Abu Dhabi-based Jenaan Investment has a new joint venture with the government of Sudan to farm 10,000 ha there to produce fodder for livestock in the UAE.
Park Agrotech, which is part of the Skylark Group, has established a poultry farm, feed mill and a fruits, vegetables and cereals farm on 4,000 acres of land at Lake Volta in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
The president of the African Development Bank says that this year it will launch the Africa Investment Forum as a transactional platform to leverage global pension funds and other institutional investors to invest in African agriculture
Since 2000, governments, financial investors, and corporations have been involved in land deals covering over 38.9 million ha of land in developing countries, with many of these constituting illegal “land grabs” in violation of international law.
Le Cambodge souhaite que les entreprises vietnamiennes spécialisées dans la production de noix de cajou viennent investir au Cambodge dans la culture d’anacardiers sur ses terres agricoles appropriées au développement de cet arbre.
- Courrier du Vietnam
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28 February 2018
Selon Zhao Yongsheng, les autorités françaises ne devraient pas [prendre] de mesures substantielles contre les acheteurs de terres chinois, notant que les remarques de M. Macron ne sont guère plus que du «politiquement correct».
- Quotidien du Peuple
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26 February 2018
China started to buy aggressively agriculture land abroad and already directed interest to the French wheat. In France, the authorities learned lately about the acquisition of 1,700 hectares of cereal crops in central France thanks to clever attorney’s tricks.
- Finance Apprise
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26 February 2018
Over the past four years Hu Keqin, owner of the Reward Group, has quietly snapped up 3,000 hectares of wheat fields in the central Indre and Allier regions of France.
A Chinese tycoon's purchase of vast wheat fields in France highlights China's increasing acquisition of foreign farmland as the Asian giant seeks to keep up with its massive population's growing appetite.
- The Star
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25 February 2018
América Latina mantuvo en 2017 el primer lugar en el ranking mundial de asesinatos contra personas defensoras de la tierra y el medio ambiente elaborado por Global Witness.
- Comunicaciones Aliadas
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25 February 2018
Depuis 2013, la communauté Shipibo de Santa Clara d'Uchunya lutte contre la destruction et l'appropriation de leurs terres traditionnelles en vue de la transformation des forêts en plantations de palmiers à huile.
China concentra una quinta parte de la población mundial pero solamente el 10% de las tierras arables disponibles en el mundo.
- La Nación
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23 February 2018