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Egypt: Turning deserts into fields
- IRIN
- 10 January 2013
A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to visit Sudan later this year to examine the possibility of growing wheat on as many as 470,000 hectares of Sudanese land.
Suisse: Campagne œcuménique de carême 2013 sur l’accaparement des terres
- Apic
- 10 January 2013
"Sans terre, pas de pain !", tel est le leitmotiv de la campagne de carême 2013 qui se déroule du Mercredi des cendres 13 février, date de l’entrée en carême, au dimanche 31 mars, fête de Pâques.
China fund vying for stake in Australia dairy
- Wall Street Journal
- 09 January 2013
China's sovereign-wealth fund is one of three large funds vying to take a stake in Australian dairy company Van Diemen's Land Co.
Swiss boutique sets up responsible farmland investment hub
- Responsible Investor
- 09 January 2013
EBG Capital, a Swiss environmental investment boutique led by two former Credit Suisse executives, has launched an “information hub” for asset owners and managers that want to invest in farmland responsibly.
Poland farmers protest sale of land to foreign multinationals
- Digital Journal
- 08 January 2013
In four cities in Poland, farmers are demonstrating against Polish farmland being sold to foreign multinationals. Now they need international support for their protests.
China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
- 08 January 2013
Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world’s largest importer.
Ethiopia made in China : La course au land-grabbing
- Rue88
- 08 January 2013
L’Inde, autre puissante émergente, a elle-aussi pigé l’aubaine des appels du pied de Zenawi. Mais plutôt que de miser sur la production manufacturière où il est difficile de concurrencer l’atelier chinois, New Delhi s’est rabattu sur le gâteau agricole.
Land grabbing, investment principles and plural legal orders of land use
- CPL
- 07 January 2013
A rights-based vision as brought forward by the FAO guidelines still bears the risk of reinforcing unequal local power structures. Instead, more long-term strategies for the protection of customary rights are required. Thus, a moratorium on ‘land grabs’ would be most appropriate.
A parched future: Global land and water grabbing
- 3quarksdaily
- 07 January 2013
Rulli and colleagues estimate that global land grabbing is associated with the grabbing of 308 billion m3 of green water (i.e. rain water) and an additional grabbing of blue water that can range from 11 billion m3 (current irrigation practices) to 146 billion m3 (maximal irrigation) per year. To put these numbers in perspective, the average daily household consumption of water in the UK is 150 liters (0.15 m3) per person.
Vote du code foncier: la société civile en appelle à la conscience des députés pour une loi consensuelle
- L'Evènement Précis
- 07 January 2013
Le projet de loi sur le code foncier introduit au parlement du Bénin depuis quelques jours attire l’attention des OSC par rapport à un certains nombre d’articles qui créent la polémique.
Punjabi farmers find pastures new (and cheap) in Georgia
- The Guardian
- 07 January 2013
High land prices are forcing Indians to till the more welcoming soils of the Caucasus
EBG Capital key performance indicators for farmland investing
- Responsible Agri Investments
- 07 January 2013
EBG Capital, global environmental investment boutique based in Zürich, Switzerland, is developing a membership-based voluntary reporting system on responsible farmland investing that revolves around "key performance indicators".
Land rush – why poverty?
- Land Rush – Why Poverty?
- 06 January 2013
75% of Mali's population are farmers, but rich, land-hungry nations like China and Saudi Arabia are leasing Mali's land in order to turn large areas into agribusiness farms. Many Malian peasants do not welcome these efforts, seeing them as yet another manifestation of imperialism.
Agricon Global Corporation announces signing letter of intent to merge with Africa Farmlands, Inc.
- Market Wire
- 04 January 2013
Agricon has negotiated terms to acquire 12,000 hectares plus several additional opportunities for the acquisition of over 50,000 hectares in Ghana.
Mamadou Sangafowa Coulibaly : "La Côte d'Ivoire n'exploite que 42% de ses terres arables"
- Jeune Afrique
- 04 January 2013
Les groupes Louis Dreyfus, Mimran, Nobel, Cevital, Sifca et Olam sont tous intéressés par la production de riz en Côte d’Ivoire.