Foreign investors have shown real interest towards Bulgarian agriculture for the past 2-3 years. The trend has changed a bit and now different Arab countries and China are the interested ones, instead of Italy, France, etc.
- Radio Bulgaria
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29 May 2012
The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) is launching a call for proposal for all interested researchers and academics in its Multinational Working Group on a theme titled: “Land grabs and food sovereignty in Africa”.
This is in relation to the land grabbing issue in the municipality of Opol in Misamis Oriental, Southern Philippines
- Gold Star Daily
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29 May 2012
Entretien accordé à l'AFD en mai 2012 sur la menace que représente l'acquisition des terres à grande échelle pour l'agriculture familiale africaine.
Productores argentinos pueden acceder a través de operadores inmobiliarios; atrae la menor presión impositiva.
Tanzania has been advised to reduce land lease agreement to investors to below 50 years from the current 99.
- East African Business Week
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28 May 2012
South African group Illovo Sugar has pulled out of a 2.6 billion rand sugar project in Mali, largely due to political risk and also funding difficulties, and will focus on growth opportunities elsewhere in Africa.
Hassad Food Co, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, may invest 500m euros this year to increase food supplies for the desert emirate, the company’s chairman said.
The government is in the final stages of introducing a Land Authority whose duties, among others, will include dealing with land investments as well as establishment of a land bank and database.
- Tanzania Daily News
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28 May 2012
La risposta dell'Alto Rappresentante solleva non poche obiezioni
According to the evaluation that the ministry did in the past few weeks, some of the large-scale land acquisitions in Ethiopia are not performing as expected in implementing their projects.
Bakrie Delano juga menyasar sektor agribisnis seperti karet