• G8 Agricultural Ministers declaration
    • El Watan
    • 20 April 2009

    "Attention should be given to the leasing and purchase of agricultural land in developing countries, to ensure that local and traditional land use is respected."

  • The Second Scramble For Africa Starts
    • Inter Press Service
    • 20 April 2009

    Sub-Saharan African countries have of late become the target of a new form of investment that is strongly reminiscent of colonialism: investors from both industrialised and emerging economies buy or lease large tracts of farm land across the continent, either to guarantee their own food provisions or simply as yet another business.

  • Le Congo nouvelle province d’Afrique du Sud ?
    • commodafrica.com
    • 20 April 2009

    Dix millions d’hectares de terres agricoles sont proposées par la République du Congo à des agriculteurs sud-africains pour y cultiver du maïs et du soja et y élever de la volaille et des vaches laitières, a annoncé hier Theo De Jager, vice-président d’Agriculture South Africa (AgriSA).

  • Republic of Congo to turn over 25 M acres of land to South African farmers
    • mongabay.com
    • 20 April 2009

    The government of Republic of Congo (Brazzaville) has offered 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of land to South African farmers in an effort to improve the central African nation's food security, reports Reuters. The area is nearly twice the amount of arable land in South Africa.

  • Crece el temor a un nuevo colonialismo en Africa
    • Clarin
    • 20 April 2009

    Los agricultores de Sudáfrica miran hacia el norte. En el mayor negocio agrícola del continente, anunciaron haber asegurado diez millones de hectáreas de tierras en la República del Congo, un tercio de la superficie del país.

  • Après une offensive discrète au Kazakhstan, la Chine lorgne les terres russes inexploitées
    • Le Monde
    • 19 April 2009

    Officiellement, les terres arables louées à la Chine n’existent pas. C’est que les autorités kazakhes craignent la réaction de la population rurale devant la “concurrence déloyale” représentée par l’arrivée en masse de paysans chinois, dont l’équipement agricole est supérieur au vieux matériel soviétique encore utilisé sur la plupart des exploitations kazakhes.

  • The next big thing: H2O
    • Foreign Policy
    • 19 April 2009

    Water is the new gold, and a few savvy countries and companies are already banking on it.

  • UN food agencies see "win-win" farmland deals
    • Reuters
    • 19 April 2009

    Rich nations buying farmland in less developed countries to boost own food supplies should also contribute to improving agriculture overseas, heads of two United Nations' food agencies said.

  • Iffco's investment Down Under shows vision
    • Emirates Business 24/7
    • 19 April 2009

    UAE food processing and poultry group Iffco has justifiably ruffled some feathers in Australia. Earlier this year, Iffco acquired a 14.99 per cent stake in Australian Agricultural Company (AAC) from Futuris Corporation for AU$64.7 million (Dh171.6m). AAC is the largest beef cattle company in Australia, running around 500,000 beef cattle on 21 cattle stations comprising 8.2 million hectares.

  • World agriculture ministers descend on Italy for food summit
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 18 April 2009

    Some nations, such as India, instituted tight export controls on staples like wheat and rice. Others, like South Korea and Saudi Arabia, have bought land overseas to help grow food for their populations.

  • Congo-Brazzaville: Free Land Expected to Lure South African Farmers
    • TradeInvest Africa (Cape Town)
    • 17 April 2009

    The Republic of Congo offered 10 million hectares of farm land to South African farmers to grow maize, soya beans and also establish poultry and dairy farms. In the deal being touted as the biggest in recent African history, farmers would be able to lease the land for free for 99 years.

  • The G8 should clean up their own mess instead of dictating to poor countries what to do
    • Via Campesina
    • 17 April 2009

    We are seeing big international investors and speculators move away from financial products and into to food products and agricultural land in the South.

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