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Fonds spéculatifs : objectif terres !
- Le Nouvel Observateur
- 20 Mar 2009
Au niveau planétaire la concentration s‘accélère : 4% des propriétaires fonciers sont à la tête de 50% des surfaces cultivées…
Daewoo finds African land is a risky business
- Reuters
- 20 Mar 2009
A move by Madagascar's army-backed leader to nix a huge South Korean farming deal has exposed the risks of such ventures in Africa, where land remains an emotive issue prone to populist or nationalist opposition.
Madagascar: A Greek Tragedy That Will Hurt Investment
- AllAfrica
- 20 Mar 2009
Deposed President Marc Ravalomanana brought the house of Madagascar down upon himself. But he has been replaced by a young untested leader who, although he has some public support, is full of himself and clearly contemptuous of democratic institutions. The result is that investment in Madagascar, and perhaps across the continent, will be hurt, writes Stephen Hayes
Agri investments must help, not hurt: World Bank
- Reuters
- 19 Mar 2009
Growing interest from Asia and Middle East countries to lease agricultural land in Africa "is not a bad thing" but must be handled properly and in a transparent way, a top World Bank official said on Thursday.
Madagascar : Andry Rajoelina annule le projet de Daewoo
- Afrik.com
- 19 Mar 2009
Le nouveau président de Madagascar a annoncé l’annulation du projet agricole de Daewoo Logistics
All hands to the pumps
- Planning Resource
- 19 Mar 2009
Are there any answers to this looming crisis? Some countries are buying land. There is vague talk about governments introducing “water management reforms”. Even more opaquely, there are calls for “multi-country discussions on trans-boundary issues, international trade and investment flows”.
No matter how bad things get, people still need to eat
- The Economist
- 18 Mar 2009
A conference for fund managers tied to agriculture held annually in Sydney by Austock, an Australian broker, attracted a few dozen contrarian souls three years ago. This year’s event, which began on March 16th, had to be restricted to several hundred ticket-holders, with many others turned away.
Madagascar scraps Daewoo farm deal
- Financial Times
- 18 Mar 2009
South Korea’s project to transform Madagascar into its breadbasket, branded by some as neo-colonial, came to an abrupt end on Wednesday when the Indian Ocean island’s new president said he would shelve the plan.
Madagascar's new leader says Daewoo land deal off
- Reuters
- 18 Mar 2009
A deal for South Korea's Daewoo Logistics to lease over 1 million hectares of Madagascar to grow food crops is off, the island's new leader said on Wednesday.
Daewoo’s planned Madagascar farm in doubt
- Financial Times
- 18 Mar 2009
Daewoo Logistics, the South Korean company, said on Wednesday that it was confident that Madagascar’s new government would support a plan to lease a huge tract of farmland on the island to grow food crops to send back to Seoul.
Proposed Kenya-Qatar Land Deal Stirs Controversy
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSoym58ut0Q&feature=player_embedded
- 18 Mar 2009
The Kenyan government is considering leasing a large tract of land in the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya to Qatar's government. In return, Qatar would build a port in the seaside town of Lamu.
Arrival of colonialism of the third kind
- The Daily Sun Star (Dhaka)
- 17 Mar 2009
The truth is that if exploitation of a developing country’s natural resources by the West is colonialism, so it is when rich countries of the South do the same.