Land grabs essentially allow other regions of the world to export their food insecurity to Africa, or for Western investors to profit from a decade-long trend of steadily increasing global food prices.
- Al Jazeera
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27 October 2011
Los abajo firmantes, vecinos, organizaciones y comunidades de toda las regiones de la Provincia de Río Negro, Patagonia Argentina, reunidos en asamblea para rechazar los infames "acuerdos" firmados por el Gobernador saliente, Miguel Angel Saiz, con una corporación china, y en conocimiento de similares proyectos económicos en otros lugares del país, declaramos:
Lao and Chinese businesses this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for investment in organic farming in Laos, at a cost of about US$5 million.
- Vientiane Times
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26 October 2011
"Les ressortissants chinois se sont vu atribuer d'importantes parcelles de terres agricoles pour la culture du riz, du champignon et du maïs," raconte l'ambassade des Etats Unis au Cameroun dans une dépèche de Wikileaks.
- Mutations
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26 October 2011
Indian author and media commentator Anand Giridharadas joins this Al Jazeera programme along with Oakland Institute’s Executive Director, Anuradha Mittal, and Christine L. Adamow, Managing Director of Africa BioFuel, a US company invested in farmland in Kenya and Tanzania.
- Al Jazeera
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25 October 2011
Three weeks ago, a team of Vietnamese investors and their technical advisers visited Sierra Leone to conduct feasibility studies with the aim of entering the agribusiness sector in the country.
En Patagonie, la mobilisation s’organise contre le projet d’une entreprise chinoise de cultiver 320 000 hectares de terre.
Especuladores, Gobiernos, bancos y fondos de pensiones se lanzan a comprar
Cofco Ltd., China’s largest grains trader, said it is seeking overseas acquisitions to help secure supplies of commodities including soybeans, wheat and sugar as rising domestic incomes spur faster food demand growth.
- Bloomberg
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21 October 2011
More than 613,000 hectares of Australia's NSW's agricultural land is owned by UK-based investors, compared with 227,300 ha owned by Korean interests and 55,560 ha by US investors.
Mwanza regional commissioner Evarist Ndikilo has advised Kilombero district residents in Morogoro region not to fear investors as they boost development in the district.
- The Guardian
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17 October 2011
La procuradora general, Liliana Piccinini, recomendó declarar inconstitucional el decreto del Poder Ejecutivo provincial que ratifica el acuerdo agroalimentario con China y que fuera cuestionado por la legisladora Silvia Horne (PJ) por medio de un recurso de amparo.
