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Al Salam to set up $100m agri investment firm
- Trade Arabia
- 15 November 2009
Al Salam Bank has announced plans to launch a new $100 million agricultural investment company in Bahrain which will focus on east Asia and Turkey.
Madagascar cancels water deal with Saudi Arabia
- Circle of Blue
- 14 November 2009
Madagascar’s government has ended a water export deal with Saudi Arabia because it was opposed by environmental, civil society groups in the country.
Agricultural land investment Ukraine
- YouTube
- 14 November 2009
Land investments in Ukraine agriculture
CHINA-ÁFRICA: Entre el altruismo y la hegemonía
- Costa Rica Hoy
- 13 November 2009
China se comprometió a hacer todo lo posible para ayudar a los países de África a superar la pobreza y a combatir amenazas como el cambio climático, pero es acusada de querer despojar a ese continente de sus recursos naturales.
Irã quer investir em agricultura no Brasil
- Yahoo
- 13 November 2009
O embaixador do Irã no Brasil, Mohsen Shaterzadeh, confirmou hoje que seu país está interessado em impulsionar investimentos de empresas iranianas no setor agrícola brasileiro. Em entrevista coletiva, em Brasília, ele disse que essa é uma das 15 áreas de cooperação que o presidente iraniano, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, pretende estimular a partir de sua visita oficial ao Brasil, no próximo dia 23
Campesinos y movimientos sociales dicen no al acaparamiento de tierra
- Via Campesina & GRAIN
- 13 November 2009
Del 13 al 17 de noviembre de 2009, representantes de organizaciones campesinas y movimientos sociales que han participado directamente en la lucha contra esta nueva ola de apropiación global de tierras, confluirán en Roma.
Les paysans et les mouvements sociaux disent non à l'accaparement des terres
- Via Campesina & GRAIN
- 13 November 2009
Du 13 au 17 novembre 2009, des représentants des organisations paysannes et des mouvements sociaux qui sont directement impliqués dans les luttes contre cette nouvelle vague d’accaparement des terres seront à Rome.
Farmers and social movements say no to land grabbing
- Via Campesina & GRAIN
- 13 November 2009
From 13-17 November 2009, representatives from peasant organisations and social movements that have been directly involved in struggles against this new wave of global land grabbing will be in Rome.
The new phenomenon of land grabbing in Africa and its impact on livelihoods and ecosystems
- UNU-IAS
- 13 November 2009
A look at land grabbing in Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea with a particular focus on pastoral and peasant farming communities, by Dr. Zeremariam Fre
BrasilAgro to invest $100 million in Brazil farmland expansion
- Bloomberg
- 12 November 2009
BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.
EXCLUSIVE-New Gulf fund to target Africa, E.Europe farmland
- Reuters
- 12 November 2009
A private sector fund worth $350 million plans to launch by the end of the year in the Gulf, with the aim of acquiring farmland in Romania, Moldova and Tanzania
SPECIAL REPORT-Is Africa selling out its farmers?
- Reuters
- 12 November 2009
Many small Ethopian farmers do not share their leaders' enthusiasm for leasing off farmland to foreign investors