Des villages du Sud mauritanien dénoncent une tentative d'expropriation
    Les communautés villageoises du département de Boghé ont dénoncé, samedi au cours d’une rencontre avec la presse, l’accaparement de leurs terres au profit d'une entreprise saoudienne, la Société Tabouk El Eziraya, affiliée au groupe Errajihi.
    • PANA
    • 08 October 2011
    Report plays up challenges in agriculture investment abroad
    There are a number of problems hindering an efficient implementation of the King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad, according to a Ministry of Commerce and Industry report.
    • Saudi Gazette
    • 05 October 2011
    Chineses e árabes procuram terrenos férteis para produzir no País
    Para Incra, esses investimentos podem não apresentar melhora significativa no desenvolvimento econômico do meio rural do Brasil
    • IG
    • 08 September 2011
    Cuánta tierra necesita el Mercado
    Entrevista con Stefano Liberti, autor del libro "Land grabbing. Come il mercato delle terre crea il nuovo colonialismo"
    • Rebelion
    • 02 September 2011
    Argentina debates foreign land buys
    Argentina's Congress is gearing up for a debate on a bill to limit the amount of farmland foreigners can buy, amid a surge of interest in land deals triggered by rising food prices.
    • Reuters
    • 01 September 2011
    Recursos en juego: Extranjeros toman el control de tierras claves para la producción de alimentos
    Los chinos se aseguraron cereales de dos valles de Río Negro por 20 años. Y los árabes empezarán a cultivar en El Impenetrable. El Congreso se apresta a debatir frenos a la extranjerización del suelo.
    • Clarín
    • 28 August 2011
    State enterprise sues Saudi Star
    Saudi Star Agricultural Development is being sued by an Ethiopian state company for failure to pay for the clearing of land in the Gambella Regional State.
    • Addis Fortune
    • 07 August 2011
    VII Encuentro Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas,Indígenas y del Campo Popular
    "el convenio firmado por el gobierno provincial con el Grupo Al-Khorayef de Arabia Saudita, que otorgará 200 mil hectáreas de la zona de El Impenetrable para un proyecto agroalimentario con destino único a ese país, pone en riesgo a 60 mil personas"
    • 29 July 2011
    Mauritanie : halte à la confiscation des terres
    Il y a un an, les populations de Boghé apprennent par un simple avis au public préfectoral que 40 000 hectares de leurs terres vont être « mis à disposition » d’une entreprise saoudienne. Depuis, elles n’ont obtenu aucune information précise sur le projet.
    • Peuples Solidaires
    • 25 July 2011
    Beltone and Kenana establish a new agriculture fund
    Beltone Private Equity and Kenana Sugar Company have signed an agreement to create the MAHASEEL Agriculture Investment Fund, aiming to deploy up to $1 billion in large-scale agriculture projects in Sudan and Egypt.
    • Kenana Sugar Company
    • 10 July 2011
    The transformation of the Chaco is an ecological and human tragedy
    The Chaco – which stretches across Argentina and Paraguay – is now being ripped up and converted to US-style ranchland by bulldozers even faster than it was before and the few Indians who live there have never felt more threatened, writes John Vidal
    • The Guardian
    • 08 July 2011
    Kingdom to double wheat reserves
    Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Agriculture calls Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine “probable countries of investment” in farmland and confirms Kingdom's continued interest in farmland in south Sudan.
    • Reuters
    • 15 June 2011

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