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L'Office du Niger s'ouvre aux investisseurs des pays de l'UEMOA
- L'Essor
- 14 November 2012
L’organisation sous-régionale y a lancé un projet d’aménagement dont l’objectif est d’en faire le grenier à riz de l’Afrique de l’Ouest
The great Africa land grab
- The Ecologist
- 14 November 2012
Oxfam’s Phil Bloomer reports on the shocking scandal of (mostly) secretive land-grabbing, usually from those least able to defend their rights.
Chinese secure northern foodbowl as row over Ord River lease continues
- The Australian
- 14 November 2012
Chinese property development conglomerate Shanghai Zhongfu has won the sole right to develop 15,200ha of high-value irrigated agricultural land in northern Australia..
Adecoagro data raise fears over Argentine farmland
- Agrimoney
- 14 November 2012
Adecoagro, the South American farm operator backed by George Soros and Dwight Anderson, said that growth in the value of its huge land portfolio slowed to 5.6%, fuelling concerns over the impact of Argentine curbs on foreign investors.
Spotlight on "land grab" deals
- IRIN
- 14 November 2012
A new study puts "land-grab" deals into the context of agricultural investments more generally.
Carlyle Group to make Africa investment
- Wall Street Journal
- 13 November 2012
Carlyle is part of a small group of investors that will inject $210 million into Export Trading Group, a Tanzania-based agricultural company that controls at least 60,000 hectares of farmland in Africa.
La majorité des terres agricoles demeure la propriété de Québécois
- Radio Canada
- 13 November 2012
La Coop fédérée est toutefois préoccupée par le phénomène et réclame la mise sur pied d'un registre sur les transactions dans le milieu agricole,
Advierten sobre proceso de concentración de la tierra en Latinoamérica
- Terra
- 13 November 2012
Los especialistas precisaron que "el antiguo latifundio ha dado paso a grandes empresas capitalistas insertas en los circuitos del comercio internacional"
Louis Dreyfus lifts the lid on its ag operations
- Agrimoney
- 13 November 2012
Louis Dreyfus lifted the lid on commodities operations such as its 45 orange groves, and unveiled a healthy appetite for investment, as, after 160 years, it unveiled its first public results statement.
L’implication des agriculteurs locaux, clé du succès des investissements étrangers
- FAO
- 13 November 2012
Un nouveau rapport de la FAO fait le point sur les investissements dans les pays en développement et recommande la prudence dans les grosses acquisitions foncières.
Involving local farmers is key to success of foreign investment
- FAO
- 13 November 2012
New FAO report focuses on investments in developing countries, urging caution on large-scale land acquisitions
Foreign investment in farmland: No low-hanging fruit
- Deutsche Bank
- 13 November 2012
Report by Deutsche Bank examines the global rush for land