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PH, Qatar ink agreements on tourism, agri, investments
- Rappler
- 10 April 2012
The Philippines and Qatar signed 4 bilateral agreements and one private sector agreement seen to boost cooperation in investments, tourism, fisheries and the legal field.
Sovereignty for sale: Corporate land grab in Colombia
- NACLA
- 10 April 2012
According to the November 2011 Peace Brigades International Colombia Newsletter, today, 40% of Colombia's 280 million acres of land "has been licensed to, or is being solicited by, multinational corporations."
Tanzania: Small farmers bearing brunt of investments
- Tanzania Daily News
- 10 April 2012
The craze in recent years for huge investments in bio energy and agribusiness in Tanzania has seen small poor farmers being dispossessed of their lands through tricky contracts and the false hope of making riches overnight.
The search for food security gains momentum
- Asia Sentinel
- 09 April 2012
India, which doesn’t allow corporate farming domestically, has joined the growing list of countries going overseas to look for food security.
Myanmar seeks Bangladesh help to augment rice output
- Financial Express
- 09 April 2012
Myanmar diplomatically bypassed a Bangladesh proposal last year for taking agricultural land on lease for cultivation in that country.
Sistema, Louis Dreyfus family establish Russian jv
- World-Grain.com
- 09 April 2012
Combined firm, RZ Agro Holding Ltd., will control 97,500 ha in the Rostov Region of Russia.
Saudi Arabia gets two million acres from govt for tax-free farming
- Sudan Tribune
- 09 April 2012
Saudi businessman Saleh Kamel announced last week that the Sudanese government agreed to give his country two million acres [809 371 hectares] of farmland for a project that will allow the Arab Gulf state to ensure a steady food supply.
China in Africa: Rethinking the cliche
- Rural Modernity
- 08 April 2012
The increasing dominance of China in Africa - industry, not agriculture. UK and US deserve greater critique.
NZ 'under scrutiny' in Asia over Crafar deal
- TVNZ
- 08 April 2012
New Zealand's reputation will be damaged in Asia if the sale of the Crafar dairy farms to Chinese interests does not go through, says a Kiwi managing investments in China.
Karuturi: Why the hype?
- Rural Modernity
- 07 April 2012
How corporate transparency encourages secrecy - the counterproductive role of many NGO's.
Who will protect environmental human rights defenders?
- UNOHCHR
- 05 April 2012
The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, has called for swift action by States to combat impunity for attacks and violations against people trying to resolve land conflicts or denounce land grabbing and evictions
Ethiopia to charge more on commercial farm leases
- Reuters
- 05 April 2012
Around 400 companies submit applications for licenses for farmland in Ethiopia each month with a growing number of them from Europe.