• Gulf firms wary of investing in southern Sudan
    • Reuters
    • 20 December 2010

    Political uncertainty and fear of conflict will deter several Gulf firms from investing in southern Sudan as it prepares for a referendum next month that will likely lead to the creation of the world's newest nation.

  • Outsourced African farming threatens to alienate locals
    • The National
    • 20 December 2010

    Not since Belgium's King Leopold turned the Congo into his personal market-garden has so much land been allocated to offshore nations.

  • Congo: un agro-industriel malaisien va investir 300 millions de dollars
    • AFP
    • 20 December 2010

    Une société malaisienne prendra contrôle de 470.000 hectares au Congo, sous forme de concession, pour la production des palmiers à l'huile, a annoncé samedi le ministre de l’agriculture, Rigobert Maboundou.

  • Egypt’s takeover of Sudan’s Gezira scheme
    • Sudan Tribune
    • 19 December 2010

    News of the deal has aroused very vehement protest from the Sudanese Farmer’s Union and the tenants in the Gezira Scheme.

  • Río Negro, Argentina: Convenio de entrega
    • Foro Permanente por una Vida Digna
    • 18 December 2010

    El referido acuerdo dado a conocer a través del pedido del Concejo Deliberante de Viedma resume un vergonzoso "Compendio de Instrucciones" para la entrega de un territiorio argentino, para el dominio de un país extranjero.

  • Fears growing over land grabs
    • Japan Times
    • 18 December 2010

    It may appear contradictory for the Japanese government to support aggressive investment in overseas land while seeking ways to restrict purchases by foreign interests at home.

  • Atama plantation entend investir dans l'agro-industrie
    • JTV-Congo
    • 17 December 2010

    La société Atama plantation de la Malaisie entend investir plus de 150 millions de Franc CFA pour la mise en œuvre des complexes agro-industriels de palme à huile sur une superficie totale de 169 000 ha au Congo.

  • La política del acaparamiento mundial de tierras
    • TNI
    • 16 December 2010

    Argüimos que la dinámica política en torno a la tierra pone en creciente evidencia lo inapropiado del ‘conjunto de herramientas’ para la ‘gobernanza de la tierra’ que promueven de forma implacable las corrientes preponderantes.

  • Foreign investment in Australian farm land: domestic scrutiny is on the horizon
    • Lexology
    • 16 December 2010

    The shift of power in Australia’s Federal Parliament, which is now largely in the hands of a few independents representing rural and regional constituencies, combined with the increasingly vocal calls for scrutiny of foreign investment has sent signals of a more protectionist stance for Australian agriculture.

  • Investors set to inject billions into agriculture
    • The Citizen
    • 16 December 2010

    In Kilombero District, Tanzania large swathes of land are being earmarked for large-scale rice production.

  • « Il faut aller vers une réforme foncière concertée »
    • Sud Online
    • 16 December 2010

    L’Etat doit arriver à concilier la sécurisation des exploitations familiales et l’agro-business pour assurer une sécurité alimentaire au Sénégal, selon cheikh Omar Bâ

  • Land grab fears for Ethiopian rural communities
    • BBC
    • 15 December 2010

    A controversial new farms policy has led to a number of arrests and the killings of 10 local farmers, say local activists.

  • SA farmers set sights on Moz
    • Reuters
    • 13 December 2010

    More South African farmers expect to receive land offers in Mozambique as they seek to expand across Africa amid uncertainty over land reform at home, an official from a mostly white farmers group said

  • Sierra Leone: Macht ADDAX nur leere Versprechen?
    • Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst
    • 13 December 2010

    20 Millionen Euro investiert die Schweizer Firma ADDAX Bioenergy in Sierra Leone. Doch was ist dran an den Versprechen des Schweizer Konzerns?

  • Saudi food from Saudi farms ... in Australia?
    • Arab News
    • 12 December 2010

    If former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has his way, Saudi Arabia will produce its food in Australia.

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