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Arab food security or land grab?
- Land and People
- 03 May 2010
Do we or do we not want to promote Arab agricultural integration and to foster inter Arab investments in farming?
King Abdullah's Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad: A way of enhancing Saudi food security
- IDB
- 03 May 2010
Powerpoint presentation made by Dr. Abdullah A. Al-Obaid to an expert group meeting at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah on 2-3 May 2010.
Ghana presents $700mn investment proposals to Qatar food firm
- Gulf Times
- 03 May 2010
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre is seeking investments from Qatar to the tune of $700mn, including a major deal with Hassad Food
Roman Rosslenbroich: Way ahead of the alternatives crowd
- Financial Times
- 02 May 2010
Mr Rosslenbroich is particularly enthusiastic about agriculture, where he says Aquila has “teams travelling the world looking for farms”, with New Zealand dairy farms a speciality.
Africa boom lures investors as growth set to double: week ahead
- Bloomberg
- 02 May 2010
Capital flows into Africa, include farmland acquisitions by foreign investors, rose 16 percent in 2008 to a record $62 billion even as FDI that year fell 20 percent worldwide
US firm to invest in agriculture projects in Angola, Malawi
- 01 May 2010
US-based Gaiacor International has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with MITC Investments to manage and operate large farming operations in Angola.
Ethiopia: Ask WEF on Africa about land grabs in Oromia and other states
- Gadaa.com
- 01 May 2010
Question - via video - to the 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa in Dar es Salaam on land grabbing in Ethiopia
Turning African farmland over to big business: The US’s Millennium Challenge Corporation
- GRAIN
- 30 April 2010
MCC is playing a key role in commodifying Africa’s farmlands
Globalisation and the foreignisation of space: seven processes driving the current global land grab
- Journal of Peasant Studies
- 30 April 2010
'Codes of conduct’ as proposed by several quarters in the context of global land grab are unlikely to work in favour of the poor.
Le Millennium Challenge Corporation américain : l’Afrique livrée au big business
- GRAIN
- 30 April 2010
Le MCC joue un role clé dans la marchandisation des terres rurales africaines
Corn and meat offer 'perfect' investment opportunity, says agri specialist
- CityWire
- 30 April 2010
‘In order to feed a growing population with an increasing standard of living, the price of water and food must continue to rise."
Morocco to lease 30,000 hectares of farms per year
- Reuters
- 30 April 2010
Morocco plans to lease 30,000 ha of farmland per year to improve yields, satisfy growing national demand and boost export sales, its agriculture minister said on Thursday.