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Qatar plans to grow corn in Georgia, import 70,000 sheep a year
- Bloomberg
- 26 February 2010
Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Co. plans to invest in Georgia, including the purchase of farm land, following a fact-finding trip in April.
Wikileaks: Brazil criticizes China over "land grabs" in Africa
- Wikileaks
- 26 February 2010
"At an UNCTAD meeting on investment in agriculture on February 3, China became the central focus of criticism amid a chorus of concerns about the economic, food security, environmental and social impact of large foreign purchases of agricultural lands in developing countries," reports the US mission to Geneva
Land leasing in Ethiopia: a shameless land grab by the rich or an opportunity for the poor?
- BBC
- 25 February 2010
"What they are saying is that the local people are now suffering very badly as a direct result of these foreign companies taking over."
OSA: Open letter to the UN Sec-Gen on land grab and evictions in Oromia
- Gadaa.com
- 25 February 2010
"Today, the Oromo issue is not hidden from the world leaders and stakeholders. However, it is being ignored. The Meles regime is selling Oromo land on world market, although this government does not have the right to sell Oromo land."
SAfrica, Libya farm deal awaits agreement
- Reuters
- 25 February 2010
A new land deal allowing South African farmers to produce livestock, milk and fruit in Libya has been put on hold pending the finalisation of an investment protection agreement between the two countries.
«Je suis réservé sur la location de terres pour une longue durée»
- Le Temps
- 25 February 2010
Olivier de Schutter, rapporteur spécial des Nations unies sur le droit à l’alimentation, commente le phénomène du rachat de terres agricoles dans les pays du Sud et le projet Addax Bioenergy en Sierra Leone
Ruée sur l’or vert africain
- Le Temps
- 24 February 2010
«Ces plantations ne servent pas à remplir les estomacs des Sierra-Léonais, mais à exporter vers l’Europe. Elles ne sont d’aucun bénéfice pour notre pays,» dit Theophilus Gbenda
Cargill leaves a palm oil mess in Papua New Guinea
- RAN
- 24 February 2010
Cargill Inc., the world’s largest agribusiness company, has announced the sale of their palm oil plantations in the remote tropical nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG)
“África sufre un grave problema de acaparamiento de tierras"
- Baserribizia
- 24 February 2010
"En Mali vamos a hacer movilizaciones frente a ese acaparamiento de tierras."
L'Afrique vibre au rythme du Brésil
- Jeune Afrique
- 24 February 2010
Devenu une puissance agricole mondiale majeure, le plus grand pays d’Amérique du Sud veut faire bénéficier l’Afrique de son expertise dans l’exploitation des ressources agricoles et y transposer son modèle au nom d’une solidarité Sud-Sud.
Citadel Capital planning beyond the railway tracks
- Ratio Magazine
- 24 February 2010
Citadel's Karim Sadek dismisses talk of land grabbing as an “academic concern”, saying “there should definitely be a priority for the produce to be sold on the local market, if there is a paying market for it”.
Landkom has had to re-think its farming plans in Ukraine
- Agriprods
- 24 February 2010
Ukraine has abundant land resource, only ten per cent of which is currently controlled by corporations.
EALA adopts common strategy for food security in the region
- East African Community
- 24 February 2010
"EAC Partner States should resist the leasing or selling of large chunks of land to foreign entities for production of food or bio-fuel feedstock solely for export, which will be disadvantageous to food security in the region" says the East African Legislative Assembly
China's soil deterioration may become growing food crisis, adviser claims
- Guardian
- 23 February 2010
More radical steps are being taken to increase production, both by the government, which recently approved two new strains of genetically modified rice, and by agricultural entrepreneurs, who are buying and cultivating land in neighbouring countries.
Gulf Africa Strategy Forum 2009
- Khaleej Times
- 23 February 2010
The lack of systematic collection of data and categorising private and official investments from the Gulf has made it difficult to reach an accurate estimate of total investments, made so far.