Laos

  • Firm will grow rice in Africa
    • China Daily
    • 09 May 2008

    Chongqing Seed Corp has decided to cultivate rice on 300 hectares in Tanzania from 2009

  • China farms the world to feed a ravenous economy
    • The Associated Press
    • 04 May 2008

    As Beijing scrambles to feed its galloping economy, it has already scoured the world for mining and logging concessions. Now it is turning to crops to feed its people and industries. Chinese enterprises are snapping up vast tracts of land abroad and forging contract farming deals.

  • Wikileaks: The great land grab
    • Wikileaks
    • 30 June 2006

    "Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price," reports the US Embassy in Vientiane

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    World Bank Land Conference 2025: Securing Land Tenure and Access for Climate Action: Moving from Awareness to Action
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    Land, Life and Society: International conference on the road to ICARRD+20

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