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Libya Eyes Cultivating Wheat in Ukraine
- Alarab Online
- 21 November 2007
Libya plans to invest in the production of wheat in Ukraine on a surface of 100.000 hectares, in order to provide for the totality of its requirements
Japan Mitsui affiliate buys Brazil farmland
- Reuters
- 13 November 2007
Brazilian grain broker Multigrain SA has bought 100,000 hectares of farmland and related operations in Brazil to secure a stable supply of soybeans and other farm produce, Japan's Mitsui & Co Ltd, a part owner of holding company Multigrain AG, said on Tuesday.
Western Australia: Big money to buy up the family farm
- YouTube
- 25 October 2007
Agricultural land trusts and corporate players may take a bigger chunk of Australia's arable land with global market dynamics making rural land purchases more attractive investments.
Seedlings of evil growing in Myanmar
- Asia Times
- 23 August 2007
A military-driven Chinese hybrid rice-for-opium crop-substitution program in the northern part of Myanmar's Shan state has resulted in four consecutive years of poor harvests and driven many ethnic-minority farmers into heavy debt or out of rice farming altogether.
China, Mozambique: old friends, new business
- ISN Security Watch
- 13 August 2007
In 2006, Beijing and Maputo signed a memorandum of understanding concerning the creation of a massive agricultural project in the Zambezi river valley area.
Investissements Emiratis au Maroc : De gros contrats dès juillet prochain
- Gazette du Maroc
- 25 June 2007
Al Qudra a fondé la société Ikhlas spécialisée dans la production et la distribution de l’huile d’olive et il vient de prendre une option dans la création d’une société mixte dans le secteur des pêches maritimes
Convention sur les conditions de cession et de bail des terres entre le Mali et China Light Industrial Corporation (2007)
- Mouvement des sans voix
- 30 April 2007
Contrat d'octroi de 20,000 ha entre le Mali et une société Chinoise pour la production de canne à sucre.
Bail emphytéotique Mali-UEMOA deux parcelles de l’Office du Niger 2007
- JO Mali
- 23 April 2007
Décret n°07-141/P-RM portant autorisation d’attribution sous forme de bail emphytéotique à l’Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine (UEMOA) de deux parcelles de terrain dans la zone de l’Office du niger
To Fortify China, Soybean Harvest Grows in Brazil
- New York Times
- 06 April 2007
China’s global scramble for natural resources is leading to a transformation of agricultural trading around the world.
Le Maroc envisage de céder des terrains agricoles en crédit-bail à des investisseurs privés
- Magharebia
- 04 April 2007
Le Maroc a récemment annoncé son intention de louer 116 fermes à des investisseurs privés, pour tenter d'accroître l'efficacité et la productivité dans des secteurs agricoles clés.
Easier farmland purchases for foreigners could threaten Czech farmers
- Radio Praha
- 22 February 2007
The Czech government has recently backed proposed legislation that should make it easier for foreigners from EU countries to buy Czech farmland.
16.000 hectares de terres agricoles mises en valeur par des investisseurs saoudiens au Niger
- APA
- 03 January 2007
Le gouvernement nigérien et trois groupes saoudiens ont signé un contrat de concessions rurales portant sur la mise en valeur d’une superficie de 15.922 hectares de terres agricoles dans la région de Dosso
Dominion domination: The scandal of Yala Swamp
- Ujamaa Center
- 16 December 2006
“MPs want ActionAid to keep off”, screams the caption of a story in the East African Standard of January 3, 2006. The story is attributed to MPs Oburu Odinga and Ayiecho Olweny who claim that the NGO is inciting residents of trouble ridden Yala Swamp rice scheme in which American investor Dominion Group of Companies has been embroiled in a tussle with the community over issues of land dispossession
Wikileaks: The great land grab
- Wikileaks
- 30 June 2006
"Economic development is spurring a land grab in broad areas of the country, and the poorest Lao are paying the price," reports the US Embassy in Vientiane
Japanese firms tap China's farming industry
- Gov.cn
- 03 June 2006
Three Japanese firms, including two on the Fortune magazine's world top 500 list, have jointly leased 100 hectares of farmland in east China's Shandong Province, to become the first foreign investors in China's farming industry.