Arabs invest little in agriculture
    Agricultural investment firm GLB presented its Sudan alfafa production project, which produces feed for animals in Saudi Arabia and the UAE, to participants at the agriculture investment conference in Sudan.
    • ANBA
    • 20 May 2013
    The changing face of land disputes in Liberia
    The Liberia Land Commission is making significant headway, say land experts, but non-conflict related land disputes are increasing, most of them as a result of weak land laws.
    • IRIN
    • 20 May 2013
    Foreign ownership ban retained
    Wisconsin state legislators have blocked an effort by Gov. Scott Walker to lift the state's long-time limits on foreign ownership of farmland.
    • DTN/TPF
    • 20 May 2013
    When the levee breaks
    Karuturi Global faces accusations of causing floods to local villages, not paying taxes, contributing to human rights violations and providing dismal working conditions at its farming operations in Gambela, Ethiopia.
    • The Hindu
    • 19 May 2013
    El desembarco
    África se está convirtiendo en un goloso pastel para las grandes empresas planetarias en su incesante y despiadada búsqueda del lucro, ahora que otros continentes están agotados.
    • La Jornada
    • 19 May 2013
    What can we learn from history about the impact of large-scale land developments in Africa?
    Can contemporary large-scale land investments play a role in reducing poverty and inequality? If so, what influences the outcomes? A new research project is gathering data on three farming models – contract farming, plantations and commercial farming areas – in Ghana, Kenya and Zambia.
    • Future Agricultures
    • 19 May 2013
    Réserve naturelle de biocombustibles
    Les témoignages que l'on entend dans les villages de Ndiael, au Sénégal, nous narrent une histoire bien connue.
    • Agoravox
    • 18 May 2013
    Shifting the debate about ‘responsible soy’ production in Paraguay
    A critical analysis of five claims about environmental, economic, and social sustainability.
    • LPDI
    • 17 May 2013
    Riserva naturale di biocombustibili
    A pochi chilometri dal confine con la Mauritania, dove la natura sembrerebbe offrire solo sabbia e poca erba secca, centinaia di migliaia di girasoli e lunghi canali artificiali riempiti d'acqua appaiono davanti a noi.
    • Agoravox
    • 16 May 2013
    Rapport Cyclope : l'appétit de la Chine est annonciateur de tensions
    L'impact de la Chine sur les marchés est au cœur du rapport Cyclope 2013. Alors que la demande alimentaire de l'Afrique va exploser ces prochaines années, la Chine va renforcer ses achats de terres et de céréales sur le continent.
    • Jeune Afrique
    • 16 May 2013
    Perú: Observatorio alerta sobre el problema de la extranjerización de la tierra rural
    El Observatorio de los Derechos sobre la Tierra en el Perú llamó a estar alertas con el proceso de extranjerización de tierras rurales porque las posibilidades de controlar el fenómeno son bastante limitadas debido a las prerrogativas de las que gozan los inversionistas extranjeros.
    • Servindi
    • 16 May 2013
    Ismail vows to punish Sudan’s investment ministry staff accepting bribes
    Sudan investment minister Mustafa Osman Ismail revealed that Saudi Arabia requested over million acres (405,000 ha) of land for investment in food security
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 16 May 2013

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