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Mozambique: Matutuine project could cut rice imports by 20 per cent
- AIM
- 13 April 2011
Project backed by the Libyan sovereign wealth fund wants to extend its land under cultivation to 5,000 ha so that it can undertake industrial scale production.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed in Egypt land dispute
- Forbes
- 13 April 2011
The richest man in the Middle East had a grand vision for turning a swath of land in southern Egypt into an agricultural marvel. Now that land has become part of a political struggle, in the wake of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Philippine rebels accuse Japan fruit exporter of land grabbing
- Mindanao Examiner
- 12 April 2011
Philippine communist rebels on Tuesday accused a Japanese subsidiary of grabbing lands from local farmers in Mindanao.
L’accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique
- Vision PME Afrique
- 12 April 2011
En attendant la mise en place d'un code de conduite au niveau de la CEDEAO, chaque pays devra déterminer les règles régissant de tels investissements.
Chongqing Grain to invest 4 billion reals in the state of Bahia, Brazil
- Macauhub
- 12 April 2011
Chinese group Chongqing Grain is due to launch an agri-industrial project expected to cost 4 billion reals (US$2.4 billion) in the state of Bahia, Brazil, the state’s secretary for Agriculture said.
Landmark conference on land grabbing: large-scale agricultural investments do undermine food security
- IPC
- 12 April 2011
Participants find that land grabbing is occurring at a scale and speed as never before, resulting in widespread displacement and dispossession of local communities.
Tighter rules sought on land purchases
- AAP
- 12 April 2011
Australia is "asleep at the wheel" when it comes to foreign companies buying important agricultural land and greater scrutiny is needed, farmers say.
New bid to buy Crafar farms expected this week
- Radio New Zealand
- 12 April 2011
Pengxin International of Shanghai, which already has farmland holdings in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Cambodia, has offered to buy the 16 North Island Crafar farm properties in New Zealand
Futile attempt to justify land grab deals
- Anyuak Media
- 11 April 2011
It is shameful that the Ethiopian Ambassador to the UK would claim that the areas targeted for foreign investment have no adequate social and economic infrastructures such as education, health facilities and roads.
Vital do Rêgo: compra de terras por estrangeiros é ameaça
- Correio do Brasil
- 11 April 2011
A cada dia que passa, o mundo inteiro precisa consumir toneladas de recursos naturais e grãos. Assim, se torna cada vez mais grave a falta de alimentos, e é mais clara a urgência que muitos países demonstram em adotar, em larga escala, o biocombustível, como fonte alternativa importante em suas matrizes energéticas – afirmou.
Crisis looms in Ago-Emokpae, Iguoghor communities over farmland
- Nigerian Tribune
- 11 April 2011
Communities in Edo State, Nigeria at odds over projects to bring foreign investors in to carry out development on large expanses of farmland.
Egypt freezes land owned by Saudi billionaire
- Reuters
- 11 April 2011
Egypt's public prosecutors' office said on Sunday it had frozen land in southern Egypt controlled by Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal because the original sale of the land violated the law.