Wilmar's take-over of Sucrogen gave the company a significant amount of cane land that it increased with the purchase of additional farms to guarantee cane supply, outbidding local farmers for land.
Prime minister's adviser on science and innovation wants Australian companies to consider buying land in Mozambique to counterbalance foreign purchases of farming land in Australia and shore up Australia's food supply.
The UAE has purchased thousands of acres of arable land in Sudan to grow products for the home market, while Bahraini investors help meet demand in the kingdom from farmland bought in Thailand and the Philippines.
Alors que les missiles Tomahawks tombent sur la Libye, les activités économiques et financières du clan Kadhafi continuent normalement en Afrique et au monde entier.
On October 25, 2010 the company signed a Protocol d'Accord with the Ministry of Agriculture to survey and map additional underutilized land in Guinea estimated to be up to 1.5 million hectares of combined area and prepare it for third party development under 99-year leases.
The Australian Parliament has moved to quell some of the anxieties surrounding a perceived foreign buy-up of local land, last week passing a motion regarding foreign ownership of agricultural land and agribusiness.
Investors pour $140m into an acquisition warchest raised by Kernel Holding, and $250m to support expansion plans at farm operator Mriya Agro.
Some claim it’s for food security, some say it’s a land grab
Convention stratégique (Strategic agreement) entre la société West Africa Farms (WAF) et la Communauté rurale de Ngnith au Sénégal
El ministro de Agricultura, Julián Domínguez, aseguró ayer que el proyecto que enviará el Poder Ejecutivo al Congreso está avanzado.
LPC-U exprime sa vive indignation suite à la signature par le Gouvernement congolais et des fermiers Sud-africains d'un accord portant sur la cession par le Congo de 80 000ha de terres arables.
Entretien avec Ambroise Mazal, chargé de mission au CCFD-Terre solidaire
Foreign ownership of Australian land and agribusiness will soon be monitored.
Vast tracts of farmland in poor nations being gobbled up by foreign investors could undermine small farmers' rights and food security in the host countries
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Socfin's response on Mbonjo case
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