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This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
- PTI
- 11 August 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry offering to act as facilitator to help Indian farmers get farmland in Africa.
Sudan woos investors to put $1bn in farming
- Financial Times
- 11 August 2010
Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.
Alta do investimento chinês remodela conexão com Brasil
- Reuters
- 11 August 2010
Vinda virtualmente do nada, a China disparou para a posição de maior investidor estrangeiro direto no Brasil este ano, com aquisições que variam de minas de ferro a vastas terras para plantio, bem como linhas de transmissão de energia.
Congo offers investment opportunities in agriculture for Indian entrepreneurs
- FnBnews
- 11 August 2010
DRC, with 80 million ha of rich arable soil of which only 5% is cultivated, has invited Indian investors in the area of largescale farming to come and assess the possibilities.
Analysis: Surge in Chinese investment reshapes Brazil ties
- Reuters
- 10 August 2010
From virtually nowhere, China has rocketed to become the biggest foreign direct investor in Brazil this year with purchases ranging from iron ore mines to vast tracts of farmland and the electricity grid.
OECD: Private financial sector investment in farmland and agricultural infrastructure
- OECD
- 10 August 2010
Given the expected need for additional arable land to be brought into production on a global basis, the amount of capital that could enter the [farmland acquisition] sector could substantially exceed USD 150 billion.
L’accaparement des terres agricoles : une affaire de droits qui lance des défis politiques pour la communauté mondiale
- AGTER
- 09 August 2010
La revue EcoRev’ a demandé à Agter de présenter son analyse du phénomène d’accaparement des terres agricoles dans le cadre de son numéro d’été consacré à l’agriculture
Investissements agricoles au Brakna : Les saoudiens à la recherche de l’or vert.
- Quotidien de Nouakchott
- 09 August 2010
Par voie d’affichage de deux « avis publics » daté du 7 juillet 2010 l’Etat a informé le public mauritanien de sa décision de mettre à la disposition du groupe saoudien Al-Rajhi des terrains à usage agricole
Risk Kiwis could be 'tenants in their own land'
- Stuff
- 09 August 2010
A poll shows 75.5 percent of voters want the rules on foreigners buying NZ farmland tightened, with only 8 percent saying they should be relaxed.
Leading the fight for food sovereignty, an interview with La Via Campesina’s Dena Hoff
- WorldWatch Institute
- 09 August 2010
There are plenty of examples in the world of countries that can no longer feed themselves because somebody decided it was cheaper or more intelligent to buy all their food from somebody else.
Terres agricoles en Afrique : en attendant le marché foncier rural
- Les Afriques
- 06 August 2010
Là où le bât blesse, c’est dans le prix de la transaction : dans la plupart des pays, il n’y a pas – ou pas encore – de marché du foncier rural. Comment, alors, établir le prix d’un hectare de terre ?
Nouvelle Constitution du Kenya : un tournant décisif
- Afrik.com
- 06 August 2010
Les Kenyans ont adopté hier par référendum une nouvelle Constitution qui, concernant le foncier, envisage la possibilité de supprimer la propriété perpétuelle pour les étrangers en la ramenant à un bail de 99 ans au lieu des 999 ans actuels.