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Olam to invest USD236 mln in palm oil plantations in Gabon
- Olam
- 15 November 2010
Gabon committs a land bank of 300,000 hectares to Olam for palm and rubber plantation development.
Foreign land grab on Aussie farms and brands to secure local food supply
- Daily Telegraph
- 15 November 2010
More than $9 billion of prized agricultural assets have been sold to offshore interests in the past two years alone.
Soja: China y Río Negro hacen acuerdo ilegal
- No a la Mina
- 15 November 2010
Califican de "ilegal" las negociaciones del gobierno de Río Negro y una corporación china para que se plante soja y otros cultivos en terrenos privados que serían arrendados por la provincia.
Argentina y China sellan su alianza
- La Capital
- 15 November 2010
El Ministro argentino expresó queserán bienvenidas todas las inversiones extranjeras destinadas a mejorar la producción pero que existe pleno consenso a nivel oficial para que las “tierras argentinas queden en manos argentinas”
Français contre Chinois - Main basse sur l'Afrique
- M6
- 14 November 2010
Enquête de la chaîne de télévision française M6 sur les activités économiques des Chinois au Cameroun y compris dans les domaines de la peche et la riziculture (4ème partie)
Reportage sur un conflit foncier au Cameroun
- RFI
- 13 November 2010
Interview avec Yves Zoa du groupe CODEN et M. Descracques de la société Somdiaa.
Karuturi Global eyes East African markets for crops grown on Ethiopia land
- Bloomberg
- 12 November 2010
Karuturi has an agreement to provide 40,000 tons of rice to neighboring Djibouti.
Aquino urged to review farmlands lease to foreign investors
- Inquirer
- 12 November 2010
Groups in the Philippines call on the government to review agreements with foreign investors allowing a lease of agricultural lands for food and biofuel production.
Forum public : Main basse sur la planète
- Collectif TANY
- 12 November 2010
Université de Montréal, le 26 novembre 2010 : Des paysans engagés expliquent comment de grandes entreprises cherchent à s’emparer de la biomasse.
Sudamérica en la mira de inversionistas agrícolas
- Gestión
- 12 November 2010
Las tierras en Brasil y Argentina están entre los activos más preciados en el nuevo mercado global de terrenos agrícolas que surgió de la mano con el alza en los precios de materias primas.
The investor takeover of farmland
- Deutsche Welle
- 12 November 2010
Investors have found a new target -- farmland in eastern Germany. As a result, the price of agricultural land there has soared by up to 100 percent. Many farmers are concerned about their survival after their current lease agreements run out in two years.
S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
- Reuters
- 11 November 2010
Tanzania expects South Korea to begin farming 15,000 hectares of land in the east African country early next year for food production and processing, a senior official said on Thursday.
Land Grabbing and Right to Food Workshop
- NGO Forum
- 11 November 2010
Proceedings of the November 2010 workshop bringing together a wide range of NGO representatives from around Cambodia and overseas.
Shareholder demands to shape modern agriculture
- Reuters
- 11 November 2010
Increasing investor demand for agricultural land and the funneling of big money into farms is raising questions about whether small, family-sized operations can survive.
Response to Karuturi CEO on his Ethiopia land grab
- SMNE
- 10 November 2010
If what is going on in Gambella was happening in New Delhi, India; in Oxford, England; in Bismarck, North Dakota; in Saskatoon, Canada; this would be unthinkable.