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Turks veto farm plan for minefield
- FT
- 02 June 2009
Hostility to foreign investment in a sensitive border area has forced the Turkish government to shelve plans to turn a minefield along its frontier with Syria into organic farmland.
Iraq offers farmland to Gulf investors
- Reuters
- 01 June 2009
Iraq is offering Gulf investors farmland on long term lease contracts as part of a plan to restore its agriculture sector, an official said on Monday.
Foreign cropland deals
- World-Grain.com
- 01 June 2009
A flurry of announced international purchases of grain-producing acreage sparks debate about their merits
Is offshore farming a good thing for Africa?
- Seattle Times
- 01 June 2009
Abdullah Alireza, the Saudi minister of Commerce and Industry, talked about farming abroad in a recent visit to Seattle, where he addressed a private gathering of local business people.
Le ROPPA opposée à la vente massive des terres agricoles en Afrique
- Afrique en ligne
- 01 June 2009
M. Ndiogou Fall a exprimé lundi l'opposition "totale" du ROPPA à la vente massive des terres cultivables en Afrique
Tackling inflation, food insecurity are key challenges: Maqbool
- Oman Daily Observer
- 01 June 2009
Oman has sought the assistance of the specialised UN agency, UNCTAD, in conducting a study on food security.
Food security or economic slavery?
- Business Day
- 01 June 2009
These arrangements are reminiscent of “banana republics” when many African countries served as plantations for European countries -- but even those did not come with such explicit restrictions and rigidities.
Cambodia debates merits of land sales
- The National
- 31 May 2009
Cambodia has been signing deals with Kuwait and Qatar to help develop its agricultural sector. Cambodian officials, however, refuse to disclose details of the agreements, worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Congo delays SA farm deal
- Reuters
- 31 May 2009
"At this stage, we have not sold a single square metre to the South Africans," Rigobert Maboundou, Congo Republic's minister of agriculture said over the weekend.
Vos terres : Nouveau territoire spéculatif
- MAG Cultures
- 29 May 2009
Il n’y a pas que les pays émergents qui ont le monopole de l’acquisition des terres à l’étranger. Le secteur privé occidental y a toute sa place.
Vos terres : Avis d'expert
- MAG Cultures
- 29 May 2009
Pergam: "J’ai débuté mes achats de terres en 2005, en les étalant sur une période de deux ans jusqu’en 2007. La majorité des terres acquises se situe en Uruguay (35 000 hectares dont 40 % sont consacrés à la culture et 60 % à l’élevage) et les autres, en Argentine, soit 10 000 hectares. J’ai effectué ses achats au travers de la société argentine Campos orientales, l’un des plus gros propriétaires terriens du pays. La plus value latente est de l’ordre de 30 % en deux ans."
Outsourcing agriculture
- ISN Security Watch
- 28 May 2009
If land is being unused or under-utilized in poor regions across Africa and Southeast Asia, outsourcing to capital-rich and land-poor nations could help prevent another global food crisis, but it must be fair and productive, Adam Wolfe writes for ISN Security Watch.
Raid indien sur des terres camerounaises
- Africa Intelligence
- 28 May 2009
Quel est le groupe indien qui négocie la location de 15 000 ha de terres au Cameroun dans la région d'Ombe (sud-ouest) pour un investissement de 168 milliards F CFA ?
Japan to push for G-8 rules on intl farm investment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
- 28 May 2009
This would be the first time for an international set of guidelines of this kind to be formulated
Food security in Africa: China's new rice bowl
- China Brief
- 27 May 2009
Most Chinese investment in African agriculture is concentrated in southern Africa: Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi and, increasingly, Angola.