Ginbot 7 strongly condemns the illegal sale of Ethiopian farmland
    Ginbot 7 unequivocally believes that Ethiopian sovereignty trumps contractual obligations.
    • Ginbot 7
    • 20 August 2009
    Hassad Food eyes stakes in agricultural firms abroad
    Hassad Food's priority in business partnership and export will be given to Arabic and Islamic countries. “A big project will be launched in the near future between Qatar and Sudan. The budget is open as no minimum or maximum limit has been considered so it will be a big project.”
    • The Peninsula
    • 20 August 2009
    Qatar firm in ‘food for all’ mission
    “We are looking for opportunities where we can work with partners owning or running farmlands and having expansion plans. We do not want to take away the land of the poor,” the chairman of Hassad Food says.
    • Gulf Times
    • 20 August 2009
    Agricultura mundial. Compra tierra y corre. Fósforo ¿hay futuro?. Hambre para hoy y mañana. ¿Qué agricultura?
    La crisis del fósforo (clave para la vida), un grave y nuevo reto para la Humanidad. Respuestas capitalistas a la decadencia de la agricultura mundial y alternativas proletarias. Eslóganes.
    • Kaos en la Red
    • 19 August 2009
    Des terres convoitées par les Américains
    Une filiale américaine de la Financière Manuvie qui a récemment fait une percée au Québec en achetant des terres agricoles totalisant 450 hectares dans les Bois-Francs affirme qu'elle est venue au Canada avec la ferme intention d'y rester et d'y prendre de l'expansion.
    • Radio Canada
    • 19 August 2009
    Congo seeks changes to S.Africa farm deal
    Congo Republic wants to amend the terms of a multi-million hectare land deal with South African farmers, a top aide told Reuters on Wednesday, saying the current accord would deprive its own farmers of land.
    • Reuters
    • 19 August 2009
    Thai govt finds foreigners buying farmland
    The Government of Thailand has uncovered evidence suggesting foreigners could have obtained illegal ownership of about 10,000 rai (1,600 ha) of farmland in the central region and employed farmers to grow crops there.
    • Bangkok Post
    • 19 August 2009
    Egypt's Beltone, Sudan's Kenana to invest in farms
    Egypt's Beltone Private Equity and Sudan's Kenana Sugar Company have agreed to set up a firm to invest up to $1 billion in large-scale agriculture projects in both countries, Beltone said in a statement on Wednesday.
    • Reuters
    • 19 August 2009
    Cheap Canadian farmland lures foreign buyers
    Hancock Agricultural Investment Group, a Boston-based unit of Toronto's Manulife Financial Corp., decided its first Canadian purchase would be an 1,100-acre (450-hectare) patch of land that it called "one of the most highly productive properties in the industry." The company will not disclose how much it paid, or even the exact location of the farm. But president Jeff Conrad said the company is in Canada to stay, and the fund plans to seek more land.
    • Mail and Globe
    • 19 August 2009
    Les terres inaccessibles aux étrangers
    Les nouveaux investisseurs à Madagascar devront encore patienter. Selon une mesure infirmant la nouvelle loi, ils ne peuvent accéder aux terres malgaches.
    • L'Express de Madagascar
    • 19 August 2009
    ASEAN states plan rice cartel
    Laos has approached Thailand as a partner in a joint venture with Kuwait to grow rice in Laos. The Lao government has allocated 200,000ha.
    • VNS
    • 18 August 2009
    Agriterra Ltd seeks to acquire West African palm oil company
    EBF, which Agriterra will acquire, has land holdings of more than 169,000 hectares in Liberia, West Africa.
    • Agriterra
    • 18 August 2009
    Consórcio líbio-moçambicano vai produzir arroz na província de Maputo
    O consórcio líbio-moçambicano Lap/Ubuntu vai iniciar o projecto denominado Bela Vista Rice, destinado à produção mecanizada e processamento integrado de arroz no distrito de Matutuíne, província de Maputo, informou o jornal Notícias, de Maputo.
    • Macauhub
    • 18 August 2009
    Thailand set for food deals with the Gulf
    Thailand is poised to establish joint ventures with Gulf states to secure rice, processed agricultural products and food supplies for the oil-rich countries. But the government has reiterated that foreigners will not be allowed to invest in farming and livestock businesses in Thailand.
    • Bangkok Post
    • 18 August 2009
    La Libye s'accapare des terres rizicoles maliennes
    L’accaparement des terres des petits paysans par des grandes entreprises nationales et étrangères devient un sujet de plus en plus révoltant au Mali.
    • Via Campesina
    • 17 August 2009

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