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“Land-grabbing” in Africa occidentale: la Liberia fa gola ai produttori asiatici olio di palma
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 28 January 2011
La Liberia si presta bene al “land-grabbing”, coi suoi tre milioni e mezzo di abitanti schiacciati tra la Costa d’avorio e la Sierra Leone. Le Nazioni unite mantengono ancora una forte presenza e il World Factbook della CIA conferma che «la sicurezza è ancora fragile». Quale migliore occasione ai più disinvolti investitori per negoziare lucrativi accordi col presidente del Paese, la lady di ferro Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
Danes quit UK for home after land prices tumble
- FWI
- 10 December 2010
Some Danish farmland investors are quitting the UK after seeing land prices rise here and tumble at home over the past few years.
African Agriculture Fund first closing at USD135m
- AAF
- 29 November 2010
The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.
"Colonialist, imperialist and criminal"
- Slow Food
- 21 October 2010
“We should be supporting our own farmers and letting Africans cultivate their own land in their own way," says Slow Food President.
Veto to foreigner is a defensive strategy
- Valor Econômico
- 22 June 2010
“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says
Veto a estrangeiro é estratégia de defesa
- Valor Econômico
- 22 June 2010
"Vamos fazer uma PEC [Proposta de Emenda Constitucional] para deixar claro aos investidores que podem investir em qualquer campo, mas não em terras", informou o ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, Guilherme Cassel.
Eni's new energy projects threaten Congo Rainforest
- BankTrack
- 09 November 2009
ENI plans to develop 70,000 ha of palm oil in Congo