With increasing frequency, wealthy, food-importing countries as well as the private sector are investing in farmland overseas. This conference examines the patterns and motivations of such investment, considers the implications for investors, host countries, and food security, and features case studies from Asia, Africa, Europe, and the former Soviet Union.
A cash-strapped Pakistani government plans to sell or rent one million acre land to foreign countries for agricultural purposes in a bid to underpin the country’s troubled economy. “A complete legal cover will be provided to the investors so that even in case of the change of government, they should not be affected.”
Les Finlandais ont demandé à Dmitri Medvedev, par le biais de leur présidente Tarja Halonen, de leur permettre d'acheter des terrains dans les zones frontalières russes.
In 2006, Thailand had about 25 million farmers, who accounted for 40% of the population. The number is likely fall to 37% of the population by 2013. The government must act to reverse the trend, otherwise investors could rent or buy land from farmers to invest in large-scale farming, agricultural processing plants and hiring local people.
L’organisation béninoise SYNERGIE PAYSANNE avec le concours de son partenaire, le Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement, a réalisé, au Bénin, une enquête intitulée « Terre à vendre ».
El contralor Turbay Quintero pedirá la presentación de una iniciativa que prohíba esta práctica.
El contralor general de la República, Julio César Turbay Quintero, llamó la atención del gobierno por el marcado interés que tendrían inversionistas y algunas potencias extranjeras de comprar grandes extensiones de tierras y títulos de explotación de los recursos naturales del país.
Pakistan is offering one million acres of farmland, protected by a special security force, for lease or sale to countries seeking to secure their food supplies, an official from the ministry of finance said on Monday.
La flambée des cours des produits agricoles en 2007 et 2008 et la dépréciation des valeurs financières induite par la crise actuelle ont incité de gros investisseurs internationaux et même des Etats à se tourner vers l’acquisition, tous azimuts, de terres agricoles aujourd’hui considérées comme des actifs stratégiques.
China has said it will not join the growing trend of outsourcing food production by investing in overseas farmland, particularly in Africa, expressing doubts that such deals could improve its food security.
"Attention should be given to the leasing and purchase of agricultural land in developing countries, to ensure that local and traditional land use is respected."
Sub-Saharan African countries have of late become the target of a new form of investment that is strongly reminiscent of colonialism: investors from both industrialised and emerging economies buy or lease large tracts of farm land across the continent, either to guarantee their own food provisions or simply as yet another business.
