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Sime Darby deal to create 20,000 jobs -Liberia
- Reuters
- 05 May 2009
Liberia's $800 million palm and rubber deal with Malaysian firm Sime Darby will create 20,000 much needed jobs in the West African country
Extranjeros a la caza de propiedades agrarias
- IPS
- 05 May 2009
Más de 20 millones de hectáreas de tierras en el mundo en desarrollo están en manos de gobiernos y empresas extranjeras, ejemplo de una apropiación agraria que se disparó con la crisis alimentaria del año pasado.
Rethinking corporate farming
- Daily Times
- 05 May 2009
Our government is planning to offer Arab investors legislative cover to protect them from changes in the government, but hardly any attention has yet been given to the need for protecting poor labourers who will be working for Arab corporate agriculture companies
NGO group opening statement at CSD-17
- Chemk'Africa
- 04 May 2009
After centuries of supporting the world, it is now time for the world to support Africa, not grab her land and ravage her agriculture.
Grève du sexe, ventes de terres : les conversations de Nairobi
- Chemk'Africa
- 04 May 2009
Le débat tourne plutôt sur la question de la vente ou non des terres aux étrangers, et non aux riches nationaux... Et si les écologistes conservateurs multiplient lobbying et pressions pour faire capoter les contrats, il ne s'agit pas pour eux de défendre les intérêts des fermiers.
RP-Bahrain agribiz venture to create 20k jobs
- Manila Bulletin
- 04 May 2009
The Philippines and Bahrain have started talks on an agribusiness project in Mindanao that government hopes would generate 20,000 jobs.
Sime Darby turns to Liberian palm, rubber estates
- Reuters
- 04 May 2009
Malaysia's biggest company Sime Darby has struck a deal with the Liberian government to develop oil palm and rubber estates in West African nation as land runs out at home and global demand for palm oil surges.
Farmland: selling sensitive ideas
- Dawn
- 04 May 2009
In its bid to experiment with new ideas, the Pakistani government has decided to play host to overseas investors keen on acquiring farmlands to capitalise on food insecurities post-2007-08 crisis.
Grüne wollen "land grabbing" in Entwicklungsländern verhinde
- Deutscher Bundestag
- 04 May 2009
Die Fraktion Bündnis 90/Grüne fordert, "land grabbing" auf die internationale Agenda zu setzen und hierfür eine hochrangige Konferenz auszurichten, um mögliche Potenziale, Gefahren und Auswirkungen des Themas zu diskutieren
India joins race for land in Africa, China way ahead
- Hindustan Times
- 04 May 2009
After years of competing for overseas oil and mines, India and China are silently scouring the world for their next great need: farmland to grow food.
The rich world's dash for food security
- Asia Sentinel
- 03 May 2009
The outsourcing of food has suddenly become a very big business. Richard Ferguson, a Europe-based analyst for the Japanese investment bank Nomura, calls what is going on now the “third great wave” of outsourcing after manufacturing in the 1970s and 1980s and information technology in the 1990s and 2000s. In his exhaustive 319-page report, he talks about the future of farming in terms of 1 million-hectare operations.
Sudan eyes growth in Arab agri investment
- Reuters
- 03 May 2009
Agricultural investment in Sudan by Arab countries looking to guarantee supplies of staples such as wheat for their people will account for up to 50 percent of all investment in the country from 2010