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Corporatising agriculture in Pakistan
- Daily Times
- 08 December 2009
How can we become a food sovereign state when decisions of what to grow, where to grow, and how much to grow are increasingly taken by corporations?
La apropiación de la tierra y el incremento del hambre
- Deutsche Welle
- 08 December 2009
Unos 30 millones de hectáreas han sido vendidas en los últimos dos años, pero la población no ha visto las ganancias. Así lo informan varias organizaciones alemanas de ayuda humanitaria.
Corporate farming: pros and cons for Pakistani economy
- Asian Tribune
- 07 December 2009
This paper examines the CAF policy, Corporate farming worldwide, and concludes that current CAF policy adopted for leasing land is not in best interest of Pakistan in context of food, water and land security.
Agro-Ecological Investment Management to launch $60m maiden fund
- AltAssets
- 07 December 2009
Agro-Ecological Investment Management, a private equity and real estate asset management company based in London, will launch its first fund in the first quarter of 2010, with a target of between $50m and $60m.
Al-Amoudi solicits additional arable land
- Addis Fortune
- 07 December 2009
Al-Amoudi's recently established Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc requested, two weeks ago, an additional 250,000 ha of land in Ethiopia for sugar beet production.
Food poor and oil rich: Quelling Qatar's appetite
- Qatar Today
- 06 December 2009
Hassad Food plans to invest all over the world. “Latin America, Asia, you name it,” says Al Hajri, “Where we invest, we make profit. If Qatar is in need of that production, Hassad has the pleasure to sell to Qatar at no special rate.”
Gulf company interested in Sudan farming project
- Jordan Times
- 06 December 2009
The Jordanian government is considering a proposal by a regional private company to participate in a project to invest in Sudanese agricultural land, a senior government official said on Saturday.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
British Company invests in Zambia
- Lusaka Times
- 04 December 2009
Zambian government has made agriculture development a priority as evidenced by the reserving of 1 million hectares of land for cultivation and investment, according to foreign investor Neil Crowder
Q&R : Même les Etats insulaires peuvent faire des projets pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire
- IPS
- 04 December 2009
L’île Maurice envisage de produire des denrées alimentaires à Madagascar et au Mozambique où elle a obtenu de grandes étendues de terre. Est-ce un projet viable?
Full circle: Back to the 'Land to the Tiller': Implications of the land grab in Ethiopia
- Ethiomedia
- 03 December 2009
Ethiopia's potential can be maximized only if we Ethiopians are the producers and sellers of our own agricultural products. What Meles Zenawi is doing now is putting this upside down. He made our potential buyers the sellers of our commodity.
CSO network rejects 'corporate takeover of Africa land'
- Capital Ethiopia
- 03 December 2009
"Leasing or giving away a huge chunk of land to foreigners, who will produce food to be shipped to their own people, and to hope that the money gained in profits will feed the local people is the height of naivete," Gathuru Mburu of ABN said
Food project to attract big investment
- Jakarta Post
- 03 December 2009
A planned large-scale commercial farming or food estate project in Merauke, Papua, is expected to trigger fresh investment of up to US$5.3 billion in the area in the next five years.
Taking land from African farmers unfair
- Daily Skiff
- 03 December 2009
After signing a 25-year lease from Kenya's Lands Ministry in Nairobi, Burgess made auxiliary payments to various groups to ensure that the plan could continue unhindered. Unfortunately, the people of the Luo tribe and members of other tribes in similar situations are unhappy.
Mineks again securing Arab funds to plow Turkish fields
- Today's Zaman
- 03 December 2009
Mineks has withdrawn from Vision3, the strategic alliance between three major Gulf banks to bring a $9 billion investment trust to Turkey, particularly in the Southeastern Anatolia Project, which hit the rocks when the banks were affected by the continued spiral of the financial crisis.