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Saudi in talks to lease Pakistan farmland
- Reuters
- 01 September 2009
In April, concerns over farmers’ rights led the government of Pakistan’s Balochistan province to block direct deals between United Arab Emirates-based private investors and farmers.
Russia eyes Japan investment in farms, ports
- Reuters
- 31 August 2009
Russia is in talks with Japanese companies to secure investment in Siberian farmland and Pacific ports that would allow the world's No. 3 wheat exporter to carve a greater share of Asian markets, a senior grain official said.
Agricultural FDI: Global land grab or good business?
- World Bank
- 31 August 2009
The World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Advisory Service is developing a new set of indicators called the Investing Across Borders project.
Cessão de terras?: Dar voz às populações rurais?
- Spore
- 31 August 2009
"Liquidam as terras africanas. Constrangem milhares de pequenos produtores à miséria. Isto é intolerável. A terra deve continuar a ser um património da comunidade em África", afirma o presidente do comité executivo da Rede das Organizações Camponesas e Produtores Agrícolas da África Ocidental (ROPPA), Ndiogou Fall
Land transfer: Consulting rural communities
- Spore
- 31 August 2009
"They are selling off African land for a song," said Ndiogou Fall, president of the executive committee for the Network of Peasant Organizations and Producers in West Africa (ROPPA), which is calling for dialogue between governments, producers and African and foreign investors.
Cessions de terres : Consulter les populations rurales
- Spore
- 31 August 2009
"On brade les terres africaines. On contraint des milliers de petits producteurs à la misère. Cela est insupportable. La terre doit rester un patrimoine de la communauté en Afrique", affirme ainsi le président du Comité exécutif du Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (ROPPA), Ndiogou Fall.
The 'cursed career'
- Bangkok Post
- 31 August 2009
Palong Piroomyu, a 52-year-old farmer from Bang Len in Nakhon Pathom province, is preparing to sell his portion of farmland to a Bangkok-based buyer. He's not concerned about who the buyers are or that some may even be quietly representing foreigners.
Farming and foreigners
- Bangkok Post
- 31 August 2009
The Bangkok Post asked two prominent figures to discuss the pros and cons of foreign farmland ownership.
Gulf investors more covert on land deals
- Daily Nation
- 30 August 2009
Land buying firms no longer disclose their identities to avoid tarnishing their image
Pakistan: Our leaders' voluntary submission to colonisation
- News International
- 26 August 2009
Instead of offering incentives on a similar scale to local farmers, Islamabad is offering legal and tax concessions, with legislative cover, to foreign investors in the form of specialised agricultural and livestock 'free zones' and may also introduce legislation to exempt such investors from government-imposed tax bans. The most worrisome aspect of such wheeling-dealing is the government's decision to develop a new security force of 100,000 men spread across the four provinces to ensure stability of the Arab investments.
Djibouti / pays du COMESA : Acquisition de terres arables
- La Nation
- 26 August 2009
"Jamais deux sans trois", dit-on. L'adage se vérifie avec la concession du Malawi, après l'Ethiopie, de quelques 55 000 ha de terres agricoles en faveur de Djibouti.
La séduction égyptienne
- Al-Ahram Hebdo
- 26 August 2009
Al-Raghi a connu un investissement fructueux dans le secteur agricole égyptien où la société cultive 25 000 feddans (10 500 ha) dans le projet Tochka sur un total de 125 000 feddans (52 500 ha). La deuxième phase du projet commencera en début de 2010.
Terres arables : les étrangers en ligne de mire
- Le Petit Journal
- 25 August 2009
Les étrangers volent-ils la terre des Thaïlandais ? Le débat enflamme l’ensemble de la presse locale. Malgré des lois strictes, qui font de la terre un bien national inaliénable, les fermiers thaïlandais s’estiment lésés.
Nominee ownership under watch
- Bangkok Post
- 25 August 2009
Mr Patima, of Colliers International, said trying to block overseas investment in Thai agricultural land, especially from the Middle East where food supplies were scarce, was next to impossible
Du Riz et des Hommes
- Switch Asbl
- 25 August 2009
Film de Yann Verbeke