• Los nuevos dueños de la tierra
    • Revista 2010
    • 01 Mar 2009

    Según cálculos de la Federación Argaria Argentina, casi un 10 por ciento del territorio nacional está vendido a extranjeros o a la venta

  • Jusqu'où ira la razzia sur les terres agricoles des pays pauvres ?
    • Inter Press Service
    • 01 Mar 2009

    La FAO s’apprête à sortir ces jours-ci un mode d’emploi sur la bonne gouvernance foncière. Histoire que le nouveau droit foncier de Madagascar ne soit pas défini par Daewoo Logistics. Et que les petits paysans du Sud participent enfin au débat

  • Mauritians Also Competing For Land in Africa
    • Inter Press Service
    • 27 February 2009

    Soaring food prices and lack of land have forced Mauritius, a net food importing country, to launch an ambitious initiative. The island state is starting to grow its food in other African states where land is lying fallow and labour is cheap.

  • The Environmental Cost of Euro-Arab Scramble for Africa
    • American Chronicle
    • 26 February 2009

    Reports indicate the growing Euro-Arab-Asian interest to buy land in Africa for the food security of their home population, not Africa´s. However, seldom do these reports link the the appetite for farmland and energy investment on the continent with the current global economic crises.

  • Vietnam aims to lease land for rice crops
    • Phnom Penh Post
    • 26 February 2009

    Vietnam, the world's second-largest rice producer, plans to lease Cambodian farmland to grow rice in areas close to the border, officials said this week.

  • Land access and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities
    • Brussels Development Briefing
    • 25 February 2009

    The 9th Brussels Development Briefing took place on 25th February 2009 in Brussels on “Land access and rural development: New challenges, new opportunities” and discussed the links between property rights, investment and the generation of economic opportunities in rural areas.

  • DTI sees hike in investments approvals for Mideast bizmen and local tycoons
    • Business Mirror
    • 25 February 2009

    “[Middle East investors] wanted to go on a long-term lease of huge tracts of land and they will plant various crops and then enter into a contract to buy the produce because they need food to feed their people,” Trade Secretary Peter Favila told reporters.

  • Gov’t mulls farm deals with Saudi investors
    • Business World
    • 25 February 2009

    The investments aim to meet Saudi Arabia’s increasing demand for fruits, vegetables and livestock products

  • 1st Africa-Arab Agro-Investment Summit
    • FARA
    • 25 February 2009

    "A path to agro-investments replacing international food aid"

  • 'Gulf States’ Technology Can Be Swapped for Africa’s Food'
    • Inter Press Service
    • 25 February 2009

    Countries in the Gulf and in Africa can form mutually beneficial partnerships, with Africa supplying fertile arable land and the Gulf investing in technology, fertiliser and other agricultural inputs.

  • ADB, Japan to Help Lao PDR Strengthen Natural Resources Management
    • The Financial
    • 24 February 2009

    Over the past few years Laos has seen a surge of foreign investment in farms and plantations from neighboring countries keen to acquire rubber, sugar, and other agricultural commodities. Under this project, noncommercial details of land concession awards will be posted on a public website to improve transparency, while the commercial terms will be kept in a confidential database for monitoring compliance.

  • Saudi Arabia to establish agricultural trade with RP
    • GMA News
    • 24 February 2009

    An estimated $238.6 million will be alloted by the Saudis to set up cash crop fruit plantations consisting of bananas, mangoes, and pineapples, an agriculture official said.

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