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Investment Minister for capitalizing relations with UAE
- Daily Mail
- 15 January 2009
Senator Waqar said that a new investment policy for the next 10 years is on cards which would be prepared with the consultation of private sector.
Food matters
- Al Ahram
- 15 January 2009
Arab agricultural ministers decided to urge government-owned and private companies, as well as Arab financiers and industrialists, to invest in common agricultural projects in qualified countries. The future belongs to those who produce their own food.
Affaire Daewoo Logistics - « Rien n’est encore décidé… »
- La Verite
- 14 January 2009
Pour couper courts aux rumeurs concernant l’octroi à titre gracieux des terrains de 1,3 million hectares à la société sud coréenne Daewoo Logistics, le ministre de la Réforme foncière, des Domaines et de l’Aménagement du territoire Marius Ratolojanahary a apporté sa version des faits. « Ce projet est encore en phase d’étude », a-t-il déclaré à la presse.
L’opposition porte plainte
- Midi Madagasikara
- 14 January 2009
Après les manifs qui se sont déroulés devant l’Ambassade de Madagascar à Paris, vient le tour de l’opposition locale de manifester contre cette affaire.
Daewoo : L’approbation n’est pas encore effective
- Madagascar Tribune
- 14 January 2009
Questionné sur l’affaire Daewoo, le ministre du MRFAT (Ministère de la Réforme Foncière et de l’Aménagement du Territoire), a donné des éclaircissements sur le fait que cette société n’est pas encore propriétaire du terrain soi-disant déjà acquis et publié dans des journaux étrangers.
Sudan will focus on food security at Arab eco summit -- finance minister
- Kuwait News Agency
- 14 January 2009
Sudan seeks to focus on Arab food security during the Arab Economic Summit, which will kick off on Monday, said Finance and National Economy Minister Awadh Al-Jazz. "We have extensive land plots, and great water and animal resources."
GARB against land-grabbing by aliens
- PDI
- 14 January 2009
"The only protection against international land-grabbing that we can see for the Philippines is the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill, a bill written by us peasants to protect our right to land and to achieve food security for our country"
Affaire Daewoo : Le ministre Ratolojanahary parle de désinformation
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 14 January 2009
« Je réaffirme que ce projet est toujours au stade de prospection, » soutient le ministre de la Réforme foncière et de l’aménagement du territoire, Marius Ratolojanahary.
Empresarios indios, interesados en radicarse en nuestro país para exportar
- HPMI
- 13 January 2009
La empresa India RCPL Food Processing Pvt. Ltda. desea invertir en la agroindustria de Paraguay, que a mediano y largo plazo puede llegar a US$ 500 millones, informó ayer su director, Dr. Satyendra Yaadav.
"Substantial progress at Lonrho Agriculture"
- Lonrho PLC
- 13 January 2009
Lonrho Agriculture will develop 25,000 hectares of agricultural projects in the Provinces of Uige, Zaire and Bengo in Angola.
Selling Africa by the pound
- Reuters
- 13 January 2009
Land ownership could prove contentious. In the distant past, it was often held by communities as a whole or vested in traditional authorities. State officials now often have the greatest say. That opens the potential for official abuse of yet another valuable resource.
Cambodian PM makes first Middle East visit
- Associated Press
- 13 January 2009
Kuwait granted Cambodia a 546-million-dollar agricultural loan in August in return for crop production.