Unlocking Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural potential
- World Bank
- 04 Jun 2010
World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.
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Donors open the door for land grab in PNG
- GRAIN
- 13 May 2010
Foreign donors are promoting land registration in Papua New Guinea to facilitate a farmland grab, under the guise of agricultural development.
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Zenawi "very comfortable" with farmland grabs by foreign investors in Ethiopia
- World Economic Forum
- 06 May 2010
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi talks about the leasing of large areas of Ethiopian farmland to foreign investors during a panel on African agriculture at the World Economic Forum
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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
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Agribusiness opportunities in South America
- IndusLatin
- 29 Apr 2010
Video of a speech by Dave Ramaswamy of Allied Venture about the opportunities for India to outsource its agriculture to Latin America.
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Organisation paysanne du Bénin dénonce l'accaparement des terres
- LC2 (Bénin)
- 26 Apr 2010
Reportage sur la conférence de presse organisée par Synergie Paysanne, le 26 avril 2010 à Cotonou, Bénin
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Ethiopia's abundant farming investments leave many still hungry
- PBS
- 22 Apr 2010
In Ethiopia, farms backed by foreign investors are growing with abundance, while native farmers subsist on food aid.
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Brazilian farms sow seeds of openness
- Financial Times
- 14 Apr 2010
“It’s not common in Brazil to find farmers presenting accounts to international investors. What you can see here is the new model for agribusiness in Brazil,” says André Pessôa, co-ordinator of the Rally da Safra.
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Chinese bid for NZ dairy creates concern
- TVNZ
- 25 Mar 2010
"The Chinese want a secure food supply, and they're coming into New Zealand to do that, by the look of it," a local farm union official says
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Cambodian farmers rise up over "land-grabbing"
- Reuters
- 19 Mar 2010
In a move to attract foreign investment, Cambodia has awarded big concessions to companies, mainly from China, Vietnam and South Korea, to run mines, power plants and farms, leading to a rise in forced evictions by state officials profiting on the sale and lease of farmland for use by foreign and local companies.
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Doit-on protéger nos terres?
- RDI
- 17 Mar 2010
Selon l'économiste Marc Urbain Proulx, les groupes chinois sont prêts à contourner la loi en faisant acheter les terres par des personnes qui résident au Québec.
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Mali : La ruée vers les terres
- Radio Canada
- 12 Mar 2010
Reportage sur le projet de MALIBYA, une société libyenne, au Mali.