Dans tout le flou et le vague qui règnent autour du projet Daewoo, il y avait au moins une certitude : les Sud-coréens se proposaient de louer des terres qui seraient restées à Madagascar. L’eau de Faraony quant à elle, quittera bel et bien la Grande Ile, et en grande quantité.
- Madagacasr-Tribune.com
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22 June 2009
Gulf oil producers are considering plans to invest in farming projects in the Philippines to face a steady increase in domestic food demand and reduce a painful import bill, said the region's private sector leader.
- Emirates Business 24/7
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22 June 2009
Al Salam and CP Group will jointly identify suitable agribusiness ventures that will generate attractive risk-adjusted returns while playing a proactive role in addressing food security in the region.
- Gulf Daily News
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22 June 2009
A hunt by investors for a bright spot in the global economic downturn has led to the farm.
Bahrain-based Islamic bank Al Salam said on Sunday it has signed an agreement with Thailand's agriculture and food company Charoen Pokphand Foods to jointly invest in agricultural businesses.
La ruée des investisseurs étrangers vers les terres arables est une tendance lourde du continent africain
- Les Afriques
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20 June 2009
Daewoo continues to surreptitiously hold some 218,000 hectares of appropriated land in Madagascar
The best investment opportunities are most likely to be in areas where entry values are low or agricultural production is currently underperforming. Both these aspects could apply to parts of Central Eastern European Countries, South America or other developing markets.
Support our protest with a letter to Ahn Yong Nam, president and CEO of Daewoo Logistics Corp. Urge Daewoo to bring clarity and transparency to the public about the announced contract with the Madagascan government, and their contents and conditions.
- Rettet den Regenwald
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19 June 2009
Las poblaciones afectadas no siempre permanecen expectantes. Además de la larga lucha del pueblo mapuche contra Benetton en Chile y Argentina, el caso de Madagascar es paradigmático.
La colère suscitée par l'éventuel démarrage d'un vaste projet agricole, conclu entre l'ancien gouvernement et la société sud-coréenne Daewoo Logistics, continue d'alimenter la crise actuelle.
"We have our experiences about foreign ownership of land in Mindanao, where Dole and Del Monte controlled hundreds of thousands of hectares of lands, through leaseback agreements, cultivating their raw materials, thus, peasants have been transformed to mere lowly agricultural workers whose rights of their lands have been stripped off," said Antonio Flores, KMP Spokesperson.
