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ANI forges food deal with Saudi firm
- Manila Bulletin
- 05 May 2010
AgriNurture Inc has signed the enclosed MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
Accaparement des terres arables : La Côte d'Ivoire menacée, selon la CIBIOV
- FratMat
- 05 May 2010
Même si l’ampleur des dégâts n’atteint pas encore celle des 28 Etats africains déjà durement frappés par l’accaparement des terres, il n’en demeure pas moins qu’en Côte d’ivoire, le phénomène existe.
Rik jord i nya händer
- E24
- 05 May 2010
De senaste åren har jordbruksmark i Afrika blivit ett glödhett investeringsobjekt för både stater och privata intressen. På lokal nivå hamnar världens fattiga ofta i kläm. I Nyanzaprovinsen i västra Kenya fick byborna se sitt levebröd försvinna ner i gapet på ett amerikanskt risföretag.
The World Bank in the hot seat
- GRAIN
- 04 May 2010
The World Bank is marching ahead with plans to facilitate global land grabs, while not releasing a report that confirms the negative impacts of these deals for local communities.
Investment bankers with wings: Making a killing
- Huffington Post
- 04 May 2010
Unfortunately, the US Senate inquiry into Goldman Sach's alleged malfeasance is unlikely to question why the company in 2008 decided to acquire ten intensive poultry farms in China's Hunan and Fujian provinces for $300 million.
Africa: What will continent export if it leases farmland to Arabs?
- Business Daily
- 04 May 2010
"Investors like Citadel Capital and Goldman Sachs must be stopped from acquiring large tracts of land in Africa because this practice has become a serious threat to the continent's food sovereignty"
La Banque mondiale sur la sellette
- GRAIN
- 04 May 2010
La Banque mondiale entend poursuivre ses efforts pour favoriser l’accaparement mondial des terres et refuse de publier une étude confirmant les effets néfastes de ces transactions sur les communautés locales.
Pinstripes, pitchforks and profits
- Reuters
- 04 May 2010
"In the age of derivatives and evaporating valuations, farmland is gold with a cash flow."
L’attractivité des terres agricoles africaines constitue t-elle un indicateur de développement ?
- Le Nouvel Observateur
- 04 May 2010
Ces contrats ne constituent pas des opportunités pour les populations car ils ne permettent ni un réel développement rural ni une diversification des sources de revenus pour les paysans dépossédés de leur terre.
El Banco Mundial en el banquillo
- GRAIN
- 04 May 2010
El Banco Mundial impulsa planes que facilitan los acaparamientos de tierra a nivel mundial, mientras se niega a hacer público un informe que confirma los impactos negativos de estos acuerdos comerciales en las comunidades locales.
Bunge to acquire land in Brazil
- Zacks
- 03 May 2010
Bunge Limited, a premier global agribusiness and food company in the US, has recently announced plans to acquire 25,000 acres in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from the local firm Acucar Guarani to grow cane for its sugar and ethanol mills.
Arab food security or land grab?
- Land and People
- 03 May 2010
Do we or do we not want to promote Arab agricultural integration and to foster inter Arab investments in farming?
King Abdullah's Initiative for Saudi Agricultural Investment Abroad: A way of enhancing Saudi food security
- IDB
- 03 May 2010
Powerpoint presentation made by Dr. Abdullah A. Al-Obaid to an expert group meeting at the Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah on 2-3 May 2010.
Ghana presents $700mn investment proposals to Qatar food firm
- Gulf Times
- 03 May 2010
Ghana Investment Promotion Centre is seeking investments from Qatar to the tune of $700mn, including a major deal with Hassad Food
Roman Rosslenbroich: Way ahead of the alternatives crowd
- Financial Times
- 02 May 2010
Mr Rosslenbroich is particularly enthusiastic about agriculture, where he says Aquila has “teams travelling the world looking for farms”, with New Zealand dairy farms a speciality.