"If you are satisfied with a one per cent return on your investment, buy 10-year Swiss bonds. Otherwise, go to Africa."
- East African
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27 January 2014
The Sennar State government signed an MoU with an Algerian company engaged in the production of sugar and edible oils, covering 405,000 acres.
The UK’s business ambassador for agriculture and CEO of large-scale agriculture firm Velcourt Group, James Townshend, met with Burmese government officials and toured agricultural projects in the country.
- Irrawaddy
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27 January 2014
"Nadie nos preguntó, y desde que llegaron hemos pasado hambre”. Djanabu Valde se lamenta de la llegada de Agrogeba, una empresa española que en 2010 comenzó a cultivar en los terrenos cercanos a Sara Djae, su comunidad de apenas 300 habitantes en el norte de Guinea Bissau.
- Periodismo Humano
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27 January 2014
Land prices in eastern Germany are rising at dizzying rates and local farmers feel they are being squeezed out by foreign investors in a phenomenon known as "land grabbing".
Les 10.000 hectares prévus pour accueillir le PDIDAS seront l'objet d'une "gestion concertée", entre les populations locales, le gouvernement et les investisseurs, selon le Premier ministre.
En concédant leurs surfaces agricoles, les pays africains mettent en danger la survie des populations locales, selon l'équipe de Slate Afrique
- Slate Afrique
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24 January 2014
Saudi companies are making major forays into agriculture in Sudan as is evident from the recent acquisition of agricultural lands covering an area of approximately 4,000 acres in Sudan's northern region
- Arab News
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24 January 2014
Ghana government pledges its "absolute support" for Marubeni's sugar plantation project in Northern Ghana, saying it will facilitate the acquisition of land.
Agrogeba has taken control of several farms in Guinea-Bissau in a clear case of land grabbing, according to the Declaration of Tirana, and a clear violation of human rights
- Alianza por la solidaridad
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23 January 2014
En juillet 2013, le conseil rural de Dodel, dans la Vallée du Fleuve Sénégal, a décidé d’affecter 5000 ha à la société SIDE Sarl qui prétend développer une culture irriguée de Jatropha sur des terres de dieri.
- Vivre Durable
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23 January 2014
La compagnie Cevital multiplie les projets internationaux mais se heurte aux règles draconiennes de la Banque d'Algérie, qui interdisent les transferts de capitaux à l'étranger.
- Africa Intelligence
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23 January 2014
The Indian government has formed a Cabinet committee to examine the possibility of opening up agricultural land to Foreign Direct Investment, following a proposal to let foreign realtors buy agricultural land.
- The Hindu
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23 January 2014
A palm oil company's 'forest conservation' programme in Indonesia has ended up being a second land grab, writes Marcus Colchester - seizing resources from local communities' control.
- The Ecologist
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23 January 2014
NPA launched the actions against the Sumitomo subsidiary because of its land grabbing and the destructive operations of its pineapple and banana plantations.