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Green light for new pastures
- Financial Mail
- 30 October 2009
De Jager is most excited about an impending Agri SA fact-finding mission to Libya at the invitation of President Muammar Gaddafi. "If we succeed there, we can succeed anywhere in Africa."
Foreign direct investment in the agricultural sector in Ethiopia
- EcoFair Trade Dialogue
- 30 October 2009
This study, published by Misereor and Heinrich Boell Foundation, has given a first regional overview of the development of FDI inflows over the last decade in Ethiopia.
Atelier de validation de l’étude sur « la question foncière rurale face aux défis de l’intégration régionale au sein de l’espace UEMOA»
- UEMOA
- 29 October 2009
L’atelier a approuvé le rapport de l’étude sur « la question foncière rurale face aux défis de l’intégration régionale dans l’espace UEMOA » et a a formulé des recommandations spécifiques sur l’accaparement des terres
La ruée vers les terres agricoles : une arme à double tranchant
- PleinChamp.com
- 29 October 2009
Entretien avec Paul Mathieu, expert foncier à la FAO
Qatar SWF food unit eyes PAVA stake, seals Sudan deal
- Reuters
- 29 October 2009
Qatar's Hassad Food is eyeing a stake in Russia's PAVA and has signed a deal potentially worth $1 billion to develop land in Sudan as it looks to grow through acquisitions and joint ventures, its chairman said on Thursday.
Synergie Paysanne contre l’accaparement des terres agricoles au Bénin
- SYNPA
- 29 October 2009
Aujourd’hui la ruée sur nos terres arables a atteint une proportion inquiétante et pose un problème de gouvernance dans notre pays.
Touche pas à mes terres : Le Sud face à la razzia des pays riches
- Courrier International
- 29 October 2009
En Afrique et en Asie, plus de 30 millions d’hectares sont désormais contrôlés et cultivés par des intérêts étrangers. Une catastrophe pour les paysans locaux.
Cairo-based Citadel sets up investment funds
- Reuters
- 29 October 2009
Asked why he was attracted to Sudan, where Citadel got 200,000 ha of farmland betting on a continued global commodities rally, Chairman Ahmed Heikal said: "Almost free land, available water, fantastic climate, fantastic land quality -- why not Sudan?"
Land grab ‘in the public interest’: an issue of democracy and sustainable development
- FDSD
- 29 October 2009
In many parts of the developing world, legislation allowing compulsory acquisition of land in the public interest has been used to make land available not for schools or hospitals, but for commercial projects – in the mining, petroleum or agriculture sectors.
Afrique : Une règlementation pourrait-elle calmer les craintes sur les saisies de terres?
- IPS
- 28 October 2009
"Ceux qui arrivent à accéder à ces terres ont le sentiment qu'il existe des terres que nous sommes incapables de cultiver nous-mêmes; mais la situation est différente," a déclaré Philippe Kiriro, président de la Fédération des fermiers d’Afrique de l’est.
USDA mission eyes $330-M business deals in Luzon
- Business Mirror
- 28 October 2009
A US Department of Agriculture-led investment scanning of potential business matches in the Philippines has identified $330 million worth of prospects in agriculture, with large tracts of land offered along the pattern provided to Saudi Arabian business groups
Les méthodes de l'Indien Varun à Madagascar
- Courrier International
- 28 October 2009
L'originalité de la méthode Varun consiste à mettre en place des associations paysannes créées de toutes pièces, qui lui cèdent en fermage leurs terres pour une durée de cinquante ans.
Solvent extractors talk food security, seek govt help
- Commodity Stock News
- 28 October 2009
In a bid to ensure food security for the country, Indian solvent extractors have sought government support to buy agricultural land abroad.
Dreyfus sees commods consolidation, sugar next
- Reuters
- 27 October 2009
Volatility in commodity markets tends to boost consolidation in the agriculture sector as firms require more capital and improved risk management, the executive officer of French giant Louis Dreyfus said Tuesday. One of the company's focus now is on farmland.
FAO moves to draw up land ownership guidelines
- Reuters
- 27 October 2009
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation aims to draw the first ever global guidelines to ensure land access to farmers and investors, boost food security and prevent arbitrary land grabs, the FAO said on Tuesday.