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Two pacts may be signed during Emir’s Lanka visit
- Gulf Times
- 28 January 2009
"We are trying to promote Qatari investment in [Sri Lanka's] farm sector.”
Sudan beckons for new investors
- BBC
- 28 January 2009
Of all the places on this planet where you might think of investing, Sudan would surely not normally be at the top of anyone’s list. But that is not the view of Philippe Heilberg of Jarch Capital in New York, who told the BBC that his company was leasing 400,000 hectares in the relatively more stable south part of the country.
Corporate farming raises concern among local growers
- The News
- 28 January 2009
Local farmers have protested against the government’s initiative to invite foreign investors in corporate farming, thus allowing them to take 100 per cent of the yield.
Surprise ending in Madrid! No consensus on a G8-driven partnership against hunger...for now
- This Day
- 27 January 2009
The solution to the food crisis exists, and is being fought for in many communities. It is called food sovereignty. We need to stop corporate land grabbing for industrial agrofuels and commodity production.
Tsonga Project: Assessing Gains of Commercial Farming
- This Day
- 27 January 2009
When the Kwara State Government invited the displaced Zimbabwean farmers to the state for the Tsonga farming project, many thought it was another white elephant exercise.
South Sudan looking into US land deal
- Reuters
- 27 January 2009
South Sudan's administration is looking into a 4,000 sq km land investment by a US businessman because of questions over who owns the plot, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Dozens of bodies found after Madagascar political unrest: officials
- AFP
- 27 January 2009
At least 31 bodies have been found in the Madagascar capital after protests called by an opponent of the president turned violent, taking the toll in the unrest to 34, officials said Tuesday.
Saudi Gets First Rice Produced by Locals Abroad
- Reuters
- 27 January 2009
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's biggest rice importers, has received the first batch of rice to be produced abroad by local investors, state news agency SPA reported on Monday.
Saudi Arabia Launches $5.3b Agricultural Fund
- Media Line
- 27 January 2009
The Saudi Arabian cabinet on Monday decided to establish a $5.3-billion fund to support agricultural development by offering soft loans and necessary credit facilities, the Saudi daily newspaper Saudi Gazette reported.
Nograles, Saudi Agriculture minister eyes creation of Saudi-Phils. Special Zone for Peace and Devt.
- Philippine HoR
- 27 January 2009
Speaker Nograles pushed for Saudi-Philippines partnership to develop some 26,000 ha of government property in Central Mindanao into a major agri-industrial production and processing complex.
Madagascar's President Calls For Talks With Main Opponent
- AFP
- 27 January 2009
Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana called Tuesday for talks with his main opponent, Antananarivo Mayor Andry Rajoelina, the day after anti-government protests turned violent.
La grève générale devient une insurrection populaire à Antananarivo
- Temoignages
- 27 January 2009
Des dizaines de milliers de personnes dans la rue, une manifestation a évolué rapidement en insurrection populaire hier dans la capitale.
Nations turn to barter deals to secure food
- Financial Times
- 26 January 2009
Countries struggling to secure credit have resorted to barter and secretive government-to-government deals to buy food, with some contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.I
King Abdullah Initiative for Saudi agricultural investment abroad
- Saudi Arabia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 26 January 2009
Planning these investments was carried out according to the following agricultural investment principles and criteria...
La manifestation Orange de Andry Rajoelina
- Sobika (Madagascar)
- 26 January 2009
Andry Rajoelina a appelé pour Lundi à une grêve générale et s’est déclaré prêt “pour une transition”.