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  • Famine and abundance rub shoulders in Ethiopia
    • Infosud/swissinfo.ch
    • 21 Jul 2011

    While millions of people in the Horn of Africa suffer a terrible drought, foreign investors are harvesting tonnes of cereals to be exported to Asia and the Gulf states.

  • Terres à louer pour cultiver le profit
    • Politis
    • 02 Jun 2011

    Dans la région de Gambela, en Ethiopie, des firmes transnationales comme Karuturi Global Ltd ou BHO Agro Plc accaparent des milliers d'hectares, obligeant les habitants à quitter leurs terres

  • Karuturi and the conquest of the African mind space
    • Financial Express
    • 24 May 2011

    Ram Karuturi says he is targeting to acquire up to a million hectares of land in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa to build an integrated global agri-product company.

  • Documentos TV - Planeta en venta
    • RTVE.es
    • 14 May 2011

    La crisis financiera de 2008 ha despertado al mundo de las finanzas que ha visto en la agricultura un nuevo mercado. El repentino interés de los inversores por las tierras, se debe a que se han dado cuenta de que con este tipo de inversión no corren riego de quiebra.

  • Ethiopia says it may grant additional land to Karuturi Global
    • Bloomberg
    • 05 May 2011

    Karuturi Global Ltd. may receive an additional 200,000 hectares (494,211 acres) of land from the Ethiopian government if its current 100,000-hectare concession is developed within two years, the Agriculture Ministry said.

  • Karuturi Global denies reports of slashing of land concession by Ethiopian government
    • BSE
    • 04 May 2011

    "The reports claiming that the Government of Ethiopia has reduced the land concession given to Karuturi Global, are completely baseless," says Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, Founder & MD, Karuturi Global.

  • Ethiopian government slashes size of Karuturi Global land concession
    • Bloomberg
    • 04 May 2011

    Ethiopia slashed the size of Karuturi’s land concession that was larger than Luxembourg on concern it was too big for a single company to manage and to enable an annual migration of antelope, the government said.

  • Documentary: Planet for Sale
    • ARTE
    • 03 May 2011

    Film traces the story of the current mad race for control of farmlands, and the consequences it could have if nothing is done to protect the interests of small farmers and developing countries.

  • Africa: We export food to import food
    • Pambazuka
    • 20 Apr 2011

    The World Food Program intends to buy some of the grain produced in Ethiopia by foreign investors in order to assist hungry people. Ironically, this group of intended food aid recipients will include those working to produce it in the first place. Ethiopia's government is calling this sustainable development.

  • Afrique : Nous exportons des denrées alimentaires pour importer de la nourriture
    • Pambazuka
    • 20 Apr 2011

    On assiste depuis quelques années à une véritable envolée des investissements agricoles dans le monde en développement.

  • Documentaire : Planète à vendre
    • ARTE
    • 19 Apr 2011

    Les crises alimentaire et financière qui ont secoué le monde en 2008 ont eu un effet méconnu du public. Elles ont provoqué une incroyable course pour la mainmise sur les terres cultivables partout dans le monde.

  • « Spéculer, c’est espérer », clame Olivier Combastet
    • Humanité
    • 19 Apr 2011

    Arte diffuse une longue et passionnante enquête d’Alexis Marant (Capa) sur un juteux business : l’achat des terres agricoles au nom du fric plus que de la bataille contre la faim.

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