The loan will be used to develop 3,500 hectares of land in the eastern basin of the Rkiz plain (300 km south of Nouakchott), develop another 2,200 hectares and rehabilitate 1,000 hectares in the western basin of the same plain.
The Ghana Commercial Agriculture Project (GCAP) commissioned a study on the creation of land banks in Ghana to facilitate the acquisition of land for commercial agricultural investment.
- GhanaWeb
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29 November 2014
Representantes de organizaciones campesinas y ambientalistas realizaron hoy en la Capital correntina una protesta por lo que llaman "extranjerización" de la tierra y el saqueo ambiental
- Momarandu
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29 November 2014
Des menaces et homicides, conjugués à la mise en œuvre insuffisante de la loi, décrédibilisent la promesse du gouvernement colombien de restituer des millions d'hectares illégalement arrachés à des petits paysans.
- Amnesty International
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28 November 2014
A senior official of the Brazilian embassy in Doha says Qatar Investment Authority, specifically Hassad Foods, has expressed interest in acquiring land in Brazil.
- Gulf Times
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28 November 2014
A handful of wealthy countries are responsible for most international farmland acquisitions - what some critics term "land grabs" - in a trend that is redrawing the global map of land ownership.
The mammoth Biocom sugarcane project is a prime example of the Angolan government’s multi-faceted plan to open up the country’s interior to economic activity and increase agricultural production.
- World Folio
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27 November 2014
The grazing lands of the Maasai community in East Africa are being viewed as the next frontier for land grabbing.
- Intercontinental Cry
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27 November 2014
Locals say land grabbing is on the rise because of the Lamu Port South Sudan-Ethiopia Transport corridor.
- The Star
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27 November 2014
Agricultural Asset Management, which aims to make farmland as an asset class more accessible, will invest in farmland in the U.S., UK, and Central and Eastern Europe.
- FIN Alternatives
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26 November 2014
Republic of Congo today invited Indian farmers and food processing sector to explore business opportunities there, saying it is ready to offer all "possible support" in this regard.
- Business Standard
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26 November 2014
China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited, the largest privately owned juice producer in China, plans to invest in the agricultural resources in Australia by acquiring one or two farms.
- China Daily
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26 November 2014