Ethiopia

El azúcar 'roba' el agua a las tribus etíopes
- El Mundo
- 30 Mar 2012
"El desastre no sólo va a ser humano, sino que también ambiental, con repercusiones para casi medio millón de personas entre los dos países y para la fauna salvaje"
Beyond the rosy picture
- Business Today
- 28 Mar 2012
Largest cut flower exporter Karuturi Global ventures into food business
Karuturi may rope in sugar major for African project
- Business Standard
- 26 Mar 2012
Company looks to tide over land-grabbing allegations, devastating flood for its $300mn project in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia to accelerate land commercialization amid opposition
- Bloomberg
- 23 Mar 2012
Ethiopia’s government said it plans to clear land and provide infrastructure for investors to accelerate a commercial farming drive in the west of the country, amid opposition to the plans that left 19 people dead.
Land grab to develop pastoral areas in Ethiopia?
- CELEP
- 17 Mar 2012
Two articles on large-scale land investment in Ethiopia examine the implications for smallholder farmers and pastoralists.
Ministry of agriculture suspends land provisioning
- The Reporter
- 16 Mar 2012
Ethiopia's Ministry of Agriculture has suspended the provision of land for investment purposes due to self-assessment.
Ethiopia’s Omo Valley: a global heritage under threat
- International Rivers
- 06 Mar 2012
A government map leaked to International Rivers delineates sugar plantations with a total area of 2,450 square kilometers – almost the size of Luxembourg – that the Ethiopian government is seeking to develop in the sensitive ecosystems of the Lower Omo Valley.
Ethiopia announces the opening of a new honorary consulate in Bangalore
- Business Wire
- 29 February 2012
"Galaxy of diplomats" in attendance for the inauguration of Mr Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi, Managing Director of Karuturi Global Ltd, as an Honorary Consul of Ethiopia in Bangalore.
Ethiopia: A battle for land and water
- PBS
- 28 February 2012
A controversial resettlement program in Ethiopia is the latest battleground in the global race to secure prized farmland and water. Correspondent Cassandra Herrman reports as part of the Food for 9 Billion series, a NewsHour partnership with the Center for Investigative Reporting, Homelands Productions and Marketplace.
MIDROC thrives at privatisation tender
- Addis Fortune
- 27 February 2012
Two MIDROC-affiliated companies, largely owned by the Saudi tycoon Mohammed Hussein Ali Al-Amoudi, are Saudi Star Agricultural Plc and Horizon Plantations Plc. Both offered tens of millions of Birr to acquire state-owned plantations last week.
Saudi billionaire to invest $3.4 billion in Ethiopia over next five years
- Bloomberg
- 27 February 2012
Al-Amoudi’s Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, which is primarily growing rice to export to Saudi Arabia, has leased 10,000 hectares in Gambella region and is in the “process of leasing an additional 290,000 hectares”.
Wilmar makin agresif di perkebunan
- Kontan
- 25 February 2012
Pengembangan lahan perkebunan tebu Wilmar di Papua terkendala perizinan