• Pro: Foreign investment presents an opportunity to Africa
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 09 December 2009

    Foreign investment in African agriculture means the creation of jobs, the introduction of modern knowledge and technology, and desperately needed additions to countries' tax bases, writes DW's Ludger Schadomsky.

  • Eni's new energy projects threaten Congo Rainforest
    • BankTrack
    • 09 November 2009

    ENI plans to develop 70,000 ha of palm oil in Congo

  • Sime Darby unit eyes more estates in Africa
    • Business Times
    • 07 November 2009

    Sime Darby Bhd, which owns 220,000ha of oil palm estates in Liberia, plans to strengthen its presence on the African continent and is eyeing more land in Cameroon, Congo and South Africa. The expansion is part of a long-term strategy to double planted areas to one million hectares and be nearer to the growing markets of Europe and the US.

  • Green light for new pastures
    • Financial Mail
    • 30 October 2009

    De Jager is most excited about an impending Agri SA fact-finding mission to Libya at the invitation of President Muammar Gaddafi. "If we succeed there, we can succeed anywhere in Africa."

  • Congo farmland deal welcomed
    • SAPA
    • 22 October 2009

    The Congolese government said it had signed similar agreements with China, Brazil and Israel.

  • Agricultores sudafricanos satisfechos de acuerdo agrícola con República Congo
    • EFE
    • 21 October 2009

    El ministro de agricultura congoleño, Rigobert Maboundou, dijo que este acuerdo forma parte de un Plan de Acción de su Gobierno para consolidar la agricultura como un pilar de su economía y que, además de este pacto, el mayor de este tipo firmado en África, tienen otros similares con China, Brasil e Israel.

  • Congo hands land to South African farmers
    • The Telegraph
    • 21 October 2009

    There has been criticism of the deal in France, pointing out that Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the Congolese president, is widely considered to be severely corrupt. But de Jager believes such attacks are motivated by a desire to protect French [farm export] interests against competition.

  • Congo Brazzaville/South Africa land deal
    • BBC
    • 21 October 2009

    Peter Ndoro spoke to Dr Yao Graham, coordinator of Third World Network-Africa, a development agency, asking whether these deals really transfer technical expertise to locals.

  • South Africa’s white farmers prepare to trek to the Congo
    • National Post
    • 21 October 2009

    "The motivation for South African farmers is simple," said Theo de Jager, Agri SA's deputy president, who helped negotiate the deal. "One in four farms must be redistributed in the next four or five years. So for new entrants into the sector and for those farmers who want to expand there is nowhere to go."

  • Should Africa resist 'land grabbing'?
    • BBC
    • 21 October 2009

    Can these deals benefit Africa? Have you been affected by one of these land deals? Should countries be leasing fertile land to foreign investors? Join a live BBC debate on 21 October 2009.

  • SA farmers sign Congo land deal
    • Reuters
    • 21 October 2009

    South Africa has signed a deal with the Republic of Congo that will give SA farmers access to up to 10 million ha of farmland, the country's biggest farmers' union said on Tuesday.

  • South Africa will get crop land from Congo Republic
    • Bloomberg
    • 20 October 2009

    “The deal has been finalized and they have made land available free of charge,” Agri SA said. There’s no restriction on exports. The only condition is that the land is used.

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