Uganda

Thousands of stories like John B Keane’s The Field in the 227 million hectares sold or leased in large-scale land deals since 2001.

Grandes compañías compran tierras para producir alimentos que luego exportan - Mientras, los habitantes locales pasan hambre.

Intermon Oxfam señala que desde 2001 una superficie equivalente al continente europeo ha sido enajenada a favor de inversores internacionales

Gli Stati e le multinazionali fanno incetta di pianure fertili, fonti, pascoli, boschi. Li sottraggono ai paesi troppo poveri. La terra resta lì, ma i suoi frutti vanno altrove, nei forzieri dei paesi che hanno fatto cassa con l'inquinamento di ANTONIO CIANCIULLO

Speaking at the annual African Cup of Investment Management, Alex Pestana said China had invested in arable land in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique.

A plan to replace a large swathe of protected rainforest in Uganda with sugarcane could lead to further civil unrest in a year when nine people have been killed during strikes and protests against the rising cost of living.

En proposant d’injecter 2,5 milliards de dollars (1,7 milliard d’euros) dans le secteur agricole du continent noir, les géants indiens de l’agroalimentaire s’apprêtent à battre le record des deals agricoles signés en Afrique au cours des cinquante dernières années.

The land of a traditional kingdom within Uganda has been used as a political threat and reward for over a century. It grows grain, it may have oil and gas, and it is home to the quickly expanding capital

Les affaires sont les affaires: des entreprises indiennes d’agroalimentaire sont prêtes à investir plus d’un milliard d’euros en Ethiopie, Tanzanie et Ouganda

Northern Uganda has offered Indian agricultural investors land to carry out commercial farming. This offer will be under joint venture agreements with the locals.

Last week, Uganda received a 35 man business delegation from India interested in the country’s agribusiness potential and boosting its exploits. Mr Ramakrishna Karuturi, the leader of the delegation, said the team intends to invest up to $2 billion in agribusiness pending the issue of investment licences.

The President informed them of 3 available modules of investment that they could take advantage of including processing without getting involved in physical production where an investor buys products from farmers, processes them or engage in core plantation and process the produce into finished items or contracting out-growers so that they as a community of producers can benefit.