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Should Africa resist 'land grabbing'?
- BBC
- 21 October 2009
Can these deals benefit Africa? Have you been affected by one of these land deals? Should countries be leasing fertile land to foreign investors? Join a live BBC debate on 21 October 2009.
SA farmers sign Congo land deal
- Reuters
- 21 October 2009
South Africa has signed a deal with the Republic of Congo that will give SA farmers access to up to 10 million ha of farmland, the country's biggest farmers' union said on Tuesday.
On food speculation, UN's expert says nothing's being done, S. Korean land grabs from Madagascar to Sudan, Brazil on ethanol
- Inner City Press
- 21 October 2009
After many speeches at the UN about the need to crack down on financial speculation in food, nothing has been done, the UN's expert on the right to food told Inner City Press on Wednesday.
South Africa will get crop land from Congo Republic
- Bloomberg
- 20 October 2009
“The deal has been finalized and they have made land available free of charge,” Agri SA said. There’s no restriction on exports. The only condition is that the land is used.
SA farmers to rent land in Congo
- BBC
- 20 October 2009
Congolese officials say the land is made up of abandoned farms that the state used to operate.
The new farm owners: Corporate investors lead the rush for control over overseas farmland
- GRAIN
- 20 October 2009
Today's emerging new farm owners are private equity fund managers, specialised farmland fund operators, hedge funds, pension funds, big banks and the like.
Amid threat to food security, Gov't opens more farm land for foreign agribusiness firms
- IBON
- 20 October 2009
The recent typhoons in the Philippines highlighted land and crop use conversion as a factor in worsening the effects of disasters on food production and the need to ensure adequate land for food production. However amid all these, government has reserved more agricultural land for export crops and use of foreign agro-corporations.
«L’affaire de Mbane, c’est la faute aux paysans»
- Le Quotidien
- 20 October 2009
De plus en plus, on voit des gouvernements africains faire appel à des privés pour qu’ils investissent dans le monde rural. C’est une erreur fondamentale qu’ils vont regretter.
Investment in a strategic material
- Obelisk
- 20 October 2009
"With hungry countries desperately in need of food, Ukraine land certainly provides the vehicle for a strategic investment in soft commodities." Commercial pitch for foreign investment in Ukranian farmland.
Sudan to part-privatise agricultural schemes
- Reuters
- 19 October 2009
Sudan's Kenana sugar company -- part-owned by the governments of Sudan and Saudi Arabia and the Kuwait Investment Authority, among others -- will manage more than 300,000 acres of farm land in a long-term project that aims to make Africa's largest country the bread basket of the Middle East within 10 years, officials said on Sunday.
Govt orders 2000 people out of farm
- The Citizen
- 19 October 2009
The Government has ordered 2000 squatters out of land meant for large-scale paddy farming in Kilombero district, Morogoro region.
Mauritius sets up body to facilitate land acquisition in Mozambique
- APA
- 19 October 2009
The Mauritius government is setting up a regional development agency to promote land cultivation in Mozambique.
Is there investment gold in the second scramble for Africa?
- CityWire
- 19 October 2009
Head of global investment strategy at HSBC Private Bank says: 'I wouldn’t use the expression land grab. But I would say this is very much something you would invest in on a minimum 10-year horizon.'
Razzia sur les terres agricoles
- Les Echos
- 19 October 2009
« On présente ces contrats comme “ gagnant-gagnant ”, mais c'est de la foutaise ! », s'agace Michel Merlet, directeur de l'ONG Agter.
ECSSR praises UAE diplomacy in Latin America
- WAM
- 19 October 2009
The UAE is interested in investing in agriculture sector as one of the strongest sectors in Colombia due to the availability of fertile land and natural irrigation systems.