New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.

Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN révèle que des hommes d'affaires saoudiens sont en train de mener des négociations en Afrique qui leur donneraient la mainmise sur les terres parmi les plus fertiles du continent.

La alianza estratégica entre ambas naciones posibilitará abastecer de alimentos a la población de la nación árabe

O projecto resulta de uma parceria entre uma empresa moçambicana, a Ubunto, SA e o Fundo Líbio de Investimento (LAP)

By 2014, the area under rice cultivation is expected to reach 5,000 hectares, and the harvest is projected at 57,000 tonnes of rice a year.

The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.

As wealthy investors continue to buy up agricultural land in the developing world, stakeholders disagree over how to regulate such transactions.

Du 6 au 11 Février 2011, le Sénégal accueille à Dakar la 5e édition internationale du Forum social mondial où les 100 000 participants sont invités à repenser librement le développement pour l’Afrique et à cogiter sur l’accaparement des terres en Afrique.

Not surprisingly, the backlash from people in Africa against Indian farmland investments has begun.

Efforts must be made to ensure that foreign access to local agricultural lands follow strict guidelines

Le partenariat se ferait via l'ISD Corp. (ex-IUD, Industrial Union of Donbass), qui a déjà mis en œuvre un projet d'exploitation de 40 000 ha de terres agricoles par les Libyens en Ukraine.

Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 40 years, with option for renewal, for the production of sugar cane.