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Joint investment firm to boost Saudi-Sudan links
- MENAFN
- 04 April 2013
Joint investment company will harness Sudan's resources in agriculture and livestock in line with the foreign economic policy of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
Billionaire al-Amoudi’s co. investing $41m in 3 Ethiopian farms
- Bloomberg
- 04 April 2013
Farms were bought from govt for 1.1b birr ($59.4m), General Manager of Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Jemal Ahmed tells reporters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Governments, Western corporations grab lands across Africa
- Press TV
- 04 April 2013
Press TV interviews Justine Mutale of the IF Campaign; Nnimmo Bassey, former executive director of Environmental Rights Action; and Ben Oguntala, founder of Developedafrica.com.
Lutte contre les accaparements de terre : deux regards d’Afrique de l’Ouest
- Oxfam
- 04 April 2013
Dans les allées du Forum social mondial, Clara Jamart d'Oxfam France a rencontré Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali, et Diery Gaye, paysan, membre du Conseil d’administration du Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal.
Tax haven expose: Some bizmen say identity mistaken, others nothing
- FirstPost
- 04 April 2013
The 612 Indians on the list of those who have invested in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands include two MPs, a former royal, top industrialists and the CEO of Karuturi Global.
Qatar's Hassad buys stake in Indian rice firm
- Arabian Business
- 03 April 2013
Hassad Food Co, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has bought a majority stake in an Indian basmati rice company for more than $100m, it was reported on Wednesday.
CRE groups back proposal to grant FIRPTA exemptions to foreign pension investors
- Costar Group
- 03 April 2013
The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act was first passed in 1980 by Congress to limit foreign control over US farmland. Obama now wants things changed.
Valladolid: Acaparamiento de tierras e impacto sobre las mujeres
- Ecologistas en Acción
- 03 April 2013
El acaparamiento de tierras que se está registrando en todo el mundo ha empezado a atraer la atención internacional, y no tanto porque se trate de un fenómeno nuevo, sino por las dimensiones y ritmo con que se está produciendo.
Centroamérica: Lo que provoca el acaparamiento de tierras
- Movimientos
- 03 April 2013
La Vía Campesina Centroamericana en todos sus debates ha expresado que el acaparamiento de tierras está dirigido por grandes inversores, dueños de plantaciones, empresas madereras, hidroeléctricas y mineras.
Marc Ona Essangui faces possible prison time
- Goldman Prize
- 03 April 2013
The charge was filed after Ona allegedly spoke out against possible government corruption involving Soleman Liban, a senior advisor to Gabonese President Ali Bongo, and Olam Gabon, a foreign agricultural company that operates in Gabon.
Arab world urged to close food supply gap
- The National
- 03 April 2013
In an effort to help tackle food security, officials yesterday agreed to double the capital of the Arab Authority for Agriculture Investment and Development, a multilateral lender aimed at promoting investment in agriculture.
Armenia: Do Iran’s sheep pose a threat to national security?
- EurAsia Review
- 03 April 2013
A pending agreement for Iran to graze sheep inside Armenia has sparked a furor among Armenian environmentalists and nationalists over whether or not the prospective deal poses a threat to the country’s national security.