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Daewoo-Madagascar
- YouTube
- 27 November 2008
Video news clip on the Daewoo scheme in Madagascar
Foreign countries scramble for agricultural land in quest for food
- The Phnom Penh Post
- 27 November 2008
The food crisis this year generated unprecedented interest in Cambodian agricultural land, and governments are scrambling for access to the country's vast food-growing potential.
La grande braderie des terres africaines
- Tribune de Geneve
- 25 November 2008
La Corée du Sud vient de louer la moitié des terres cultivables de Madagascar. Sur le continent noir, ce type de transaction se multiplie.
Selling out Colombia's 'tierra querida'
- Colombia Reports
- 25 November 2008
Colombian indigenous took their protest to Colombia’s capital Bogotá this weekend. Their struggle is about controlling the land in which they have lived and taken care of for hundreds of years, the latest culprits being irregular armed groups controlled by the traditional landowners and foreign companies (Chiquita Brands being the best example).
NPC to invest $300m in fish farming
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 25 November 2008
Saudi-based National Prawn Company (NPC), the world’s largest integrated shrimp producer, is planning an initial investment of $300 million (Dh1.1 billion) to start large-scale fish production in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. The aim is to farm king fish, cobia, barramundi, mahi and milk fish using aquaculture installations on waste coastal desert land.
Saudi Arabia to establish $800m agricultural company
- Menafn
- 24 November 2008
The Agriculture Minister of Saudi Arabia, Fahd Balghunaim, said that the government will set up an $801.1 million company to invest in overseas agricultural projects, Arab News reported.
China’s foreign farming policy: can land provide security?
- BICCS
- 24 November 2008
China’s increasing dependence on foreign farming requires the European Union to take several measures.
Razzia des pays riches sur les terres cultivables
- Courrier International
- 24 November 2008
Afin d'accroître leur production agricole, certains pays occidentaux tentent de mettre la main sur des millions d'hectares au détriment des petits fermiers et des producteurs locaux.
Countries Resort To Bartering
- National Public Radio
- 24 November 2008
A worldwide food shortage mixed with a global credit crisis has some countries getting creative. They're bartering food for other essentials. Javier Blas of Financial Times talks to Madeleine Brand about which nations are striking deals and what they're trading.
Madagascar : La Corée du Sud loue la moitié des terres arables malgaches
- Global Voices
- 23 November 2008
La Corée du Sud vient de louer la moitié des terres arables de Madagascar, selon le Financial Times. Ceci provoque un vigoureux débat dans la blogosphère malgache sur la souveraineté des Malgaches sur leurs terres et sur le développement économique.
Madagascar: South Korean Land Deal Sparks Controversy
- Global Voices
- 23 November 2008
South Korea has just leased half of all the arable land in Madagascar according to the Financial Times. This has stirred quite a debate in the Malagasy blogosphere about land sovereignty and economic development.
The Breadbasket of South Korea: Madagascar
- Time Magazine
- 23 November 2008
Tenant farming was popular in rural America until the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, but the practice is making a comeback on an epic scale in much of Africa.