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L'accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique de l'Ouest
- RCI
- 10 January 2011
Depuis quelques années, des intérêts étrangers tentent de racheter de grandes quantités de terres agricoles en Afrique de l'ouest. Emission sur RCI.
South Africa may block foreigners from owning land, President Zuma says
- Bloomberg
- 08 January 2011
Zuma said his administration is looking at ways to ensure greater access to land for the country’s black majority, including a possible ban on property ownership by foreigners.
Asia's hungry agribusinesses
- Barron's
- 08 January 2011
The global boom in commodities has raised the profile of three Asian agribusinesses: Olam, Wilmar and Noble, all with important farmland holdings.
Invest in food - and the horsemen of the Apocalypse
- Reuters
- 07 January 2011
A pioneer investor in farmland and the food price rally is looking ahead to new trends -- war, epidemics and climate change as the investment opportunities of the future.
Brookfield Asset Management closes US$330 million Brazil Agriland
- Bezinga
- 07 January 2011
Brookfield will invest in Brazilian properties primarily comprised of pasture land that may be converted to higher-and-better uses, including soybean, corn and sugarcane production
Land clearance by Korean firm blocked
- Phnom Penh Post
- 07 January 2011
800 people in Kampong Thom province staged a protest against a Korean company that is trying to clear their trees and farmland, to produce rubber and cassava, without offering any compensation.
L'envolée actuelle des prix alimentaires présente des risques
- Reuters
- 06 January 2011
Les risques les plus élevés d'expropriation de terres agricoles demeurent en Amérique latine, mais l'impact le plus fort des tensions actuelles pourrait se faire sentir sur les accords de terres conclus ou projetés en Afrique.
DRC: Oil palm invasion era
- Africa Bulletin
- 06 January 2011
Atama Plantation of Malaysia will invest $US300 million to develop 470,000 ha, including 180,000 ha of palm groves in northern Congo.
ACIL plans to invest $15 mn to start contract farming abroad
- Business Standard
- 06 January 2011
India's ACIL Cotton Industries said it plans to invest nearly $15 million to start contract farming of crops like coffee, pulses, oilseeds, cereals, potato, sugarcane and vegetables through lease-hold agricultural land in Brazil, Congo and Ethiopia.
Rising food prices bring host of political risks
- Reuters
- 06 January 2011
Food prices are soaring again and the highest risks of farmland expropriation remain in Latin America, while the greatest impact of the recent rally could be on land deals in Africa.
« Oser lutter pour oser vaincre »
- Hub Rural
- 06 January 2011
Au forum de Kolongo, presque 30 témoignages ont dénoncé les violences et la non prise en compte des réalités paysannes : personnes âgées battues, une femme enceinte de 5 mois a perdu son bébé sous les coups, opacité des tractations, obstruction à l’information.
Privatization of agricultural land in Ukraine needed to meet domestic demand for food, says premier
- Interfax
- 06 January 2011
Prime Minister Azarov says Ukraine won't be able to meet its demand for food without the revision of issues related to ownership in the agricultural sector
Argentina eyes GCC investments in food
- Arab News
- 06 January 2011
”Argentina will welcome investment from Bahrain in its agricultural sector so it can guarantee its own food security,” Ignacio Rossi Sammartino, of the Commercial Section at the Argentine Embassy, told Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry board members.
Indian farmers look to reap rich gains in Madagascar
- Economic Times
- 05 January 2011
Madagascar is drawing farmer-entrepreneurs in large numbers from India’s breadbasket, Punjab and Haryana.
UAE has a long history of support for Sudan
- The National
- 05 January 2011
Abu Dhabi acquired 30,000 ha of Sudanese farmland last June through the ADFD to grow alfalfa, a crop used to feed cattle.