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Action in London on 26 June 2012 in front of an agricultural investors summit (Photo: Henry Nicholls/ActionAid)
«Ma quale sviluppo! Il land-grabbing è un crimine!» si indigna un delegato senegalese del sindacato agricolo CNCR a Rio.
Des investisseurs responsables de grands fonds financiers se réunissent de mardi à jeudi à Londres à l’hôtel Victoria Park Plaza pour discuter des opportunités d’investissement agricole en Afrique.
African agriculture is an opporturnity for foreign invesotrs, Karim Dahou, executive manager at the OECD, tells a conference in London
According to the Vientiane Times, since 1998 the government has approved nearly 25 billion dollars of investment (AFP/File, Aude Genet)
Currently, CFG leases more than 25,000 hectares in western Ukraine. The company plans to expand its land bank in the country to 50,000 hectares over five years.
Even in Minnesota, which restricts institutional ownership of farmland, out-of-state investors are flexing their muscle
Minister of Agriculture Christopher Chiza told the Chinese government that Tanzania has 44 million hectares of virgin land suitable for cultivation while only 10.1 million hectares have been used in the agriculture sector and the rest of the land was redundant
British companies have bought the rights to more than 3m hectares of land in poor countries – the equivalent of almost two-thirds of the UK's total farmland
British companies have bought the rights to more than 3m hectares of land in poor countries – the equivalent of almost two-thirds of the UK's total farmland
Susan Sikaneta, high commissioner of Zambia, said Indians with their good knowledge of agriculture, expertise and technology should come forward to invest in agriculture in Zambia, which is offering land and other incentives on first come, first served basis.
The majority of land deals between 2000 and 2010 took place in the continent of Africa, with 310 deals occuring in the region of East Africa. (Photo credit: Neil Palmer // CIAT )
Rei do Agro is currently building its headquarters, machine shop and housing for its senior staff members, who currently live in thatched huts on-site. (Belchion Lucas for NPR)
