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China’s foreign farming policy: can land provide security?
- BICCS
- 24 November 2008
China’s increasing dependence on foreign farming requires the European Union to take several measures.
Razzia des pays riches sur les terres cultivables
- Courrier International
- 24 November 2008
Afin d'accroître leur production agricole, certains pays occidentaux tentent de mettre la main sur des millions d'hectares au détriment des petits fermiers et des producteurs locaux.
Countries Resort To Bartering
- National Public Radio
- 24 November 2008
A worldwide food shortage mixed with a global credit crisis has some countries getting creative. They're bartering food for other essentials. Javier Blas of Financial Times talks to Madeleine Brand about which nations are striking deals and what they're trading.
Madagascar : La Corée du Sud loue la moitié des terres arables malgaches
- Global Voices
- 23 November 2008
La Corée du Sud vient de louer la moitié des terres arables de Madagascar, selon le Financial Times. Ceci provoque un vigoureux débat dans la blogosphère malgache sur la souveraineté des Malgaches sur leurs terres et sur le développement économique.
Madagascar: South Korean Land Deal Sparks Controversy
- Global Voices
- 23 November 2008
South Korea has just leased half of all the arable land in Madagascar according to the Financial Times. This has stirred quite a debate in the Malagasy blogosphere about land sovereignty and economic development.
The Breadbasket of South Korea: Madagascar
- Time Magazine
- 23 November 2008
Tenant farming was popular in rural America until the Dust Bowl years of the Depression, but the practice is making a comeback on an epic scale in much of Africa.
What ails Sudan’s agricultural sector
- Arab News
- 22 November 2008
Saudi Arabia is in a better position to forge politico-economic partnerships with other countries with a view to achieving food security. The best partner in this respect is Sudan, known as the food basket of the Arab world. But foreigners are reluctant to invest in Sudan and the efforts made by the Sudanese government to overcome this reluctance have not met with much success.
Daewoo dément les informations de la presse
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 22 November 2008
Daewoo logistics dément l’information selon laquelle un terrain de 1,3 million d'hectares a été octroyé à titre gratuit à Daewoo.
Rich countries launch great land grab to safeguard food supply
- The Guardian
- 22 November 2008
Rich governments and corporations are triggering alarm for the poor as they buy up the rights to millions of hectares of agricultural land in developing countries in an effort to secure their own long-term food supplies.
Daewoo Logistic Corporation press release
- Daewoo Logistics Coprporation
- 21 November 2008
"There is not yet any discussion about the fee because it will depend on the contract later, therefore the information released that DWL acquired a land for free is incorrect."
Mega maize project in Madagascar planned
- All About Feed
- 21 November 2008
The South Korean company Daewoo Logistics wants to use 1 million hectares in Madagascar to grown maize. The company also wants to plant palm oil on the island.
Madagascar: South Korea corn deal not sealed yet
- Reuters
- 21 November 2008
Madagascar has denied reaching agreement with South Korea's Daewoo Logistics to let it plant more than 1 million hectares of food crops on the Indian Ocean island.
Le projet Daewoo dans le flou.
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 21 November 2008
Panja Ramanoelina, ministre de l'Agriculture, de l'élevage et de la pêche, et Marius Ratolojanahary, ministre de l'Aménagement du territoire, de la réforme foncière et des domaines insistent sur le fait que le projet agricole de Daewoo Corporation n'en est qu'au stade de prospection de terrains.
La Corée du Sud relance la course aux terres agricoles
- Le Monde
- 20 November 2008
La chute du cours des céréales sur les marchés mondiaux n'a pas stoppé la course aux terres agricoles par les pays qui en manquent.
Madagascar : Daewoo gagne le gros lot
- Courrier International
- 20 November 2008
Le sud-coréen Daewoo va se lancer dans la culture de maïs et la production d'huile de palme à Madagascar, où le groupe bénéficie d'une licence d'exploitation de terres immenses pour une durée de quatre-vingt-dix-neuf ans.