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Analysis: Land grab or development opportunity?
- BBC
- 21 February 2012
Promoting agricultural development in Africa and addressing the world's food security challenges requires investing in farmers - not in farmland, says Lorenzo Cotula.
Les ayants-droit coutumiers de Boma-Bungu protestent contre l’accaparement de leurs terres
- ACP
- 21 February 2012
Les ayants-droit coutumiers de Boma-Bungu (RDC) ont organisé une marche de protestation mercredi à Boma pour dénoncer l’accaparement de leurs terres par la société des Grands élevages de Boma.
Uruguay: Senado podrá autorizar en el agro acciones al portador
- El País
- 21 February 2012
Consolidado el polémico impuesto a la concentración de la tierra (ICIR), que grava a los campos con más de 2.000 hectáreas, el gobierno y el Frente Amplio (FA) prevén incluir en la discusión en 2012 nuevas normas dirigidas al campo para frenar el proceso de extranjerización.
Liberia : Accaparement des terres ou opportunité de développement ?
- IRIN
- 21 February 2012
Des centaines de villageois et d'habitants des villes du comté de Grand Cape Mount ont attiré l'attention de toute la population libérienne afin de récupérer des terres qu'ils considèrent comme leur appartenant, mais qui ont été saisies et cédées à un groupe agro-industriel malaisien.
Africa seeks equitable trade terms with Gulf countries
- Gulf News
- 20 February 2012
African officials have called for greater equity and fairness in trade with the GCC countries that use agricultural land in Africa to feed their populations while famines continue to ravage the continent.
Ensuring food security of the UAE
- Gulf News
- 20 February 2012
In an effort to improve food security, the government has been investing in agriculture projects abroad, especially in Vietnam, Cambodia, Egypt, Pakistan, Romania, Sudan and the Americas, to secure food supplies and safeguard against market fluctuations.
Asian companies seek greener pastures in Russian Far East
- Asahi Shimbun
- 20 February 2012
Since food prices jumped in the period from 2006 to 2008, efforts to borrow land in the Russian Far East for agriculture have spread rapidly.
Al Ghurair to seal 99-year farmland lease in Sudan
- Gulf News
- 20 February 2012
Al Ghurair Foods is acquiring 100,000 hectares of farmland in Sudan to grow grain, a move in line with the UAE's efforts to address food security concerns, according to company chairman Essa Abdullah Al Ghurair.
BBC Africa debate
- BBC
- 20 February 2012
This Friday, February 24th, BBC Africa will broadcast a debate from Freetown Sierra Leone on international farmland deals in Africa - or Land grabbing as it’s commonly known. Listeners can join the discussion on social media.
Toughen land laws for foreign buyers: poll
- AAP
- 20 February 2012
A new poll has shown more than three-quarters of New Zealanders want to make it tougher to sell land to foreigners.
Large-scale commercial farming in Africa
- Hindu Business Line
- 19 February 2012
According to Rana Kapoor, head of India's Yes Bank, Africa offers immense opportunity in terms of investment in large-scale commercial farming, quoting rates of return of 18-21% and above.
Obasanjo challenges African leaders on food production
- NAN
- 18 February 2012
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, speaking at the signing of an agreement between the Federal government, Tabara and Dominion Farms of the US, has challenged African leaders to find a lasting solution to food shortages in Africa
«Il faut rompre le silence qui règne autour de l'accaparement des terres»
- Le Courrier
- 18 February 2012
Pain pour le prochain soutient les paysans d'Afrique de l'Ouest dans leur combat pour la subsistance face aux ambitions des investisseurs étrangers. Au Bénin, certains s'unissent pour faire pression sur le gouvernement.
Liberia: Land grab or development opportunity?
- IRIN
- 17 February 2012
Hundreds of villagers and town residents of Liberia’s Grand Cape Mount Country have attracted nationwide attention in their bid to recover what they say is land seized from them and turned over to a Malaysian agro-industrial concern.
La justice néo-zélandaise bloque la vente de fermes laitières à un investisseur chinois
- Commodesk
- 17 February 2012
La haute cour de Nouvelle-Zélande annule l’autorisation accordée fin janvier par le gouvernement de la vente de 16 fermes laitières à un investisseur chinois. Selon le juge, le gouvernement a surestimé les bénéfices économiques de la transaction.