Ethiopie. L’heure de la moisson a sonné
- L'Hebdo
- 03 Sep 2009
Indiens et Saoudiens sont sur le point d’effectuer leur première récolte sur sol éthiopien. Le pays a prévu de céder 2,7 millions d’hectares aux étrangers.
Ethiopia
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Dossier : Le grand défi alimentaire
- L'Hebdo
- 03 Sep 2009
Le gouvernement éthiopien mettra 2,7 millions d’hectares à disposition des investisseurs étrangers, 1,6 million d’ici à octobre, à des conditions privilégiées. Enquête excellente de l'Hebdo en Ethiopie et au Madagascar.
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Gulf investors more covert on land deals
- Daily Nation
- 30 Aug 2009
Land buying firms no longer disclose their identities to avoid tarnishing their image
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Djibouti / pays du COMESA : Acquisition de terres arables
- La Nation
- 26 Aug 2009
"Jamais deux sans trois", dit-on. L'adage se vérifie avec la concession du Malawi, après l'Ethiopie, de quelques 55 000 ha de terres agricoles en faveur de Djibouti.
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Ginbot 7 strongly condemns the illegal sale of Ethiopian farmland
- Ginbot 7
- 20 Aug 2009
Ginbot 7 unequivocally believes that Ethiopian sovereignty trumps contractual obligations.
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Hunger-ridden Ethiopia defends land grabs
- Business Daily
- 14 Aug 2009
Ethiopia is on the defensive over a plan to offer 2.7 million hectares of land to foreign, mainly Asian, companies despite millions crying out for food aid from the international community.
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Foreign states in race to take up Ethiopia’s farmland
- Daily Nation
- 13 Aug 2009
Ethiopian government has defended its plan to offer 2.7 million hectares of farmland to foreign companies despite millions of citizens who need food aid from the international community.
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International agricultural land deals award Ethiopian virgin lands to foreign companies
- Abugida Info
- 13 Aug 2009
The terms of farmland deals are hardly made public. Although a theoretical possibility exists in a few cases for some transfer of technology for agricultural development, risk also exists to peasant farmers who cannot compete with well-resourced commercial farms. Take, for instance, the case of barley and oilseeds producers in Ethiopia.
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Development experts fear unchecked international land grabs in Africa
- Deutsche Welle
- 13 Aug 2009
The consensus is that Africa is being out-gunned. While regulations & rules are debated, the amount of land being bought up by foreign investors is increasing at a rapacious speed.
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Ethiopia says Indian firms invest $85 mln in biofuel, paper works
- Reuters
- 10 Aug 2009
Emami Biotech's project has already begun at Awash Sebat Kilo some 250 km east of the capital Addis Ababa growing Jatropha, sunflower, castor, pulses and various herbs at a cost of $24 million.
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Foreign investors snap up African farmland
- Der Spiegel
- 30 Jul 2009
Because of the political sensitivity of the modern-day land grab, it is often only the country's head of state who knows the details. Der Spiegel investigates.
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L'Ethiopie attire les investisseurs avec des hectares de terres
- Reuters
- 29 Jul 2009
L'Ethiopie a délimité 1,6 million d'hectares de terres arables qu'elle réserve à des investisseurs, souvent étrangers, pour qu'ils y développent des exploitations agricoles, a déclaré mercredi un responsable.