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China prowls WA farmland
- Farm Weekly
- 25 August 2011
China's most powerful agricultural company, Beidahuang Group, is looking to acquire 80,000 hectares of Western Australia farmland, with several farmers on the verge of signing.
La Chine qualifie de "sans fondement" les allégations sur sa responsabilité dans la famine en Afrique
- Xinhua
- 24 August 2011
Le porte-parole du ministère chinois du Commerce (MCC) a réfuté mercredi les allégations selon lesquelles l'achat de terres par la Chine sur le continent africain aurait contribué à la famine qui ravage la Corne de l'Afrique.
Siva Group in Cameroon $1.9 bln palm oil deal
- Reuters
- 24 August 2011
Biopalm Energy, a subsidiary of Singapore's Siva group, will launch a 200,000 hectare palm oil project in the south of Cameroon, an official of the country's agriculture ministry said.
The issue of land in Argentina
- IFAD
- 24 August 2011
The purpose of this paper is to identify the central issues around land tenure and management in Argentina, in light of the global changes in agriculture and rural territorial development.
High Level Forum on Foreign Direct Investment in Land in Africa (Lusaka, 4-5 Oct 2011)
- Donor Platform
- 24 August 2011
Organised by the Land Policy Initiative Consortium, this forum aims to reach an appropriate perspectives and concrete actions on how to address the issue of land-based investments in the African continent in an environmentally and socially responsible manner.
Mozambique: la question de la vente des terres cultivables pose problème
- RFI
- 23 August 2011
La semaine dernière, Folha De San Paulo affirmait que le gouvernement mozambicain avait concédé 6 millions d'hectares à des investisseurs du Brésil. Depuis, Maputo a démenti l'information. Mais la question agite le Mozambique.
Uruguay: Gremiales rurales no creen que corrija concentración de la tierra
- La República
- 23 August 2011
Las principales gremiales rurales del país evalúan con cautela el impuesto a las grandes extensiones de tierra que el gobierno presentó en el Parlamento.
Menos tierra, más hambre
- Blog de Esther Vivas
- 23 August 2011
En los últimos años, la oleada creciente de privatizaciones de tierras en África (su compra por parte de gobiernos extranjeros, multinacionales agroalimentarias o fondos de inversión) ha hecho aún más vulnerable su precario sistema agrícola y alimentario.
North invites Indian investors
- New Vision
- 23 August 2011
Northern Uganda has offered Indian agricultural investors land to carry out commercial farming. This offer will be under joint venture agreements with the locals.
Tanzania: Indian business leaders now eye Dar Es Salaam agricultural sector
- Tanzania Daily News
- 22 August 2011
Nirmal Seeds wants not more than 30,000 hectares of land in Tanzania to invest in seeds production to feed the local market.
Success at halting largest foreign land deal in South Sudan
- Oakland Institute
- 22 August 2011
The combined force of the US based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.
Agri-business still an unexploited sector
- Daily Monitor
- 22 August 2011
Last week, Uganda received a 35 man business delegation from India interested in the country’s agribusiness potential and boosting its exploits. Mr Ramakrishna Karuturi, the leader of the delegation, said the team intends to invest up to $2 billion in agribusiness pending the issue of investment licences.
Moçambique: Governo nega ter vendido seis milhões de hectares de terra a brasileiros
- Angola Press
- 22 August 2011
A organização moçambicana Justiça Ambiental considerou "preocupante e perigoso" que o governo atribua "de uma só vez" 60 mil quilómetros quadrados de terra aos agricultores brasileiros, alertando para o perigo de violação dos direitos da população camponesa.
Global land grab
- In These Times
- 22 August 2011
Fear of unrest and hunger for profit are sparking massive acquisitions of farmland.
US firm acquires 30,000 hectares in Taraba
- The Nation
- 22 August 2011
A US firm, Dominion Farms, has acquired 30,000 hectares of swampy land in Gassol Local Government of Taraba State in Nigeria for commercial rice farming.