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Vision 3 Alliance holds inaugural board meeting
- Arab News
- 09 January 2009
Vision 3, an alliance formed by Gulf Finance House, Ithmaar Bank and Abu Dhabi Investment House, announced the make up of its board at its inaugural meeting yesterday.
US investor buys Sudanese warlord’s land
- Financial Times
- 09 January 2009
A US businessman backed by former CIA and state department officials says he has secured a vast tract of fertile land in south Sudan from the family of a notorious warlord.
Quest to create a new Sudan bread basket
- Financial Times
- 09 January 2009
Unity state, where Philippe Heilberg, a US businessman, says he has secured a huge tract of arable land, is inaccessible even by south Sudan’s standards. Apart from AK-47 assault rifles, it is deprived of most of the trappings of the modern world.
Betting on the Russian farm
- Institutional Investor
- 08 January 2009
"We are seeing a land grab bigger than anywhere else in the world, and it has attracted a mighty cast of characters," says Kingsmill Bond, chief strategist at Troika Dialog, a Moscow brokerage firm.
Investments by UAE in Egypt reach $2.9 billion
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 08 January 2009
Egypt will receive a number of UAE delegations next month to discuss proposals involving agriculture, land reclamation and the food industry in southern Egypt, as well as infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
Qatar land deal not unique to Kenya
- The Standard (Nairobi)
- 06 January 2009
The reported land deal between Kenya and Qatar is not unique. The Philippines Department of Agrarian Reform said in 2007 it was looking at large tracts of land for agribusiness development under a MoU signed with China. The memo calls for the development of land to grow hybrid corn, rice and sorghum.
Affaires Daewoo : Le « GASY-Pillage » rapide et durable de Madagascar sous le régime de Ravalomanana
- www.madagate.com
- 05 January 2009
C’est seulement lors d'une conférence le 9 décembre 2008, à l'Institut des Sciences Politiques à Paris, que nous avons appris les dessous de cette affaire
Colonialisme 2.0
- Dossier Economic
- 05 January 2009
Les organitzacions no governamentals pensen que la compra de terres per part d’inversors estrangers reforça aquest model industrial, amb el qual estan en desacord. «L’alimentació al món avui dia no és un problema de quantitat sinó d’accés».
Activists say 'land grab' in poor nations driven by global trends
- AFP
- 04 January 2009
Walden Bello said that many of the deals were struck in dysfunctional and corruption-ridden nations, and rejected claims the land being signed away is of poor quality, and that the projects will bring jobs and improve infrastructure. “What we’re talking about is private parties using state contracts to enrich themselves,” he said. “It’s an intersection of corrupt governments and land-hungry nations.”
U.S. firm to invest in agriculture in South Sudan
- Sudan Tribune
- 03 January 2009
A privately held US investment firm entered into an agricultural investment with a company controlled by the son of a South Sudanese general.
Affaire Daewoo : l’opposition malgache attaque l’État
- CLICANOO.com
- 30 December 2008
Visiblement, le dossier semble encore bien opaque aux yeux de la presse locale et des habitants, qui s’interrogent sur les bénéfices réels d’une telle opération pour leur pays. Confrontés à une médiatisation internationale, le gouvernement et Daewoo seraient-ils en train de revoir leur copie sur les conditions et l’ampleur du contrat ?
Affaire Daewoo : L’opposition attaque l’État
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 30 December 2008
Battant le fer tant qu’il est chaud, l’opposition continue son chassé-croisé avec l’État. Elle compte porter plainte contre l’État dans l’affaire de vente de terrains à la société coréenne Daewoo.
Pétition : "Affaire Daewoo"
- Dawn
- 29 December 2008
Cette « location » de terres malgaches pour 99 ans - renouvelable - par Daewoo est inacceptable
Corporate farming and food security
- Dawn
- 29 December 2008
As investment-starved Pakistan puts its 1.1 million acres of agriculture land on the auction block next year, farmers wonder what it would mean for food security and social fabric of the country.
Ora la crisi scatena la caccia alla terra
- La Stampa
- 27 December 2008
Una volta ci sarebbero state guerre su guerre, oggi, invece, la partita si gioca sui campi di grano e non su quelli di battaglia.