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Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
British Company invests in Zambia
- Lusaka Times
- 04 December 2009
Zambian government has made agriculture development a priority as evidenced by the reserving of 1 million hectares of land for cultivation and investment, according to foreign investor Neil Crowder
Q&R : Même les Etats insulaires peuvent faire des projets pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire
- IPS
- 04 December 2009
L’île Maurice envisage de produire des denrées alimentaires à Madagascar et au Mozambique où elle a obtenu de grandes étendues de terre. Est-ce un projet viable?
Full circle: Back to the 'Land to the Tiller': Implications of the land grab in Ethiopia
- Ethiomedia
- 03 December 2009
Ethiopia's potential can be maximized only if we Ethiopians are the producers and sellers of our own agricultural products. What Meles Zenawi is doing now is putting this upside down. He made our potential buyers the sellers of our commodity.
CSO network rejects 'corporate takeover of Africa land'
- Capital Ethiopia
- 03 December 2009
"Leasing or giving away a huge chunk of land to foreigners, who will produce food to be shipped to their own people, and to hope that the money gained in profits will feed the local people is the height of naivete," Gathuru Mburu of ABN said
Food project to attract big investment
- Jakarta Post
- 03 December 2009
A planned large-scale commercial farming or food estate project in Merauke, Papua, is expected to trigger fresh investment of up to US$5.3 billion in the area in the next five years.
Taking land from African farmers unfair
- Daily Skiff
- 03 December 2009
After signing a 25-year lease from Kenya's Lands Ministry in Nairobi, Burgess made auxiliary payments to various groups to ensure that the plan could continue unhindered. Unfortunately, the people of the Luo tribe and members of other tribes in similar situations are unhappy.
Mineks again securing Arab funds to plow Turkish fields
- Today's Zaman
- 03 December 2009
Mineks has withdrawn from Vision3, the strategic alliance between three major Gulf banks to bring a $9 billion investment trust to Turkey, particularly in the Southeastern Anatolia Project, which hit the rocks when the banks were affected by the continued spiral of the financial crisis.
Djibouti: "La sécurité alimentaire constitue la priorité des priorités dans notre pays"
- La Nation
- 03 December 2009
Au niveau institutionnel, le gouvernement a mis en place cette année, la Société Djiboutienne de Sécurité Alimentaire qui est chargée notamment de la mise en œuvre et la gestion des projets de sécurité alimentaire sur des milliers d'hectares de terres fertiles mis à la disposition de notre pays par l'Ethiopie, le Soudan, et le Malawi.
Oromo rebels oppose farmland deals between Ethiopia Govt and investors
- Jimma Times
- 02 December 2009
Official statement of the Oromo Liberation Front declaring the Oromo farmland deals between the Ethiopian government and third parties "null and void".
Mali : Les craintes de spoliation de terres perdurent
- IRIN
- 02 December 2009
Au Mali, le gouvernement a approuvé des baux à long terme permettant à des investisseurs extérieurs de mettre en valeur plus de 160 000 hectares de terre, mais des agriculteurs locaux disent avoir peur d’être chassés.
Acaparamiento de tierras y crisis alimentaria global
- GRAIN
- 02 December 2009
Una revisión ilustrada de las tendencias al acaparamiento global de tierras, con tablas y figuras.