la agricultura un nuevo mercado. El repentino interés de los inversores por las tierras, se debe a que se han dado cuenta de que con este tipo de inversión no corren riego de quiebra.
The Ethiopian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development recently released the Land Rent Contractual Agreements for land leases between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (FDRE) and twenty-four companies or individuals.
Film traces the story of the current mad race for control of farmlands, and the consequences it could have if nothing is done to protect the interests of small farmers and developing countries.
Saudi Arabia foresees investment of $600 billion in Turkey during the next 20 years, with Saudi food security high on the agenda
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal announced Sunday an agreement has been reached on returning most of his disputed agricultural land in Egypt -- 30,000 out of 40,000 hectares -- back to the government.
The World Food Program intends to buy some of the grain produced in Ethiopia by foreign investors in order to assist hungry people. Ironically, this group of intended food aid recipients will include those working to produce it in the first place. Ethiopia's government is calling this sustainable development.
On assiste depuis quelques années à une véritable envolée des investissements agricoles dans le monde en développement.
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MP Evans completes US$59m East Kalimantan acquisition
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Pétition contre le replanting du palmier à huille par la Socapalm
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Uganda, UAE companies close deals in key sectors
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