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Business Report01 Sep 1045 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
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Reuters24 Aug 10African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters
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Reuters16 Jul 10Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.
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Reuters09 Jul 10A South African farmers group said on Friday it had received fresh offers from African states, including Sudan and Mozambique, to invest in agriculture to grow export crops and some of the deals will be concluded soon.
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Institutional Investor04 Jun 10 SilverStreet is scouting for commercial farms in five countries — Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
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World Bank04 Jun 10World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.
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Institutional Investor28 May 10Vaughan-Smith and his team of seven professionals are scouting for commercial farms in five countries — Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia — where conditions are deemed to be the most favorable.
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GRAIN30 Apr 10MCC is playing a key role in commodifying Africa’s farmlands
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GRAIN30 Apr 10Le MCC joue un role clé dans la marchandisation des terres rurales africaines
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INKOTA26 Apr 10Setzen Sie gemeinsam mit INKOTA ein Zeichen gegen den Ausverkauf von Land.
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FIAN16 Apr 10Un nuevo informe publicado hoy por FIAN Internacional documenta las conclusiones de dos misiones investigadoras sobre el acaparamiento de tierras en Kenia y Mozambique, y concluye que éste viola los derechos humanos.
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FIAN16 Apr 10A new report by FIAN International documents land grabbing in Kenya & Mozambique and concludes that land grabbing violates human rights.
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JICA17 Mar 10JICA is building a new development model to encourage increased agricultural production in Africa, both to help prevent another global food crisis and to deter a land grab by foreign enterprises across the continent, according to Senior Vice President Kenzo Oshima.
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Jeune Afrique24 Feb 10Devenu une puissance agricole mondiale majeure, le plus grand pays d’Amérique du Sud veut faire bénéficier l’Afrique de son expertise dans l’exploitation des ressources agricoles et y transposer son modèle au nom d’une solidarité Sud-Sud.
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PANA28 Jan 10Mauritius has established a company to facilitate investment in Mozambique, particularly in the area of agro-food. The company was established after the Mozambican government granted Mauritius 23,500 hectares of land.
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Solidaridad20 Jan 10Un fenómeno en pleno auge se está produciendo: la compra o arrendamiento por parte de países ricos de tierras fértiles en naciones pobres, principalmente de África, para asegurarse el suministro de alimentos.
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Macau Hub14 Dec 09The launch in Mozambique of the Chinese Centre for Agricultural Technology will serve to meet demand for food from the Chinese population, said Emeka Chiakwelu, director of Afripol-African Centre for Economic and Political Strategy.The launch in Mozambique of the Chinese Centre for Agricultural Technology will serve to meet demand for food from the Chinese population, said Emeka Chiakwelu, director of Afripol-African Centre for Economic and Political Strategy.
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![Q&R : Même les Etats insulaires peuvent faire des projets pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire]( "Q&R : Même les Etats insulaires peuvent faire des projets pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire")
IPS04 Dec 09L’île Maurice envisage de produire des denrées alimentaires à Madagascar et au Mozambique où elle a obtenu de grandes étendues de terre. Est-ce un projet viable?
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IPS01 Dec 09"Mauritius cannot depend on [Mozambique and Madagascar] for sustainable agricultural development. It’s better for us to cultivate our own land to produce more food and leave some land for future generations."
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![China’s Centre for Agricultural Technology in Mozambique opens at start of 2010 to boost productivity]( "China’s Centre for Agricultural Technology in Mozambique opens at start of 2010 to boost productivity")
MacauHub30 Nov 09According to researcher, Loro Horta, the technological centres project is the result of a growing Chinese interest in African agricultural resources.