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Bahrain firm signs key India agriculture deal
- Gulf Daily News
- 23 September 2010
Hassan Group will cultivate 4,000 hectares of arable land in India to produce fruits (banana), rice and sugarcane for the Bahraini market.
Norfund invests 10 million dollars in rice production in Tanzania
- Norway
- 22 September 2010
Norfund’s investment will be used to continue expansion of the farm, including preparation of another 2,000 hectares of land, increase in production and storage capacity, machines and equipment
L’Ukraine, nouvelle Mecque de l’agro-business
- ARTE
- 21 September 2010
Qui sème le blé, récolte le pactole… Charles Beigbeder est un homme d’affaire avisé. La crise alimentaire est une aubaine pour certains, elle a fait remonter durablement le prix des céréales. Investir dans la production agricole intensive, c’est l’avenir des chercheurs d’or. Enquête en Ukraine.
Sudan, Spanish agricultural projects shelved
- Jordan Times
- 21 September 2010
Jordan's stalled Sudan agricultural investment project is no longer feasible, as no one will pay the infrastructure costs to transport water.
Bahrain group keen to invest in Sarawak halal food hub
- The Star
- 21 September 2010
An established business group in Bahrain is seeking large tracts of land to grow rice and rear cattles in Malaysia.
Un informe del Banco Mundial reconoce que la “extranjerización” de tierras suma ya más de 46 millones de hectáreas
- Más Producción
- 20 September 2010
Estados nacionales –por cuenta propia o a través de compañías relacionadas– realizaron o están gestionando la compra de tierras productivas localizadas en su mayor parte en naciones de África subsahariana y Latinoamérica. Así lo indica un trabajo reciente del Banco Mundial –publicado el pasado 7 de septiembre– al citar datos recopilados por la ONG internacional GRAIN
Investing in land: the World Bank report on rising global interest in farmland
- Crossing
- 20 September 2010
The overall message from the World Bank's study is deeply confusing, says Ian Scoones
World Agriculture Investment Conference (London, 23-24 Sept 2010)
- FC Business Intelligence
- 20 September 2010
Farmland investors' conference in London.
Pétition contre l’accaparement des terres des pays du Sud
- Oxfam et AVSF
- 20 September 2010
Oxfam France et Agronomes et Vétérinaires Sans Frontières lancent une pétition sur l’accaparement des terres qui menace les agricultures paysannes du sud.
Les appropriations de terres à grande échelle : analyse du phénomène et propositions d'orientation.
- AGTER
- 20 September 2010
Une synthèse des travaux d’experts du foncier et de la sécurité alimentaire.
Large scale land appropriations: Analysis of the phenomenon and proposed guidelines for future action.
- AGTER
- 20 September 2010
A synthesis of contributions from land tenure and global food security experts.
Global AgInvesting Europe 2010 (Geneva, 9-10 Nov 2010)
- Soyatech
- 20 September 2010
Farmland investors' conference in Geneva
Investors seeing farmland as safer bet than stocks
- LA Times
- 19 September 2010
Wary of fluctuations on Wall Street, more wealthy Americans, private funds and foreigners are putting money into parcels of cornfields, fruit orchards and other US agricultural products.
Los dueños de la tierra en Argentina
- Diario Norte
- 19 September 2010
Millones de hectáreas de territorio argentino siguen siendo apropiados por el proceso de extranjerización de tierras, amparado en una legislación que mantiene el espíritu de los 90, una de las más débiles del mundo en cuanto a protección de los recursos naturales.
Tema Manhean residents halt edible oil refinery Project
- GBC
- 18 September 2010
Some natives of Tema Manhean have prevented officials of WILMAR, a Singaporean edible oil refinery company, from developing a piece of land near the naval base which was allegedly sold to the company by the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority.