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Farmlands plan faces new blow
- Gulf Daily News
- 06 September 2009
Bahrain and other Gulf countries' plan to buy agricultural land in Thailand to bolster their food supplies could be thwarted, it has emerged.
Mali, Terres rizicoles de l’office du Niger : Grogne paysanne contre l’occupation libyenne
- Le Républicain
- 04 September 2009
La CNOP et la Via Campesina s’inquiètent de la façon dont ce projet va détruire l’importante diversité de semences de riz locale, et favoriser un petit nombre de variétés de semences améliorées et de techniques modernes dans le domaine agricole, tel que souligné dans la convention.
Terres agricoles : Les investissements dans le collimateur
- Développement Durable
- 04 September 2009
« Les gouvernements ont leur stratégie face aux investisseurs », expliquent les chercheurs. Ils font en effet face à de fortes tensions sociales, économiques et politiques liées à l’emploi, à la sécurité alimentaire, aux agrocarburants, à la biodiversité.
Leasing out land and food security
- The News
- 04 September 2009
It's certainly questionable whether the lease of agricultural land to foreign countries for the purposes of their own food supply is in the best interests of Pakistan, even if it brings in agricultural technology. What do the Arab farmers have that our agricultural universities don't?
Ethiopia. Now is harvest time
- L'Hebdo
- 03 September 2009
In June 2009, the Indian company Karuturi took up intensive farming in Ethiopia. The harvest will be exported to Asia and Europe.
Ethiopie. L’heure de la moisson a sonné
- L'Hebdo
- 03 September 2009
Indiens et Saoudiens sont sur le point d’effectuer leur première récolte sur sol éthiopien. Le pays a prévu de céder 2,7 millions d’hectares aux étrangers.
As Ilhas Maurício lideram a corrida para apossar-se de terras para arroz em Moçambique
- GRAIN
- 03 September 2009
Ministro das Relações Exteriores das Ilhas Maurício diz que seu governo assegurou uma vasta área de terra em Moçambique para produzir arroz para seu país.
Thais to weed out farm investment
- The National
- 03 September 2009
Gulf investors may be forced to reconsider plans to acquire agricultural land in Thailand following moves there that could curb foreign investment in the sector.
Wikileaks: Qatari food company adapts investment strategy to concerns of partner countries
- Wikileaks
- 03 September 2009
A Hassad Food advisor explained to Emboff September 3 that the company tailors its involvement in each country to the preferences of its partner in order to minimize local "backlash" to the company's actions.
Trinorth acquires Unilever's palm oil plantations in DRC
- Press release
- 03 September 2009
Canadian investor acquires 100,000 hectare plantation in DRC as part of its investment in farmland and large-scale food crop production in Africa.
New Thai laws to 'protect farms from Gulf buyers'
- Reuters
- 03 September 2009
Thailand, the world's biggest rice exporter, is cracking down on foreign ownership of its farmland following reports of rich Middle East food importers snapping up vast tracts of land in poorer countries.
Dossier : Le grand défi alimentaire
- L'Hebdo
- 03 September 2009
Le gouvernement éthiopien mettra 2,7 millions d’hectares à disposition des investisseurs étrangers, 1,6 million d’ici à octobre, à des conditions privilégiées. Enquête excellente de l'Hebdo en Ethiopie et au Madagascar.