Sudan and UAE have agreed to concentrate investment in the field of agriculture, referring that the UAE Al-Thahra Company expressed desire to invest in Sudan as strategic partner in the food security projects.
Saudi's Kingdom Holding said on Saturday it had not given up contested land in southern Egypt and had spoken to Egypt's public prosecutor about a settlement.
La propiedad de la tierra será un tema de debate central en la administración de Mujica. Agazzi vaticinó que habrá una "lucha de posiciones" y de "búsqueda de alianzas", y se lamentó porque en nuestro país hay "mucha gente" que no le da importancia a estos temas, que son "problemas nacionales y no sólo de los pequeños productores".
There is a jobs cow waiting to be milked in Africa. It is agriculture and agri-business, says World Bank VP of Africa Region
Chinese and other eastern investors are looking to buy agriculture land and agribusiness across the globe, and Ukraine is increasingly on their radar.
Selling the Crafar farms to an overseas consortium cannot possibly be in New Zealand’s economic interests, says Green Party Co-leader.
While investment is critical for agriculture, the rush into long-term land leases is a dramatic step with many risks and substantial social and environmental costs
Iba Mar Faye sociologue à l'IPAR Sénégal dresse un portrait de l'accaparement des terres au plan international et prend l'exemple de l'Afrique de l'ouest et du Sénégal.
This study is conducted in order to shed light on and investigate the welfare situation for people affected by farmland investments. It deals with three cases in the Oromia region: Castel Winery, Elfora Agro-Industries PLC and Sher Ethiopia PLC
Après l'industrie et les services, c'est l'agriculture qui garantit des retours sur investissements lucratifs aux riches acquéreurs de terres dans les pays pauvres, comme le montre un documentaire d'Arte.
Agria has lifted its stake in PGG Wrightson to 50.5%, putting control of New Zealand's biggest rural services company in Chinese hands.
While Brazil touts its efforts to slow destruction of the Amazon, another biodiverse region of the country is being cleared for large-scale farming. But unlike the heralded rainforest it borders, the loss of the cerrado and its rich tropical savanna so far has failed to attract much notice.
"Only 12% of [the land investors have acquired in Africa in the last few years] is actually being farmed," Oxfam Senegal's Head of Economic Justice Lamine Ndiaye says. "The other 88% is just sitting there. It's just for speculation. You buy it, and three years later, you sell it at a higher price."
"À La Via Campesina, nous sommes farouchement opposés à l'accaparement de terres et demandons qu'une véritable politique de réforme agraire soit entreprise au niveau mondial."
La Commission européenne a autorisé la Lituanie et la Slovaquie à prolonger jusqu'en 2014 l'interdiction de vendre des terres agricoles aux étrangers, afin d'éviter une éventuelle spéculation
