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The land rush doesn't have to end in a poor deal for Africans
- Guardian
- 16 August 2010
It is not too late for equitable partnerships to flourish between foreign investors and local communities.
Macquarie seeks crop land
- Stock & Land
- 16 August 2010
Macquarie Group's agricultural division has launched a new cropping fund that will buy large-scale grain properties in Australia and Brazil.
Gabon Government signs $4.5 billion accords on infrastructure, agriculture
- Bloomberg
- 15 August 2010
Singapore-based Olam will develop a palm-oil plantation covering as much as 300,000 hectares in the southeast of the country.
Le Gabon signe de contrats de 4,5 M USD avec l'Inde et Singapour
- Xinhua
- 15 August 2010
Olam, multinationale basée à Singapour réalisera un programme de développement de 200.000 hectares de palmeraies pour un investissement total de 800 millions USD.
Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world
- Global Land Project
- 14 August 2010
Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under negotiation in 27 African host countries – an area equivalent to France.
Enquête sur la riziculture chinoise à Nanga-Eboko
- Le Jour
- 13 August 2010
Installés dans la Haute-Sanaga depuis quatre ans, les chinois s'adonnent à la riziculture. Enquête sur une activité parrainée par les pouvoirs publics
China, Africa forge farming ties
- China Daily
- 12 August 2010
Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of China-Africa agriculture cooperation says China State Farms Agribusiness Corporation manager.
Who's who of South America corporate farm giants
- Progressive Farmer
- 12 August 2010
With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.
Food estate Merauke cakup area 480.000 ha
- Bisnis Indonesia
- 12 August 2010
7 Perusahaan besar siap memulai kegiatan
L’Afrique, une terre à louer
- Tribune de Genève
- 12 August 2010
L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour le continent noir, finissent par nuire à des populations déjà pauvres et à des économies précaires.
Tanzania : Memorandum of Understanding for conducting feasibility study between Agrisol Energy and the Mpanda District Council
- The Oakland Institute
- 11 August 2010
Feasibility study to invest in a large scale agro-industrial project in the land designated as the Katumba and Mishamo refugee settlements
This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
- PTI
- 11 August 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.