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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
Ministry of Agriculture gives state land under lease agreement
- MPT
- 25 August 2009
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management issued Tuesday an announcement offering 765 hectares of state agricultural land under lease agreement for periods varying between 15 and 50 years.
Ukraine's agricultural revolution
- BBC
- 24 August 2009
"The reasons [Ukrainians] choose to lease [Landkom] their land has nothing to do with money - it is an emotional desire to see their region go forward, that's all," says Paul Spinks.
La spoliation des terres agricoles continue...en Afrique !
- African libertis
- 24 August 2009
Après le Madagascar et récemment le Sénégal, les terres agricoles Africaines continuent de défrayer la chronique.
DSI to probe four firms over land grab claims
- Bangkok Post
- 23 August 2009
The Department of Special Investigation will launch an inquiry into four Thai companies in Ayutthaya which own rice-farm plots of almost 10,000 rai. Transnational business consortiums are said to be buying the land through Thai nominees, which is against the law.
Laos govt to allow foreign investment in rice cultivation
- Vientiane Times
- 22 August 2009
Lao Minister of Industry and Commerce confirms that his government is in negotiations with Thailand to join a rice land deal with Kuwait.
Rice congress to address food shortages
- Viet Nam News
- 22 August 2009
The congress will look at one of the key trends in world rice and other food production, including the "off-shoring" of farm production by several influential countries, including China, South Korea and Japan, he said.
Neocolonialismo. Compra de tierras
- Visión Siete
- 22 August 2009
El incremento de las compras masivas de terrenos en África y otros continentes aumenta el riesgo de que los pobres se vean desposeídos o se les impida el acceso a la tierra y el agua. Informe de TV Pública, Argentina.