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The myths of global land grabbing untangled
- The Broker
- 04 April 2011
The issue of land grabbing has been on the agenda for some years now, but it seems that the academic focus is changing.
Sudan farmers protest government 'land grab'
- AFP
- 04 April 2011
Around 800 farmers protested Friday against a government decision to seize land from a village in Gezira state, Sudan's agricultural heartland, without compensating the owners, witnesses said.
Landnahme in Äthiopien
- Der Tagesspiegel
- 03 April 2011
Das Klima ist ideal, Arbeitskräfte sind billig und die lukrativsten Märkte sind nur wenige Flugstunden entfernt. In Äthiopien züchten Investoren tonnenweise Gemüse und Reis. Jedoch nicht für die Bevölkerung.
Votre planète est à vendre sur Arte
- BSC News
- 03 April 2011
La planète est à vendre: effrayante réalité que nous montre Alexis Marant dans un judicieux documentaire "Planète à vendre" que vous pourrez voir sur Arte le mardi 19 avril 2011.
Una diputada rosarina alertó sobre la extranjerización de la tierra por ser una “amenaza a la soberanía nacional”
- Actualidad
- 03 April 2011
La diputada nacional Verónica Benas (PARES-Santa Fe) es autora de una iniciativa que pretende regular la extranjerización de la tierra y que será tratado en el Congreso este año, junto a otros siete que versan sobre la misma problemática.
China invertirá USD 10 mil millones en producción sojera en Brasil
- ABC
- 03 April 2011
SAO PAULO. China planea invertir unos 10 mil millones de dólares en la producción, acopio y transporte de soja (soya) en Brasil para asegurarse la provisión del producto del que es el principal importador mundial, informó este domingo la prensa local.
SA farm exodus shock
- Times
- 03 April 2011
South Africa's commercial farmers say they will continue setting up in other countries to flee "unreasonable" laws, such as a new bill the government says will "stop cruelty against farm workers".
Cane growers fear potential Wilmar deal
- North Queensland Register
- 03 April 2011
Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
World hungers for more food
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 03 April 2011
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
Bridging Arab world's alarming food gap
- Gulf News
- 03 April 2011
The UAE has purchased thousands of acres of arable land in Sudan to grow products for the home market, while Bahraini investors help meet demand in the kingdom from farmland bought in Thailand and the Philippines.
Les Affaires du président libyen marchent le plus normal au Monde : Le tropisme kadhafien en Afrique
- Le Financier
- 02 April 2011
Alors que les missiles Tomahawks tombent sur la Libye, les activités économiques et financières du clan Kadhafi continuent normalement en Afrique et au monde entier.
Kryptic Entertainment Inc. announces name change to Farm Lands of Guinea, Inc.
- FLGI
- 01 April 2011
On October 25, 2010 the company signed a Protocol d'Accord with the Ministry of Agriculture to survey and map additional underutilized land in Guinea estimated to be up to 1.5 million hectares of combined area and prepare it for third party development under 99-year leases.