Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 08-Dec-2010
Times of India | 07-Dec-2010
Indian businessman also has major stakes in farmland investors Ruchi Soya, KS Oils and Equitorial Palm Oil.
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Green Party | 06-Dec-2010
New Zealand’s overseas investment regime will be on the US’ hit list during the Trans Pacific Partnership talks this week.
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Reuters | 06-Dec-2010
Senegal is in talks with Saudi Arabia to lease farmland to grow food of an area nearly four times the size of Manhattan.
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The Telegraph | 05-Dec-2010
The government will act as a facilitator for private industry to buy land abroad to grow pulses, says India's Agriculture Minister.
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Sudan tribune | 05-Dec-2010
Islamabad government is negotiating with Khartoum a way to provide land and family visas to Pakistani farmers to enable them to farm in Sudan.
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Angola Press | 05-Dec-2010
L'Afrique assiste à une migration de fermiers blancs qui quittent l'Afrique du Sud, effrayés par sa criminalité et sa politique de redistribution des terres, pour conquérir les espaces inexploités du reste du continent.
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The National | 05-Dec-2010
Gulf nations need to step up investments in African and South East Asian farmland if the region is to play its part in averting a global food crisis, agriculture experts say.
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Indian Express | 04-Dec-2010
“We have huge land sizes and lot of opportunities. We would like India to come and invest in our country. We will provide land on 90-year lease, security, power and easy bank credit besides simplifying norms,” said Afghanistan Agriculture Minister Mohd Asif Rahimi
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Bloomberg | 04-Dec-2010
A Saudi Arabian investor plans to lease a 5,000 hectare farm and a fruit-processing plant in Zambia, Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said.
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Reuters | 04-Dec-2010
Zambia does not regard leasing farmland to foreign investors as a form of 'colonialism' and is encouraging Gulf countries to invest in its agricultural sector, its finance minister said on Saturday.
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Reuters | 04-Dec-2010
Ghana is negotiating with Qatar to establish a joint venture firm to produce food for both countries, starting with 50,000 hectares.
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Réussir | 02-Dec-2010
Les études de la première tranche ont coûté environ 900 millions de FCFA et le montant de l’indemnisation principalement composée de la compensation des champs, des concessions, des infrastructures communautaires, des villages à créer et d’autres mesures d’accompagnement s’élève à 7 923 247 354 FCFA.
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iProfesional.com | 02-Dec-2010
¿Cuál es la estrategia que fundamenta su, cada vez, mayor presencia en el país? Sencillamente son concientes de que necesitarán de recursos clave para cubrir las necesidades de un territorio que concentra el 20% de la población mundial
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Últimas Noticias | 30-Nov-2010
El Congreso Nacional del MPP analizará una propuesta de la Agrupación Sauce para avanzar con una reforma constitucional que prohíba la venta de campos a favor de extranjeros no residentes
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GRAIN | 29-Nov-2010
Un nuevo informe de GRAIN muestra como hombres de negocios saudíes están llevando a cabo ofertas en África que les daría el control sobre algunas de las tierras agrícolas más productivas del continente.
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The Independent | 09-Nov-2010
In what would be an extraordinary migration, the Georgian government has invited South Africa's farmers to buy up land in the country for next to nothing in exchange for bringing their expertise and knowledge of modern farming methods.
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