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Activists say Papua food estate ‘not the answer’
- Jakarta Globe
- 04 Mar 2010
"If the government wants to eliminate famine, it should give farmers access to more land, and not give it away for corporations"
Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores
- El Diario de Paraná
- 03 Mar 2010
En un momento en el que la seguridad alimentaria del mundo se está convirtiendo en una cuestión prioritaria, las inmensas tierras aptas para la agricultura en los países emergentes atraen la atención de los inversores. Países como Brasil, Argentina, Ucrania, Rusia, Kazajastán, Sudán, Malawi, Angola, Indonesia, Laos o Camboya se encuentran entre los preferidos de los inversionistas.
Saudi Arabia mulls new port for food imports
- Arabian Business
- 03 Mar 2010
Since Saudi Arabia abandoned its wheat cultivation programme two years ago, due to dwindling water resources in the desert kingdom, it became a major buyer of wheat from global markets.
GCC states look abroad to meet food needs
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 03 Mar 2010
Gulf oil producers have abandoned long-standing nationalistic policies of achieving food self-sufficiency and switched to a more realistic approach of using their strong financial muscle to invest in farm projects in fertile countries.
Down with Addax’s $200M investment, it's not good for Sierra Leone!
- Sierra Express Media
- 03 Mar 2010
A lot has been said to Sierra Leoneans about the Addax project, but almost nothing has been heard about the high price that Sierra Leone will have to pay.
Résistance à Gambela contre l’accaparement des terres : Entretien avec Nyikaw Ochalla
- GRAIN
- 02 Mar 2010
GRAIN a discuté avec Nyilaw Ochalla afin de mieux comprendre les conséquences pour les Anuak et les autres communautés locales de la nouvelle vague d’acquisitions de terres en Éthiopie.
Massive farm failure in South Africa
- The Times (Johannesburg)
- 02 Mar 2010
Minister says new policy proposal will put the restriction of foreign land ownership in South Africa back on the table, as foreigners are buying lands "three times faster" than government is acquiring for redistribution and restitution
Struggles against land grabs in Gambella: Interview with Nyikaw Ochalla
- GRAIN
- 02 Mar 2010
GRAIN speaks with Nyikaw Ochalla, an Anuak living in exile, about the consequences for the Anuak and other local communities from the land grabs happening in Gambella province and the rest of Ethiopia.
Touche pas à mes terres ! Spéciale de France Inter
- France Inter
- 01 Mar 2010
Première destination l'Ethiopie, l’un des pays où cette question se pose avec beaucoup d’acuité. Deuxième destination la Chine qui a un grand besoin de nouvelles terres. Troisième destination Madagascar, où le projet d’achat de terre par Daewoo a été complètement abandonné.
Les terres agricoles des pays émergents, "la nouvelle frontière"
- AFP
- 01 Mar 2010
La société AgroGeneration, dont l'entrepreneur Charles Beigbeder est l'un des principaux actionnaires, a fait son entrée lundi en Bourse pour lever des fonds et investir dans les céréales en Ukraine.
Ukraine land market offers 'great opportunity'
- Agrimoney
- 01 Mar 2010
The collapse in Ukraine's land prices presents a "great opportunity" for buyers, Landkom's chief executive said, as he revealed an acquisition plan aimed at part into getting the group into biofuels refining
Des terres pour l’agro-industrie internationale ? Un dilemme pour la politique foncière malgache
- EchoGéo
- 27 February 2010
Madagascar hésite toujours entre la formalisation de droits sur le sol au profit du plus grand nombre et l’octroi de vastes espaces à des firmes internationales.
Kulim buys PNG oil palm estates for US$175m
- Business Times
- 26 February 2010
Plantation company Kulim Bhd is paying US$175 million to buy some 25,000ha of oil palm estates in Papua New Guinea from the world's largest agribusiness company, Cargill Inc, and Singapore government investment arm Temasek Holdings.
Qatar plans to grow corn in Georgia, import 70,000 sheep a year
- Bloomberg
- 26 February 2010
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. plans to invest in Georgia, including the purchase of farm land, following a fact-finding trip in April.
Wikileaks: Brazil criticizes China over "land grabs" in Africa
- Wikileaks
- 26 February 2010
"At an UNCTAD meeting on investment in agriculture on February 3, China became the central focus of criticism amid a chorus of concerns about the economic, food security, environmental and social impact of large foreign purchases of agricultural lands in developing countries," reports the US mission to Geneva