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Making investment work for Africa: A Parliamentarian response to “land grabs”
- PAP
- 07 September 2011
Report from the seminar on foreign investment in agricultural land and water, organized by the Pan African Parliament
Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la CNOP Mali
- IPAR
- 07 September 2011
Ibrahima Coulibaly est le président de la Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali. En marge de la rencontre organisée en juillet 2011 par l’Alliance Internationale Terre Citoyenne, où la question de l’accaparement des terres et des ressources naturelles était au cœur des débats, il a accepté de se confier à l’IPAR.
Foreign bid for slice of sugar
- Daily Mercury
- 07 September 2011
While foreign investment is nothing new in the Australian sugar industry, the rate at which foreign companies have been pouring money into the industry has caused some concern among canegrowers.
Pension funds launch Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland
- UNPRI
- 06 September 2011
A group of institutional investors representing US$1.3 trillion in assets have today launched the Principles for Responsible Investment in Farmland (the “Farmland Principles”).
Afrique de l'Est : terres en vue
- Jeune Afrique
- 06 September 2011
En proposant d’injecter 2,5 milliards de dollars (1,7 milliard d’euros) dans le secteur agricole du continent noir, les géants indiens de l’agroalimentaire s’apprêtent à battre le record des deals agricoles signés en Afrique au cours des cinquante dernières années.
Agronegocios o derechos humanos
- Blog de Darío Aranda
- 06 September 2011
El 27 de abril al mediodía, en la Casa de Gobierno, la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner anunció el envío al Congreso de un proyecto de ley para regular la venta de tierras a extranjeros.
Karuturi to plant 20,000 hectares by November
- Capital Ethiopia
- 06 September 2011
Karuturi Global plans to plant 20,000 hectares of land with Sorghum, rice, maize, sunflower and soybeans in Bako area of Oromia regional state and Gambella regional state, by November 2011
Investments in Ethiopia farming face criticism from activists
- Livemint
- 06 September 2011
As Indian businessmen bet on cash crops, it’s unclear whether food security issues are being tackled
AgriSol & Serengeti Advisers: Land Grabbers ?
- Udadisi
- 06 September 2011
The debate on large scale land acquisition in Tanzania is far from over as there is a changing dynamic now as local investors team up in joint venture with foreign investors and we are made to believe that since we have one of our own in the investment venture our interests are taken care of.
Agrifirma looks abroad after $80m Brazil tie-up
- Agrimoney
- 05 September 2011
Agrifirma Brazil, the well-connected farmland investment company, is investigating opportunities outside South America after placing most of its Brazilian agriculture operations into a joint venture with private equity heavyweight.
Moins de terre, plus de faim
- NPA
- 05 September 2011
Si, comme l’indique la FAO, 80% de la population de la Corne de l’Afrique dépend de l’agriculture comme principale source de revenus et d’alimentation, que faire quand il n’y a pas de terre à cultiver ?
New frontier palm oil players look to RSPO
- Reuters
- 05 September 2011
African and South American palm oil players are flocking to join the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, highlighting a growing trend of the industry’s rapid expansion outside main producing region Southeast Asia