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Jenaan to plant $500m venture
- The National
- 25 November 2010
Abu Dhabi's Jenaan Investment owns and leases properties in Egypt and Sudan, as well as leasing land in Tanzania, Ethiopia and the US.
Inades-Formation : Déclaration sur l’accaparement des terres en Afrique
- Inades-Formation
- 25 November 2010
Les membres de la 13ème Assemblée Générale d’Inades-Formation International, réunis à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) du 22 au 25 novembre 2010, dénoncent avec vigueur l’odieuse pratique d’accaparement des terres.
Rejection of the MIFEE continues
- Tempo
- 25 November 2010
The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) Program, a project which the government claims will be able to bring economic and social welfare for the Papua people, was rejected by the local people themselves.
Projeto prevê limites à compra de terra por estrangeiro
- Agência Estado
- 25 November 2010
Pelo texto aprovado, pessoas físicas e jurídicas estrangeiras, inclusive ONGs, não poderão arrendar ou comprar mais de 35 módulos fiscais em área contínua ou descontínua, observado o limite de até 2,5 mil hectares
Land deals of wealthy nations
- PRI
- 24 November 2010
Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Ruth Meinzen-Dick, a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute, about the downside of land deals between countries.
Mali helps Libya with leased farmland
- PRI
- 24 November 2010
The farner’s union claims that the Malibya deal was done behind closed doors and then presented as a fait accompli, a deal that effectively hands over control of Mali’s main rice growing region to a foreign power.
La Libye va cultiver du blé sur les terres ukrainiennes
- RFI
- 24 November 2010
C'est un marché gagnant gagnant. La Libye compte cultiver du blé sur des terres ukrainiennes, en contrepartie, l'Ukraine se dit prête à aider Tripoli à développer des centrales nucléaires pour produire de l'électricité.
Le PDG de l'office du Niger Kassoum Denon face à la presse "Aucun accaparement n'est en cours dans la zone Office du Niger"
- L'Indépendant
- 24 November 2010
Au lendemain du forum sur l'accaparement des terres dans la zone office du Niger organisé par les syndicats paysans, le PDG de cette structure a animé sa propre conférence de presse
Forum sur l’accaparement des terres : Réactions des participants
- Le Républicain
- 24 November 2010
Le forum sur l’accaparement des terres de l’Office du Niger a suscité de vives réactions. Des autorités sont allés jusqu’à traiter certains membres de la société civile de menteurs.
Why corporate Canada is very interested in buying the farm
- Globe and Mail
- 24 November 2010
Saskatchewan has some of the richest and least expensive farmland in the world, and there's a gigantic pool of global money that would like to buy up as much of it as they can.
Boardroom farmers: Some of the world's biggest agricultural investors
- Globe and Mail
- 24 November 2010
Global investment funds have sunk as much as $20-billion (U.S.) into farmland, last year alone they bought 111 million acres of farmland.
UAE, Saudi eye more farmland leasing overseas
- Reuters
- 24 November 2010
The UAE and Saudi Arabia will continue to invest in acquiring farmland abroad as part of their strategy to secure food supplies.