The Philippines and Qatar signed 4 bilateral agreements and one private sector agreement seen to boost cooperation in investments, tourism, fisheries and the legal field.
According to the November 2011 Peace Brigades International Colombia Newsletter, today, 40% of Colombia's 280 million acres of land "has been licensed to, or is being solicited by, multinational corporations."
The craze in recent years for huge investments in bio energy and agribusiness in Tanzania has seen small poor farmers being dispossessed of their lands through tricky contracts and the false hope of making riches overnight.
- Tanzania Daily News
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10 April 2012
En la última década, los países en desarrollo han dejado en manos extranjeras una superficie equivalente a media Unión Europea. África es un paraíso para estos inversores.
India, which doesn’t allow corporate farming domestically, has joined the growing list of countries going overseas to look for food security.
- Asia Sentinel
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09 April 2012
Myanmar diplomatically bypassed a Bangladesh proposal last year for taking agricultural land on lease for cultivation in that country.
- Financial Express
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09 April 2012
Combined firm, RZ Agro Holding Ltd., will control 97,500 ha in the Rostov Region of Russia.
- World-Grain.com
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09 April 2012
Saudi businessman Saleh Kamel announced last week that the Sudanese government agreed to give his country two million acres [809 371 hectares] of farmland for a project that will allow the Arab Gulf state to ensure a steady food supply.
- Sudan Tribune
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09 April 2012
Phénomène mondial, l’accaparement des terres agricoles par des investisseurs étrangers est un sujet qui préoccupe de plus en plus les pays d’Amérique Latine soucieux de préserver leur souveraineté alimentaire.
The increasing dominance of China in Africa - industry, not agriculture. UK and US deserve greater critique.
- Rural Modernity
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08 April 2012
New Zealand's reputation will be damaged in Asia if the sale of the Crafar dairy farms to Chinese interests does not go through, says a Kiwi managing investments in China.
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
- Rural Modernity
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07 April 2012