Arab agricultural ministers decided to urge government-owned and private companies, as well as Arab financiers and industrialists, to invest in common agricultural projects in qualified countries. The future belongs to those who produce their own food.
Pour couper courts aux rumeurs concernant l’octroi à titre gracieux des terrains de 1,3 million hectares à la société sud coréenne Daewoo Logistics, le ministre de la Réforme foncière, des Domaines et de l’Aménagement du territoire Marius Ratolojanahary a apporté sa version des faits. « Ce projet est encore en phase d’étude », a-t-il déclaré à la presse.
Après les manifs qui se sont déroulés devant l’Ambassade de Madagascar à Paris, vient le tour de l’opposition locale de manifester contre cette affaire.
Questionné sur l’affaire Daewoo, le ministre du MRFAT (Ministère de la Réforme Foncière et de l’Aménagement du Territoire), a donné des éclaircissements sur le fait que cette société n’est pas encore propriétaire du terrain soi-disant déjà acquis et publié dans des journaux étrangers.
Sudan seeks to focus on Arab food security during the Arab Economic Summit, which will kick off on Monday, said Finance and National Economy Minister Awadh Al-Jazz. "We have extensive land plots, and great water and animal resources."
"The only protection against international land-grabbing that we can see for the Philippines is the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill, a bill written by us peasants to protect our right to land and to achieve food security for our country"
« Je réaffirme que ce projet est toujours au stade de prospection, » soutient le ministre de la Réforme foncière et de l’aménagement du territoire, Marius Ratolojanahary.
La empresa India RCPL Food Processing Pvt. Ltda. desea invertir en la agroindustria de Paraguay, que a mediano y largo plazo puede llegar a US$ 500 millones, informó ayer su director, Dr. Satyendra Yaadav.
Lonrho Agriculture will develop 25,000 hectares of agricultural projects in the Provinces of Uige, Zaire and Bengo in Angola.
Land ownership could prove contentious. In the distant past, it was often held by communities as a whole or vested in traditional authorities. State officials now often have the greatest say. That opens the potential for official abuse of yet another valuable resource.
Kuwait granted Cambodia a 546-million-dollar agricultural loan in August in return for crop production.
The government has defended its decision, saying that under the agreement, Qatar will help Kenya develop an equivalent number of hectares for its own food security.
As Kenya prepares to declare a national emergency in response to food shortages, the government's agricultural policies have come under growing scrutiny. A proposed deal to lease land to the government of Qatar for agricultural use has received particular attention.
Sri Lanka has offered farm land to Qatar to grow food on the fertile island.
"Since 2005, the Burmese Government has encouraged investors from China, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Kuwait to invest in contract farms," reports the US mission in Rangoon
