Green light for new pastures
- Financial Mail
- 30 October 2009
De Jager is most excited about an impending Agri SA fact-finding mission to Libya at the invitation of President Muammar Gaddafi. "If we succeed there, we can succeed anywhere in Africa."
De Jager is most excited about an impending Agri SA fact-finding mission to Libya at the invitation of President Muammar Gaddafi. "If we succeed there, we can succeed anywhere in Africa."
South African farmers have been offered land for agriculture in Angola and Uganda and the government is also in talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Southern Sudan.
La Libye cherche à s’assurer des terres agricoles à l'étranger pour accroître son autonomie alimentaire, ce qui ne l'empêche pas de louer ses propres terres à d'autres pays !
AgriSA expects to sign a 35,000 hectare land deal with the Libyan government in October.
Whilst Mali’s government declares its commitment to guaranteeing food self-sufficiency for the country, it continues to sign a worrying number of agreements with foreign investors. A report from Via Campesina.
El acaparamiento de tierras de los pequeños campesinos por parte de las grandes empresas nacionales y extranjeras es un tema cada vez más indignante en Mali. MALIBYA es un buen ejemplo de este fenómeno, una empresa libia a la que el gobierno de Mali ha concedido 100000 hectáreas en la zona de la Oficina del Níger.
Agricultural experts have called for a halt to moves by Gulf investors to snap up foreign land, amid claims that poor nations are losing much-needed farmland in a calculated land grab.
La CNOP et la Via Campesina s’inquiètent de la façon dont ce projet va détruire l’importante diversité de semences de riz locale, et favoriser un petit nombre de variétés de semences améliorées et de techniques modernes dans le domaine agricole, tel que souligné dans la convention.
Ministro das Relações Exteriores das Ilhas Maurício diz que seu governo assegurou uma vasta área de terra em Moçambique para produzir arroz para seu país.
Mauritius has secured a large area of land in Mozambique to produce hybrid rice for export back hom through a joint venture with a Singaporean company.
President Museveni on February 23 wrote to Finance Minister Syda Bbumba advising against allowing foreigners to buy large chunks of land in Uganda in order to grow food.
O consórcio líbio-moçambicano Lap/Ubuntu vai iniciar o projecto denominado Bela Vista Rice, destinado à produção mecanizada e processamento integrado de arroz no distrito de Matutuíne, província de Maputo, informou o jornal Notícias, de Maputo.
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