• Pakistan: Leasing land
    • The News
    • 13 September 2009

    There are better means to meet the food needs of the Saudis than to lease thm land that belongs to the state and the people of Pakistan

  • Razzia chinoise sur terres camerounaises
    • ARTE
    • 12 September 2009

    Après le pétrole, les minerais, les Chinois à la conquête des terres agricoles africaines…Exemple au Cameroun

  • Farmland investment fund is seeking more than Dh1bn
    • The National
    • 12 September 2009

    What started as a government drive to secure cheap food resource has now become a viable business model and many Gulf companies are venturing into agricultural investments to diversify their portfolios.

  • Corporate farming to boost agriculture, economy : Kaira
    • Associated Press of Pakistan
    • 12 September 2009

    Nazar Gondal said that government of Saudi Arabia has shown interest to acquire some land in Pakistan for farming but there was no progress in this regard so far.

  • FM Qureshi favours lease of Pak land for agriculture
    • Pak Tribune
    • 11 September 2009

    Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the government has so far not requested for any input from the Foreign Office regarding interest shown by foreign parties to lease Pakistani land for agriculture. “But if my ministry is asked for its input, then I would not oppose this move completely."

  • UN calls for international guidelines on land-grabbing
    • EurActiv
    • 11 September 2009

    The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), alarmed at the way governments and private corporations are buying farmland in developing countries, plans to present international guidelines to protect local people and farmers from what some have dubbed "neo-colonialism".

  • Libyan land grab of Mali’s rice-producing land
    • Via Campesina
    • 10 September 2009

    Whilst Mali’s government declares its commitment to guaranteeing food self-sufficiency for the country, it continues to sign a worrying number of agreements with foreign investors. A report from Via Campesina.

  • Pakistan: Highly questionable farmland deals
    • Business Recorder
    • 10 September 2009

    The problem is that we will lose control. Of course, some regulatory framework will be put in place, but it will also include ceding of control over our land resource to foreigners for a yet-to-be-specified time period.

  • Zanzibar to host major Afro-Arab conference
    • The Citizen
    • 10 September 2009

    A conference to discuss ways of boosting agricultural production in Africa will be held in Zanzibar later this month

  • La grande braderie des terres agricoles
    • Le Point
    • 10 September 2009

    Razzia. Etats, industriels, people, tout le monde s'y met : l'achat de terre est devenu un investissement stratégique. (Le Point)

  • El GCIAI se une al caparamiento de tierras de cultivo a nivel global
    • GRAIN
    • 10 September 2009

    Un documento interno, puesto recientemente en la página electrónica del IRRI revela que el instituto ha estado aconsejando a Arabia Saudita en el contexto de su estrategia para adquirir tierras de cultivo en otros países para cumplir con su propia producción alimentaria.

  • Russia Agribusiness Report Q4 2009
    • BMI
    • 10 September 2009

    Putin's latest land reform legislation could lead to over 400mn hectares of crop acreage being sold.

  • Le CGIAR impliqué dans l’accaparement des terres au niveau mondial
    • GRAIN
    • 10 September 2009

    Un document interne, récemment mis en ligne sur le site web de l’IRRI, révèle que l’Institut a conseillé l’Arabie saoudite dans le contexte de sa stratégie d’acquisition de terres agricoles à l’étranger pour sa propre production alimentaire.

  • L’Arabie Saoudite cherche de nouvelles terres agricoles
    • Usine Nouvelle
    • 09 September 2009

    Une demi-douzaine d’investisseurs saoudiens vient d’annoncer la création d’une compagnie d’investissements agricoles pour le début de l’année 2010. Les investissements seront dirigés vers l’acquisition de terres à l’étranger afin de cultiver du riz, du maïs, du blé et du soja.

  • Libia se apropia de las zonas arroceras de Mali
    • Vía Campesina
    • 09 September 2009

    El acaparamiento de tierras de los pequeños campesinos por parte de las grandes empresas nacionales y extranjeras es un tema cada vez más indignante en Mali. MALIBYA es un buen ejemplo de este fenómeno, una empresa libia a la que el gobierno de Mali ha concedido 100000 hectáreas en la zona de la Oficina del Níger.

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