farmlandgrab.org | Latest posts

Cargill fund ups BFB stake
- Financial Review
- 06 May 2013
Black River Asset Management, a hedge fund run by an arm of the world's largest agriculture company, Cargill, has increased its stake in the unlisted agricultural company BFB Group
Les acquisitions massives des terres en Afrique de l'Ouest
- RFI
- 06 May 2013
Les résultats d’une première étude sur le phénomène de la cession des grandes superficies de terres en Afrique de l’Ouest viennent d’être publiés à Abidjan.
Accaparement de terres : Des organisations de la société civile écrivent au Gouverneur de Ségou
- Le Républicain Mali
- 06 May 2013
Lettre ouverte de la Convergence Malienne contre les Accaparements de Terre à Monsieur le Gouverneur de Ségou
Liberia intervenes to resolve land, rights disputes with agriculture concessionaires
- FrontPageAfrica
- 05 May 2013
Land conflicts are causing delays in Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum's oil palm plantation plans in Liberia.
Mosambik: „Terras baratas“
- afrika süd
- 03 May 2013
Mosambik lockt kommerzielle Farmer, um die vernachlässigte Landwirtschaft zu modernisieren. Mega-Projekt ProSavana: Dem Agrobusiness wird ein riesiges Gebiet im Norden zur Erschließung überlassen. Brasilien exportiert mit Finanzmitteln aus Japan sein Agrarmodell samt der Widersprüche nach Afrika. Doch formiert sich Widerstand.
Terres agricoles : la ruée vers l'Est et ses ratés
- Le Monde
- 03 May 2013
Nouvel épisode à rebondissement pour Charles Beigbeder. L'homme d'affaires a annoncé, vendredi 3 mai, qu'il associait ses fermes en Ukraine à celles de son concurrent Harmelia, contrôlé par un fonds américain, le texan SigmaBleyzer.
Nos terres, notre existence: Campagne du CNCR contre l'accaparement des terres
- CNCR
- 03 May 2013
Reportage diffusé par la radio ZIK-FM de Kaolack sur la campagne de lutte contre l'accaparement des terres agricoles conduite par le Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux (CNCR).
UAE minister calls for overhaul of agriculture investment rules
- The National
- 03 May 2013
Global rules for investment in agriculture need to be overhauled, Sultan Al Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Economy, said yesterday, as signs emerge of rising barriers to the flow of investment around the world.
UAE moots the idea of agricultural free zones in Africa
- Gulf News
- 02 May 2013
Hesham Al Shirawi, Chairman of Economic Zones World, mooted the idea of establishing free zones for agri-business in Africa during the Africa Global Business Forum 2013. The establishment of corn farms is also a lucrative business proposition, he added.
GCC establishing $1 billion food security fund in Morocco
- Ooska News
- 02 May 2013
The member countries also agreed to draft a unified strategy for cooperation with other Arab countries that have agricultural land, including Sudan, Morocco and Yemen, as well as with African countries.
First Pacific’s new interest: PH agri sector
- Malaya
- 02 May 2013
Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd. will work with the Department of Agriculture to identify lands in the Philippine for the production of cash crops, hoping to eventually control over 200,000ha.
Volta Region, Ghana’s bet for self-sufficiency in rice production - MoFA
- Government of Ghana
- 02 May 2013
Chinese executives of state farms in Ningxia Province visit Ghana to explore opportunites in rice farming and express interest in acquiring the struggling state-owned Aveyime Cattle Ranch.
Fuga de um exemplar do Plano Director para o programa ProSAVANA no Norte de Moçambique confirma o pior
- Justiça Ambiental et al
- 02 May 2013
Grupos da sociedade civil finalmente viram, após uma fuga, um exemplar da versão mais recente do Plano Director para o programa ProSAVANA, com data de Março de 2013. O documento deixa claras as intenções do projecto e confirma que os governos do Japão, do Brasil e de Moçambique estão secretamente a preparar o caminho para a usurpação de terras em grande escala no Norte de Moçambique.
GCC investments: Wiser counsel needed
- Gulf News
- 01 May 2013
Last week, hundreds of Sudanese protested in Eastern Khartoum demanding the government revoke the sale of farming lands to Gulf investors. There is no logical reason behind these demonstrations except ignorance of the reality of the GCC approach, says economist.
Univanich Palm Oil expands into Philippines
- The Nation
- 01 May 2013
Univanich Palm Oil, one of the Thailand's leading palm-oil producers and its largest exporter of crude palm oil, is expanding into Asean with its first investment in the Philippines.