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Feeding the world’s most populous nation – Sino-lusophone agricultural co-operation proves to be a win-win for all
- Macau Magazine
- 11 Mar 2016
Loro Horta reports on recent Chinese overseas investment in agriculture in the Lusophone world
Mali: étape de la Caravane pour l'eau, la terre et les semences à Bamako
- RFI
- 11 Mar 2016
La Caravane pour l'eau, la terre et les semences est partie au début du mois du Burkina Faso, elle va jusqu'au Sénégal et elle fait halte en ce moment dans la capitale malienne
Le Qatar pousse la balle en terrain agricole
- L'Humanité
- 11 Mar 2016
Accaparement de terres, mise en péril de zones naturelles remarquées ou privatisation de patrimoines publics ? La fronde continue de monter contre le projet de vente au Qatar du domaine d’État de Thiverval-Grignon en France.
Les fermes géantes australiennes aiguisent l'appétit des investisseurs chinois
- AFP
- 11 Mar 2016
Les Chinois ne se contentent plus d'acheter les produits alimentaires australiens dont ils raffolent : des investisseurs chinois acquièrent des fermes, dont les plus grandes et les plus anciennes de l'île continent.
MALOA's position on the court judgement and the Malen land issue
- Green Scenery
- 10 Mar 2016
"We believe this was a tactic to get us into prison so that we cannot raise our voice on the unacceptable land deals in Malen Chiefdom."
Sierra Leone: Imprisonment for land rights activists
- Green Scenery
- 10 Mar 2016
Joseph Rahall interviews Hon. Shiaka Sama, who was released from prison on 24 February 2016 while 5 other activists are still behind bars
Gabon : Le Premier ministre reconnait l’intérêt de la présence du Groupe Olam dans le pays
- Infos Gabon
- 10 Mar 2016
Evalué à plus de 100 milliards de francs CFA, ce partenariat est destiné au financement de plusieurs projets agricoles, comme l’hévéaculture et la culture du palmier à huile et autres projets industriels.
New project to link farmers to agribusiness in Tanzania
- World Bank
- 10 Mar 2016
The World Bank's $70 million in new financing will be used to link smallholder farmers to agribusinesses in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).
Qatar's farmland investment Hassad Australia yet to make profit
- AFR
- 10 Mar 2016
Hassad Australia, the $469 million agricultural land company owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, has delivered a $3.46 million loss and is yet to make a profit since beginning in Australia in 2010.
TIAA has not answered our report’s allegations
- Financial Times
- 09 Mar 2016
While we welcome the Financial Times' mention of our report on TIAA’s investments in Brazil, we are disappointed that the article quotes from an email by TIAA dismissing the allegations in our report as “inaccurate and without merit” without providing grounds for such claims.
TIAA partners give super funds $100b agricultural insight
- AFR
- 09 Mar 2016
The $US866 billion financial services giant TIAA expects there will be at least $US100 billion invested in timberland operations and agriculture across the world in the next 10 to 20 years
Concerns over a scramble for resources quiet for now, says World Bank
- Thomson Reuters Foundation
- 09 Mar 2016
Concerns over competing countries scrambling for resources such as farmland have decreased recently due to lower commodity and food prices, a World Bank official said.
100,000 hectares eyed for hybrid rice production
- Sun Star
- 08 Mar 2016
The agribusiness cluster of the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-Eaga) is targeting a total of 100,000 hectares for expansion of hybrid rice production area in the sub-economic region.
Australian Rural Capital joins forces with Shanghai Pengxin Group for Kidman pastoral empire
- ABC
- 08 Mar 2016
An Australian investment company has joined forces with a leading Chinese bidder for the iconic Kidman pastoral empire.
Are China and Brazil transforming African agriculture?
- Zimbabweland
- 07 Mar 2016
A new Open Access Special Issue in World Development based on our work on the changing role of China and Brazil in Africa’s agriculture is now available