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Household food security in Central Equatoria
- Sudan Tribune
- 21 July 2010
Another approach to achieve food security in South Sudan is to avail land to foreign nationals interested in commercial farming
The impact of Europe’s policies and practices on African agriculture and food security: Land grab study
- FIAN
- 21 July 2010
This report focuses on the role of the EU and its member states in land grabbing in Africa.
Urgent : Mohamed O Abdel Aziz sur le point de brader 50.000 Hectares de terres aux Saoudiens
- CRIDEM
- 20 July 2010
Depuis le 07 de ce mois un avis préfectoral collé sur les murs de la préfecture et destiné au public est venu nous la confirmation de ce qui est en point de devenir le plus grand scandale foncier du siècle inauguré sous l'ère du général putschiste limogé.
Armajaro fait trembler la planète cacao
- Les Afriques
- 20 July 2010
Après l'achat de 241 000 tonnes de fèves de cacao, Anthony Ward veut aller à la conquête des terres arables d’Afrique.
Ukraine: forgotten granary of Europe
- The Guardian
- 20 July 2010
Many Ukrainians now prefer to lease their land rather than work it themselves.
La France entend gérer l’attribution des terres agricoles en Afrique
- Les Afriques
- 20 July 2010
Les investissements privés, réclamés pourtant à cor et à cri par tous les bailleurs de fonds comme seule solution au développement de l’Afrique, semblent être aujourd’hui considérés avec suspicion : les entreprises, notamment non occidentales, doivent passer le grand oral, et les pays africains agir sous tutelle.
Brazil outback lures Argentine farm giant
- DTN
- 20 July 2010
El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.
Hommes et Femmes contre l'accaparement des terres au Sénégal
- ENDA Pronat
- 19 July 2010
Interviews avec des présidents de conseils ruraux, agriculteurs et agricultrices de trois régions du Sénégal.
Cocoa king Anthony Ward is hungry for African food production
- Telegraph
- 19 July 2010
Anthony "Chocfinger" Ward, the commodities trader whose group Armajaro Holdings has just cornered the cocoa market, is planning his next move into food.
Brazilian farmland group set for HK listing
- Financial Times
- 18 July 2010
A farmland development group backed by Jacob Rothschild is to become the first Brazilian company to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange
Standard Bank says set to fund more S.Africa farmers
- Reuters
- 16 July 2010
Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking expansion opportunities across the continent to grow export crops, the bank said on Friday.
Ensuring responsible agricultural investments in the least developed countries and developing countries
- CAS
- 16 July 2010
This note, in English, follows a report by the taskforce on “Transactions of agricultural assets to foreign investors in developing countries” set up by the Centre d’analyse stratégique and chaired by Michel Clavé of Crédit Agricole S.A.
How the FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines can effectively address governance of large-scale land acquisitions
- Global Witness
- 15 July 2010
Global Witness proposes how the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure can best address the macroeconomic impacts of corruption and governance failures in large scale land acquisitions.
Q+A: Will "land grab" rules benefit developing countries?
- Reuters
- 14 July 2010
Opponents of land grabbing say the capital, technology and expertise from large land investments are unlikely to trickle down to poor farmers.
Sugar rush - Chinese firm close to acquiring state-owned factories
- Gleaner
- 14 July 2010
The Chinese firm COMPLANT will purchase the Jamaican government's remaining sugar assets and lease 18,000 ha of the island's cane land for 50-75 years.