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Abe pitches 'business diplomacy' in Africa to counter China
- Asahi Shimbun
- 13 January 2014
A major reason for Japan's investment and agricultural land development are the moves being made by China.
Comunicado de Imprensa relativo à visita do Primeiro-ministro do Japão, Sr. Shinzo Abe a Moçambique
- PPOSC-N
- 13 January 2014
Plataforma Provincial da Sociedade Civil de Nampula : O “generoso apoio” do Governo Japonês realiza-se numa perspectiva de continuidade do colonialismo
Cargill acquires stake in Ukraine's UkrLandFarming
- Kyiv Post
- 13 January 2014
Cargill has doled out $200 million for a stake in UkrLandFarming, Ukraine’s largest agribusiness holding, in a potentially far-reaching deal that sources said would see both groups partner up in future grain exports to China and other growing markets.
La Banque mondiale épinglée au Honduras
- Financial Afrik
- 13 January 2014
La mésaventure qui vient d’arriver au Honduras à la Société financière internationale, le bras armé de la Banque mondiale pour financer le secteur privé, aurait pu servir de base à la trame d’un scénario pour un thriller financier comme Hollywood en a le secret.
Cargill investit dans les "terres noires" de l'Ukraine en achetant 5% d'ULF
- AFP
- 13 January 2014
Le géant américain du négoce agricole Cargill a acquis 5% du premier producteur agricole ukrainien, Ukrlandfarming, comptant accroître les exportations vers la Chine de céréales de cette ex-république soviétique aux "terres noires" très fertiles.
Abe pitches 'business diplomacy' in Africa to counter China
- Asahi Shimbun
- 13 January 2014
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is on a mission of business diplomacy in his current trip to Africa to secure valuable natural resources for Japan.
Às vésperas de uma Visita Imperial
- Reflectindo sobre Moçambique
- 12 January 2014
Na verdade, a equipa trilateral do ProSavana é portadora de uma direção e pensamento problemático, perigoso e contra os interesses soberanos dos camponeses e das camponesas.
Audit slams World Bank agency
- Al Jazeera
- 12 January 2014
Investigation says loan to Honduran palm oil magnate, alleged to be linked to activist deaths, violated bank's rules.
Land grabbing and its dire consequences in Ethiopia
- Afrogadaa
- 11 January 2014
The unconstitutional government land program may be the most painful tragedy for the framers of southern and western Ethiopia that they can ever tell, if they are allowed to tell it.
EIA cracks down on tardy investors
- Africa Intelligence
- 10 January 2014
The Ethiopian Investment Agency (EIA) has withdrawn 3,000 investment permits that it had previously granted to Ethiopian and foreign companies, including Karuturi Global Ltd.
Position of ADECRU on the visit of Prime Minister of Japan in Mozambique
- ADECRU
- 10 January 2014
President Armando Emilio Guebuza and PM Shinzo Abe must respect the legitimate and sovereign demands of the people of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan and suspend ProSavana and the G8 New Alliance.
Huile de palme, quelle contribution au développement ?
- CCFD-TS
- 10 January 2014
Les agences de développement comme l'AFD doivent impérativement renforcer leurs exigences en matière de responsabilité sociale et environnementale des investisseurs privés tels que la Socapalm au Cameroun qu’elles financent.
Vitivinícolas chilenas planean invertir más US$ 100 millones en tierras peruanas
- Gestión
- 09 January 2014
Las empresas Concha y Toro, Grupo San Pedro y Santa Rita estarían mirando con gran interés arribar a Perú a través de compras directas o joint venture con socios locales.
What's driving the palm oil industry's human rights abuses and environmental destruction? Just follow the money
- FOEi
- 09 January 2014
Palm oil is cheap because it’s produced by a global industry built on land grabbing, human rights abuses and environmental devastation.
Middle East investors ask Alta. man to help buy farmland
- Western Producer
- 09 January 2014
Investors from Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates have asked Ed Smith, a southern Alberta hay exporter, to help them buy land in North America.