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Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 05-Jan-2011


The National | 05-Jan-2011
UAE has a long history of support for Sudan
Abu Dhabi acquired 30,000 ha of Sudanese farmland last June through the ADFD to grow alfalfa, a crop used to feed cattle.

Tripoli Post | 04-Jan-2011
Libya could provide 60,000 hectares of field for Turkish investors
Libyan officials said that they could allocate 60,000 hectares of field for Turkish investors for production of wheat and corn.

Ethiomedia | 04-Jan-2011
More talks on the land grab
In Ethiopia, resentments over land grab have already started claiming lives. The TPLF regime has already killed 10 protesting ethnic Anuak farmers and has sent thousands more to concentration camps.

CNBC | 03-Jan-2011
Alternative investing: Digging into farmland
Finding suitable farmland investment vehicles is not as easy as one might think.

La Voz del Interior | 03-Jan-2011
Cacería de tierras fértiles
El mundo asiste a una vertiginosa carrera de compra de tierras fértiles, sobre todo en África y Sudamérica.

Business Day | 31-Dec-2010
Georgia calls on SA farmers for help
The government of Georgia is offering state-owned farmland, for purchase, to farmer members of the Transvaal Agricultural Union (TAU) in South Africa

Farm Weekly | 30-Dec-2010
The changing face of agricultural business
"We want to make agriculture sexy," says the head of Macquaraie's Retail Agribuiness operation.

Yahya Kane | 30-Dec-2010
Mauritanie : hold-up sur les terres des populations du Sud
Ce hold-up avait été révélé au grand public en juillet 2010 par Eveil Hebdo qui mettait en cause le président Ould Aziz sur le point de signer un décret qui pourrait octroyait 50 000 ha de terrain à la société saoudienne Tabouk-Eziraiya dans la commune de Boghé.

Río Negro | 28-Dec-2010
Argentina: Costa y Línea Sur, Reclaman legislación sobre tierras
La legisladora del ARI, Magdalena Odarda, manifestó sus coincidencias con los posicionamientos de la Pastoral Social de la Patagonia

AN Bariloche | 25-Dec-2010
Argentina: La iglesia rionegrina planteó sus críticas al proyecto de sojización con China
Los Departamentos de Pastoral Social de las Diócesis de San Carlos de Bariloche expresaron su desacuerdo “con el alquiler de tierras públicas o privadas ni a grandes Pools de Siembra, sean argentinos o extranjeros, ni a provincias de un país como China”

Jornada Net | 21-Dec-2010
Brasileños y peruanos controlan tierras agrícolas en frontera boliviana
Ciudadanos brasileños y peruanos controlan en la frontera boliviana tierras agrícolas, denunció este lunes Juan Ramón Quintana, director de la Agencia para el Desarrollo de las Macrorregiones y Zonas Fronteriza

Lexology | 16-Dec-2010
Foreign investment in Australian farm land: domestic scrutiny is on the horizon
The shift of power in Australia’s Federal Parliament, which is now largely in the hands of a few independents representing rural and regional constituencies, combined with the increasingly vocal calls for scrutiny of foreign investment has sent signals of a more protectionist stance for Australian agriculture.

Arab News | 12-Dec-2010
Saudi food from Saudi farms … in Australia?
If former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has his way, Saudi Arabia will produce its food in Australia.

Daily Nation | 10-Dec-2010
How China pushed Qatar out of Sh400bn Lamu port deal
A wikileaks cable discusses the transfer of the Lamu port deal from Qatar to China. Little word about the fate of the 40,0000 ha of farmland promised to Qatar, however.

Gulf Times | 02-Dec-2010
QA service to Buenos Aires ‘will boost ties’
Argentina Tourism Minister Carlos Meyer has hailed Qatar Airways’ flights from Buenos Aires to Doha as an important step for enhanced ties between the two countries, including farmland acquisitions.

Inades-Formation | 25-Nov-2010
Inades-Formation : Déclaration sur l’accaparement des terres en Afrique
Les membres de la 13ème Assemblée Générale d’Inades-Formation International, réunis à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) du 22 au 25 novembre 2010, dénoncent avec vigueur l’odieuse pratique d’accaparement des terres.

Reuters | 11-Nov-2010
S.Korea to farm Tanzania site in early 2011
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.

República China y Argentina (Río Negro): Convenio de entrega
Convenio que el Gobernador Miguel Saiz (UCR) firmara con el Estado de la República China para la entrega de 254.500 hectáreas de la Provincia de Río Negro

GPS | 22-Jul-2010
Mauritanie : le plus grand scandale foncier sous l’ère Ould Aziz
50 000 hectares de terrain dans la commune de Boghé pourraient être octroyés à la société saoudienne Tabouk-Eziraiya si le président mauritanien signait un décret dans ce sens.

The Citizen | 19-Oct-2009
Govt orders 2000 people out of farm
The Government has ordered 2000 squatters out of land meant for large-scale paddy farming in Kilombero district, Morogoro region.


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