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CSAO/OCDE: Compte rendu - Pressions sur les terres Ouest-Africaines
- CSAO/OCDE
- 09 December 2009
Compte rendu de la première journée de la réunion du Groupe d’orientation des politiques (GOP) du Club du Sahel et de l'Afrique de l'Ouest/OCDE
Pro: Foreign investment presents an opportunity to Africa
- Deutsche Welle
- 09 December 2009
Foreign investment in African agriculture means the creation of jobs, the introduction of modern knowledge and technology, and desperately needed additions to countries' tax bases, writes DW's Ludger Schadomsky.
S Korean investor begins building corn processing plants
- Antara
- 08 December 2009
Gorontalo Vice Governor Gusnar Ismail said the South Korean investor, PT Harim Group, was also planning to build six silos with a combined storage capacity of 6,000 tons to support its corn exporting activity.
After Hajj…Foreign Minister meets top Saudi investors
- Sierra Express Media
- 08 December 2009
Sierra Leone signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Saudi Arabia for Saudi investment in the production of rice for home consumption and export.
Corporatising agriculture in Pakistan
- Daily Times
- 08 December 2009
How can we become a food sovereign state when decisions of what to grow, where to grow, and how much to grow are increasingly taken by corporations?
La apropiación de la tierra y el incremento del hambre
- Deutsche Welle
- 08 December 2009
Unos 30 millones de hectáreas han sido vendidas en los últimos dos años, pero la población no ha visto las ganancias. Así lo informan varias organizaciones alemanas de ayuda humanitaria.
Corporate farming: pros and cons for Pakistani economy
- Asian Tribune
- 07 December 2009
This paper examines the CAF policy, Corporate farming worldwide, and concludes that current CAF policy adopted for leasing land is not in best interest of Pakistan in context of food, water and land security.
Agro-Ecological Investment Management to launch $60m maiden fund
- AltAssets
- 07 December 2009
Agro-Ecological Investment Management, a private equity and real estate asset management company based in London, will launch its first fund in the first quarter of 2010, with a target of between $50m and $60m.
Al-Amoudi solicits additional arable land
- Addis Fortune
- 07 December 2009
Al-Amoudi's recently established Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc requested, two weeks ago, an additional 250,000 ha of land in Ethiopia for sugar beet production.
Food poor and oil rich: Quelling Qatar's appetite
- Qatar Today
- 06 December 2009
Hassad Food plans to invest all over the world. “Latin America, Asia, you name it,” says Al Hajri, “Where we invest, we make profit. If Qatar is in need of that production, Hassad has the pleasure to sell to Qatar at no special rate.”
Gulf company interested in Sudan farming project
- Jordan Times
- 06 December 2009
The Jordanian government is considering a proposal by a regional private company to participate in a project to invest in Sudanese agricultural land, a senior government official said on Saturday.
Korea’s overseas development backfires
- Korea Times
- 04 December 2009
That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
British Company invests in Zambia
- Lusaka Times
- 04 December 2009
Zambian government has made agriculture development a priority as evidenced by the reserving of 1 million hectares of land for cultivation and investment, according to foreign investor Neil Crowder
Q&R : Même les Etats insulaires peuvent faire des projets pour améliorer la sécurité alimentaire
- IPS
- 04 December 2009
L’île Maurice envisage de produire des denrées alimentaires à Madagascar et au Mozambique où elle a obtenu de grandes étendues de terre. Est-ce un projet viable?
Full circle: Back to the 'Land to the Tiller': Implications of the land grab in Ethiopia
- Ethiomedia
- 03 December 2009
Ethiopia's potential can be maximized only if we Ethiopians are the producers and sellers of our own agricultural products. What Meles Zenawi is doing now is putting this upside down. He made our potential buyers the sellers of our commodity.