SA’s commercial agricultural skills are a sought-after currency on the continent, with Nigeria and Sierra Leone the latest to announce bold plans to recruit South African farmers to their countries.
On March 5, 2011 in the presence of armed security forces the lease agreement was signed against payments from 173,000,000.00 Leones stacked on a table and paid to those signing the agreement.
- Green Scenery
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13 May 2011
When land deals were first proposed, they were said to offer the host countries four main benefits: more jobs, new technology, better infrastructure and extra tax revenues. None of these promises has been fulfilled.
- The Economist
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05 May 2011
Industry giants such as Malaysia’s Sime Darby and Singapore’s Olam and Wilmar International are scrambling for fresh space in equatorial Africa.
Political turmoil over Sierra Leone MP's nationwide broadcast inciting the people of Malen Chiefdom against the Government and the local Chiefs for having entered into a land deal with Luxembourg-based SOCFIN.
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
Investment involves a 40-year lease agreement for the establishment of over 16,000 acres of an oil palm project.
African farmland investment has the potential to match the exponential growth of Brazil's agricultural industry, the head of business development at privately owned agricultural operator Quifel said.
« Il faudrait créer une commission au niveau de l’ONU qui permettrait à toute victime de l’accaparement des terres de pouvoir porter plainte » selon Ana Maria Suarez de FIAN
Les organisations paysannes dénoncent cette menace à la souveraineté alimentaire. L'invitée de Geopolitis : Valentina Hemmeler Maïga, Secrétaire syndicale de l'organisation paysanne suisse Uniterre
- Tribune de Genève
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14 January 2011
20 Millionen Euro investiert die Schweizer Firma ADDAX Bioenergy in Sierra Leone. Doch was ist dran an den Versprechen des Schweizer Konzerns?
- Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst
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13 December 2010
Convencidos de obter grandes lucros, muitos bancos, fundos de investimento, grandes grupos industriais, Estados e milionários privados planejam instalar, na África, fazendas-empresa gigantes, a fim de produzir alimentos e biocombustíveis exclusivamente para exportação
- Le Monde Diplomatique
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24 November 2010
