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Sudan's rural riches attract investors
- Al Jazeera
- 16 May 2009
Despite internal conflicts and an inability to feed its own people, Sudan believes it can be not only Africas breadbasket, but also the world's.
Pakistan on prowl for $10 bln in Gulf help
- Zawya Dow Jones
- 16 May 2009
Pakistan hopes to attract more than $10 billion of investment from oil-rich Arab Gulf countries this year to help develop the country's infrastructure, a senior government official said Saturday.
More on African land deals
- Global Dashboard
- 13 May 2009
More important is for Africa to realise its own potential for food production, which would in the long-term negate the need for these deals.
Pakistan: The great land grab
- Dawn
- 09 May 2009
THESE days, as we follow the struggle against the Taliban in the northwest, we can be forgiven for missing other important news. For instance, I had filed away a report on plans to lease large chunks of agricultural land in Punjab and Sindh to overseas investors in the back of my mind, planning to write about it later. When I ran a Google search on the subject, however, I realised the enormity of the scam.When I ran a Google search
Grève du sexe, ventes de terres : les conversations de Nairobi
- Chemk'Africa
- 04 May 2009
Le débat tourne plutôt sur la question de la vente ou non des terres aux étrangers, et non aux riches nationaux... Et si les écologistes conservateurs multiplient lobbying et pressions pour faire capoter les contrats, il ne s'agit pas pour eux de défendre les intérêts des fermiers.
Sudan eyes growth in Arab agri investment
- Reuters
- 03 May 2009
Agricultural investment in Sudan by Arab countries looking to guarantee supplies of staples such as wheat for their people will account for up to 50 percent of all investment in the country from 2010
Interview-AU: Africa not benefiting from foreign land deals
- Reuters
- 28 April 2009
“African countries have not been in a reasonable bargaining position,” AU Agriculture Commissioner Rhoda Peace Tumusiime told Reuters in an interview at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. “The pace of the trend was very fast and they didn’t envisage that there should be benefits to the community.”
Troubles in the Delta
- Seed Magazine
- 27 April 2009
On the eastern coast of Kenya, controversy erupts over plans to turn a biodiversity hotspot into farmland for Qatar.
Reassurance must be sown in foreign fields
- Financial Times
- 27 April 2009
Saudi officials I have spoken to seem to be aware of the minefields their schemes could ignite.
Learning tricks of the trade
- Gulf News
- 25 April 2009
Some Gulf countries may now be realising the importance of offering direct loans to African countries as a means to increase Arab investment.
The growing lust for agricultural lands
- Le Monde
- 14 April 2009
Not a day goes by without new acreage being signed over. "For Sale" ads for agricultural property are now featured in the international financial press. And there's no dearth of clients.
Les terres agricoles, de plus en plus convoitées
- Le Monde
- 14 April 2009
"Je crois que les tensions seront inévitables où que ce soit, faisant des enclaves agricoles étrangères de véritables forteresses assiégées."