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16 Oct 2012GRAIN

A slide show by GRAIN that profiles some of those who have been most actively pursuing or supporting farmland grabs around the world.

21 Jun 2011Kazansummit

Kazansummit 2011

At the III International Islamic Business and Finance Summit in Tatarstan, Russia representatives of Saudi Arabia's Foras Investments requested 10,000 ha of land in Tatarstan for agricultural projects.

14 Apr 2011The Atlantic

The great African land rush

"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."

06 Dec 2010Reuters

Senegal in talks to lease farmland to Saudi

Senegal is in talks with Saudi Arabia to lease farmland to grow food of an area nearly four times the size of Manhattan.

29 Nov 2010GRAIN

¿Están los inversionistas saudíes a punto de asumir el control de la producción de Senegal y Mali?

Un nuevo informe de GRAIN muestra como hombres de negocios saudíes están llevando a cabo ofertas en África que les daría el control sobre algunas de las tierras agrícolas más productivas del continente.

29 Nov 2010GRAIN

Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?

New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.

29 Nov 2010GRAIN

Des investisseurs saoudiens seraient prêts à prendre le contrôle de la production de riz au Sénégal et au Mali

Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN révèle que des hommes d'affaires saoudiens sont en train de mener des négociations en Afrique qui leur donneraient la mainmise sur les terres parmi les plus fertiles du continent.

22 Jun 2010APA

Une firme saoudienne va investir 100 millions de dollars dans l’agriculture au Nigeria

Le gouvernement de l’Etat de Katsina affectera 1.?000 hectares de terres à Foras International pour la production agricole.

22 Jun 2010Compass

Saudi Arabian company to invest $100m in agriculture in Katsina

Under an MoU the state will provide Foras International with 1,000 hectares of land for crop production.

18 Jan 2010Sudan Vision

Saudi Arabia launches 750 million riyal agricultural project in Sudan

Foras International Investment Co., the investment arm of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry, has started to put its objective of realizing food security in the Islamic countries into action by launching its first project of the integrated agricultural food basket in Sudan.

19 Nov 2009New York Times Magazine

Is there such a thing as agro-imperialism?

There’s a whole school of economic thought that says that Collier is wrong, that big is not necessarily better in agriculture — and that the land deals therefore might be unwise not because they’re wrong but because they’re unprofitable.

04 Nov 2009abc Burkina

Sécurité alimentaire contre sécurité alimentaire : La guerre des terres a commencé

Les organisations paysannes maliennes et sénégalaises rendraient un fier service aux autres paysans africains s’ils pouvaient obtenir les termes des contrats et les publier.

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