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Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 16 June 2010
Sai R Karuturi, founder and MD of Karuturi Global, says the company has acquired a very large piece of land in Ethiopia and has started agricultural production from it.
Acquiring farmland abroad
- Financial Express
- 16 June 2010
The Indian government is encouraging private companies to shop for land in countries like Canada, Myanmar, Australia and Argentina to grow crops under long-term supply contracts.
Towards a broader view of the politics of global land grab
- TNI
- 15 June 2010
The political dynamics around land are further exposing the inappropriateness of the aggressively promoted mainstream ‘toolkit’ of ‘land governance’.
Bénin : Des terres cultivables bradées à des groupes financiers étrangers
- La Nouvelle Tribune
- 15 June 2010
Ce sont les communes de Djidja et de Za-Kpota dans le Zou qui battent le record avec près de 50% des terres cultivables aux mains de ces firmes étrangères.
OECD upbeat on getting foreign farm investor code
- Reuters
- 15 June 2010
"It's not something that is going to take too long, it's not rocket science," Angel Gurria, secretary-general of the OECD, said of the planned guidelines on agriculture.
La nouvelle bataille du blé entre l'Amérique et la Russie
- Les Echos
- 14 June 2010
La flambée des prix agricoles de 2008 a déclenché en Russie une ruée sur les terres agricoles des investisseurs britanniques, chinois, suédois et coréens. Aujourd'hui, la Russie exporte 14 % du total mondial du marché de blé.
Terres préemptées, néo-colonialisme renforcé
- CADTM
- 14 June 2010
Après avoir appauvri les peuples du Sud par une mainmise sur l’exploitation de leurs richesses, la finance internationale s’attaque maintenant à l’appropriation directe de leurs territoires.
Noble invests in palm oil production in Indonesia
- Noble Group
- 14 June 2010
The Company intends to develop approximately 32,500 ha of land for palm oil production in Sorong Regency, West Papua Province, Indonesia.
Indian companies get into commercial farming in Africa
- Economic Times
- 13 June 2010
Indian tea companies, among others, are making a beeline to acquire estates in Africa. And the government is facilitating their hunt for good deals.
Transnational ‘land grabbing’ now a global concern
- Malaya Business Insight
- 13 June 2010
"Land grabbing" will be featured on the agenda of a high-level conference on the rice industry in November 2010 in Vietnam, where 17 agricultural ministers will be in attendance.
New Saudi company leases Asia land for rice
- Financial Times
- 13 June 2010
TADCO subsidiary has already arranged leases in Cambodia, Vietnam, Pakistan and the Philippines for export production of aromatic and long grain basmati rice.
AAF Code of conduct for land acquisition and land use in agricultural and agribusiness projects
- Phatisa
- 13 June 2010
The African Agriculture Fund and its portfolio companies commit themselves to these principles and guidelines in undertaking agricultural and agribusiness investments across Africa.
Kingdom, Philippines bound by strong ties
- Arab News
- 12 June 2010
Philippines Ambassador to Saudi Arabia reveals how plans have been forged to provide lands in Mindanao to Saudi businessmen.
Indonesia sees rice crop up, seeks Gulf farm investment
- Reuters
- 12 June 2010
Indonesia aims to attract Gulf Arab investors to develop "sleeping land" says Agriculture Minister during meetings with businessmen in Riyadh.
India-Mercosur talks will highlight food security, trade
- Financial Express
- 12 June 2010
"A large [Indian] agri-export company is already in advanced stages of discussions with the Paraguayan government and may announce its foray into the country shortly” says Paraguay’s ambassador in New Delhi,