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Agriculture to get boost from foreign investment – Afriyie-Akoto
- Ghanaweb
- 26 January 2017
The Agric Minister-designate of Ghana says the sector under the current administration will pursue foreign investments in a bid to increase production.
PH agri attaché eyes ‘food security’ ties with UAE
- Filipino Times
- 26 January 2017
The Philippine Embassy’s agricultural counsellor is looking at working on an agreement in the area of food security with the UAE government
Algerian firm signs $300 million farming deal with U.S. group
- Reuters
- 25 January 2017
Privately-owned Algerian dairy company Tifralait and American International Agriculture Group (AIAG) will set up a joint venture to develop projects over an area of 25,000 hectares covering cereals, potato, fertilizers, dairy and cattle feed.
Protesto urgente e pedido encaminhado ao presidente da JICA Sr. Shinichi Kitaoka [Versão Portuguesa]
- 24 January 2017
No que diz respeito a tentativa da JICA de suprimir a visita dos líderes camponeses moçambicanos e representantes de Organizações da Sociedade Civil de visitar o Japão.
Urgent protest and request submitted to JICA’s President Mr Shinichi Kitaoka
- Africa Japan Forum et al.
- 24 January 2017
Concerning JICA’s attempt to suppress Mozambican peasant leaders and CSO representative visiting Japan
Khartoum provides Saudi investors new guarantees
- Asharq Al-Awsat
- 24 January 2017
There are 196 Saudis investing in the agricultural sector in Sudan and they basically focus on wheat, corn and feed.
Gabon: The battle over palm oil
- African Business Magazine
- 24 January 2017
The controversy surrounding palm oil cultivation involving agricultural trading company Olam International has intensified over the last two months.
Protesto urgente e pedido encaminhado ao presidente da JICA Sr. Shinichi Kitaoka
- 24 January 2017
No que diz respeito à tentativa da JICA de suprimir a visita dos líderes camponeses moçambicanos e representantes de Organizações da Sociedade Civil ao Japão.
POSCO Daewoo launches agribusiness in Myanmar
- Korea Times
- 22 January 2017
According to a POSCO Daewoo official, Sunday, Korea's largest trading affiliate under POSCO group has secured construction and investment approval from the Myanmar government to build a rice processing complex (RPC) in Twante.
La crisi finanziaria e il land grabbing in Africa: il caso del Senegal
- Greenreport
- 20 January 2017
Era il 23 giugno 2016 quando l’amministrazione comunale di Diokoul Diawrigne nella regione di Kebemer, 150 chilometri a nord da Dakar, emanava una delibera che prevede l’attribuzione di 1000 ettari di terreni agricoli all’impresa indiana Senegindia.
France: les députés ont approuvé une proposition de loi contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles
- AFP
- 20 January 2017
Les députés ont approuvé une proposition de loi visant à "lutter contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles" par de grandes sociétés.
Massa Kone, porte-parole de la CMAT : «Nous demandons au Président Français, l’arrêt de l’extension des frontières européennes…»
- L'Express de Bamako
- 20 January 2017
Nous demandons aux Chef d'Etat de stopper immédiatement tout accaparement de terres et de respecter et appliquer les droits fonciers collectifs coutumiers des communautés