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Ethiopie - La famine n’arrête pas l’Inde
- Slate Afrique
- 26 August 2011
Les affaires sont les affaires: des entreprises indiennes d’agroalimentaire sont prêtes à investir plus d’un milliard d’euros en Ethiopie, Tanzanie et Ouganda
Reporte del GRR de la Conferencia de Prensa en la Casa de Río Negro
- Parar el Mundo
- 26 August 2011
Río Negro: Conferencia de prensa sobre proyecto entreguista del Gobernador Miguel Ángel Saiz y los chinos
Wikileaks: Food aid vs food security: An opportunity in the Gulf
- Wikileaks
- 26 August 2011
"Supporting partnerships between Gulf countries and American farmers to advance their own food security agendas would not only constitute a major boon for our farmers, but would also put the USG in a better position to partner with these countries in pursuing our own food security strategy with poor nations in the Arab world and beyond," writes the US embassy in Qatar
Landholder backs right to 'sell the farm'
- Farm Weekly
- 26 August 2011
Australian farmer Doug Clarke says farmers should not be criticised for making a commercial return from selling their farms to Chinese investors, if the government’s current rules and regulations allow it.
Foreigners get nod on land ownership
- Business Day
- 26 August 2011
The South African government appears to have abandoned the notion that foreigners should not own land in SA by proposing that foreigners enjoy freehold title but with conditions applied.
Famine : polémique autour des politiques agricoles
- Jeune Afrique
- 26 August 2011
La polémique portant sur l’aide chinoise à l’Ethiopie tient avant tout de la macro-économie – les investissements étrangers sont-ils facteurs de développement ? – et d’une question de conscience – peut-on importer des produits alimentaires d’un pays en proie à la famine ?
S.Africa may put limits on sale of land to foreigners
- Reuters
- 25 August 2011
South Africa may put restrictions on the sale of land to foreigners as it aims to transfer ownership to blacks as part of a drive to correct racial imbalances in land distribution, a draft policy showed on Thursday.
Entre golpes y gritos, China ya oficializó que explotará tierras en Río Negro y que irá por más provincias
- IProfesional
- 25 August 2011
Heilongjiang Group y el gobernador rionegrino brindaron todos los detalles del controvertido proyecto de los asiáticos para producir cereales en suelo patagónico. Al acto también asistieron sectores ambientalistas, y todo derivó en una gresca. Conozca la iniciativa que "levanta polvareda" en el Sur
China desembarca en Río Negro
- Página 12
- 25 August 2011
La empresa estatal china Beidahuang podrá explotar 330.000 hectáreas para la producción de granos, frutas o cualquier otro cultivo, a cambio de invertir en riego, caminos y energía. Hubo incidentes con ecologistas.
O neocolonialismo brasileiro em Moçambique
- IHU
- 25 August 2011
O governo de Moçambique está cedendo o uso de 6 milhões de hectares - o que corresponde a dois terços de Portugal - para agricultores brasileiros plantarem soja, algodão e milho no norte do país
China gets (needlessly) defensive over famine in Africa
- Wall Street Journal
- 25 August 2011
When it comes to famine in Africa, China seems an easy target for critics of its rising outbound investments.
Czechs loosen rules on foreign ownership of farms
- World Agronomy
- 25 August 2011
The government has an estimated 147,000 hectares of land (or 3.5% of the country's agricultural land) prepped for sale, following regulations passed on 13 July 2011