"We are seeing a land grab bigger than anywhere else in the world, and it has attracted a mighty cast of characters," says Kingsmill Bond, chief strategist at Troika Dialog, a Moscow brokerage firm.
Egypt will receive a number of UAE delegations next month to discuss proposals involving agriculture, land reclamation and the food industry in southern Egypt, as well as infrastructure and renewable energy projects.
The reported land deal between Kenya and Qatar is not unique. The Philippines Department of Agrarian Reform said in 2007 it was looking at large tracts of land for agribusiness development under a MoU signed with China. The memo calls for the development of land to grow hybrid corn, rice and sorghum.
C’est seulement lors d'une conférence le 9 décembre 2008, à l'Institut des Sciences Politiques à Paris, que nous avons appris les dessous de cette affaire
Les organitzacions no governamentals pensen que la compra de terres per part d’inversors estrangers reforça aquest model industrial, amb el qual estan en desacord. «L’alimentació al món avui dia no és un problema de quantitat sinó d’accés».
Walden Bello said that many of the deals were struck in dysfunctional and corruption-ridden nations, and rejected claims the land being signed away is of poor quality, and that the projects will bring jobs and improve infrastructure. “What we’re talking about is private parties using state contracts to enrich themselves,” he said. “It’s an intersection of corrupt governments and land-hungry nations.”
A privately held US investment firm entered into an agricultural investment with a company controlled by the son of a South Sudanese general.
Visiblement, le dossier semble encore bien opaque aux yeux de la presse locale et des habitants, qui s’interrogent sur les bénéfices réels d’une telle opération pour leur pays. Confrontés à une médiatisation internationale, le gouvernement et Daewoo seraient-ils en train de revoir leur copie sur les conditions et l’ampleur du contrat ?
Battant le fer tant qu’il est chaud, l’opposition continue son chassé-croisé avec l’État. Elle compte porter plainte contre l’État dans l’affaire de vente de terrains à la société coréenne Daewoo.
Cette « location » de terres malgaches pour 99 ans - renouvelable - par Daewoo est inacceptable
As investment-starved Pakistan puts its 1.1 million acres of agriculture land on the auction block next year, farmers wonder what it would mean for food security and social fabric of the country.
Una volta ci sarebbero state guerre su guerre, oggi, invece, la partita si gioca sui campi di grano e non su quelli di battaglia.
Los defensores del modelo de poner a producir las tierras desde los gobiernos, inversionistas o grandes corporaciones argumentan que se generan puestos de trabajo, que se hace rendir tierras ociosas y que se producen alimentos. Pero en ese análisis falta el principal elemento. La pobreza en el mundo reside en el campo, precisamente por modelos como éste.
The area around Tana Delta which the government seeks to lease to the Qatari is of immense strategic value. It is fertile, has fresh water and, more importantly, is located in a region that has the highest potential oil and gas deposits in the country as well as other mineral deposits.
Le Comité national d'observation des élections a demandé des explications aux autorités malgaches, à propos de l'éventuelle acquisition d'une importante superficie de terrain par les Coréens de Daewoo.
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