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Une réunion à haut niveau rassemblant gouvernements et grandes entreprises à l’Ambassade des Pays-Bas à Riyad décrit l’adhésion aux normes d’investissement agricole “responsable” comme un processus de “coercition” des chaînes d’approvisionnement (photo : Ambassade des Pays-Bas, KSA)
A high-level meeting between government and corporate officials hosted by the Dutch embassy in Riyadh describes adhering to "responsible" farmland investment standards as a process of "coercing" supply chains. (Photo: Embassy of the Netherlands, KSA)
A high-level meeting between government and corporate officials hosted by the Dutch embassy in Riyadh describes adhering to "responsible" farmland investment standards as a process of "coercing" supply chains. (Photo: Embassy of the Netherlands, KSA)
Heilongjiang Feng'ao Group vice general manager Gao Zhigang, on a visit to Australia in 2014, says his company wants the Australian Government to ease restrictions on work visas for foreign labour. (Photo: Farm Weekly)
A woman stands outside a clinic in the Gorom Refugee Camp in South Sudan where many Anuak refugees live after being evicted from their land in Ethiopia. (Photo: Andreea Campean)
The issue of who can own farmland in Saskatchewan has prompted a spirited debate that was sparked after the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board started buying up farms in 2013. (Photo: ADRIAN WYLD/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Liberian police search a village near a palm tree nursery at Golden Veroleum Liberia in Butaw, Liberia, on May 27, after a riot allegedly caused by villagers.
Goeorge Soros is participating in a $500 million capitalisation of a new firm, Tunbridge Partners, that will invest in "real assets" in timber and agriculture.
Cargill-owned Black River Asset Management acquired 39 farms, spanning 129,918 acres, in Colombia’s eastern Altillanura region between 2010 and 2012. Above, workers at a Black River farm in Colombia that produces corn and soybeans. (Photo: Cargill)
Old Mutual Investment Group of South Africa is targeting agricultural investments in Africa through Futuregrowth, an asset management affiliate of Old Mutual.
Harry Wang cuts a lonely figure standing on the Gippsland farm owned by his Chinese company Ningbo Dairy Group, as a cold winter wind slashes across the rolling green hills of Victoria’s Bass Coast (Photo: The Australian).
"Se développer signifie parfois se tromper", proclame l'entreprise.
(Photo : Lorenzo Bagnoli)
Ma Xingfa, third from left, is looking to expand overseas and potentially take part in the next big boom, which he says just might be Australian agriculture as Chinese people seek out higher-quality food products.
Amina Mohamed, the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, during a meeting with her Iran counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Tehran on August 21, 2014. PHOTO | MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The governments of Kenya and Iran are exploring the possibility of Kenya leasing farmland to Iran for overseas food production
Land grabbing is the new colonization, and developing countries are again being strong-armed out of their natural resources. (Illustration: Stefano Vitale)
