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Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food - or simply to make money
« Des agricultures familiales disparaîtront »
2 septembre 2010
Antoine Bouhey explique les méfaits de l’accaparement des terres par de grands investisseurs sur (...)
Foreigners apply to farm maize in Algeria
2 septembre 2010
Algeria's government is considering applications from firms in Europe, the Gulf and Canada to (...)
Warren Buffett estuda comprar terras brasileiras
2 septembre 2010
Por meio da Berkshire Hathaway, uma de suas gestoras de fundos, Buffett está negociando a (...)
Africa: Agri-projects at ‘unprecedented’ levels
2 septembre 2010
The number of investment projects in the agricultural sector in sub-Saharan Africa is at (...)
Comment: Brazil appears to be moving to ban foreign farmland ownership
1er septembre 2010
AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" (...)
African farms lure overseas investment
1er septembre 2010
45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the (...)
Saudi-UK partners to visit Philippines
31 août 2010
Saudi and UK investors will travel to the Philippines in October to discuss "the possibility of (...)
Brasil limita la compra de tierras por extranjeros
31 août 2010
En un esfuerzo por proteger a su sector agropecuario, considerado clave para su desarrollo (...)
Estrangeirização das terras brasileiras
31 août 2010
A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura – Contag – considera a importante à (...)
Fonterra eyes options for China relaunch
30 août 2010
Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as (...)
Africa: up for grabs
30 août 2010
Studies suggest that a third of the land sold or acquired in Africa is intended for fuel crops (...)
Hassad Food to buy sugar project in Brazil
30 août 2010
Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil (...)
Hassad Food to market own brand of rice in Qatar
29 août 2010
The Qatari company is about to bring home the first shipment of its own wheat produced (...)
Black Earth yields fall as Russia wheat hopes fade
28 août 2010
Black Earth Farming a Swedish firm which controls more than 300,000 hectares of Russian (...)
Buying Africa for a song
27 août 2010
UNCTAD believes pension funds, with their apparent focus on reputation, accountability, and the (...)
Le Brésil veut garder ses terres agricoles
27 août 2010
5,5 millions d'hectares seraient passés aux mains d'intérêts étrangers. Une loi voulue par le (...)
Projetos aumentam rigor sobre venda de terra a estrangeiros
27 août 2010
A lei que regulamenta a compra de terras por estrangeiros no Brasil - da qual o governo agora (...)
Empresas nacionais e estrangeiras concentram em ritmo violento a propriedade rural no Brasil
27 août 2010
Os dados apresentados na discussão sobre o limite para compra de terras por estrangeiros (...)
Ethiopia: Fear expressed over India’s massive land grabs in Gambela
26 août 2010
Gambela’s new tag as a land grabbing hub comes as BHO Agro Plc becomes the third Indian firm to (...)
Tanzania: Farmers want a piece of the pie from agro-investors
26 août 2010
As large-scale investors' interest in acquiring vast swathes of land for commercial agriculture (...)
Le Brésil n’est pas à vendre
26 août 2010
Seules des initiatives nationales, telles que celle du Brésil, pourront freiner l’appétit pour la (...)
Controle de compra de terras por estrangeiros não mexe em negócios passados
26 août 2010
O parecer da Advocacia-Geral da União que impõe limite de tamanho e maior controle à aquisição de (...)
Food security growing in investor demand
25 août 2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food (...)
Le Brésil restreint l’achat de terres par des étrangers
25 août 2010
Le gouvernement brésilien a révisé une loi qui limitait l'achat de terres par des étrangers mais (...)
Report on the regional land grabbing workshop (Nairobi, 10-11 June 2010)
25 août 2010
Includes incidences of land grabbing in the region, land grabbing from the supply and demand (...)
Terras: novas regras não têm efeito retroativo
25 août 2010
Para evitar uma guerra jurídica, a Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) garantiu nesta terça-feira que o (...)
ANALYSIS-Brazil ups stakes for foreign investors in farmland
25 août 2010
Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk (...)
Brazil curtails land sales to foreigners
25 août 2010
The Brazilian government has tightened restrictions on unfettered land purchases by foreigners, (...)
Governo limita venda de terras a estrangeiros
25 août 2010
As empresas controladas por estrangeiros não poderão adquirir a partir de agora propriedades (...)
L’appétit des spéculateurs aura des conséquences sociales désastreuses
25 août 2010
Le revers de la médaille, c'est la ruée sur les terres arables de certains Etats et groupes (...)
African agricultural finance under the spotlight
24 août 2010
African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve (...)
Report: Global food security and sovereignty threatened by corporate and government “land grabs” in poor countries
24 août 2010
Since the food crisis of 2008, food justice activists have warned that governments in concert (...)
Nouvelle-Zélande: “Sauvons nos fermes”
24 août 2010
Un collectif d’hommes d’affaires néo-zélandais a lancé une campagne médiatique contre l’achat des (...)
Olam launches NZ Farming Systems counter-offer
24 août 2010
Olam International raised its offer for NZ Farming Systems Uruguay to 70 cents from 55 cents a (...)
The myopia of ‘Save our Farms’
24 août 2010
The creation this week of the 'Save our Farms' campaign to block foreign ownership of New (...)
Senate inquiry calls for audit of foreign-owned agriculture
24 août 2010
An inquiry into food production in Australia has recommended an audit of foreign-owned (...)
Agrowill ups share capital €18 mln
24 août 2010
In an extraordinary shareholder’s meeting Lithuanian agribusiness conglomerate Agrowill agreed (...)
Phone running ‘red hot’ says anti land-sales campaigner
24 août 2010
Auckland lawyer Tony Bouchier says his telephone has been ringing red hot with support for a (...)
Political risks to Saudi farm investment abroad
23 août 2010
New study urges Kingdom to forge strategic alliances with global food giants to facilitate (...)
AGU aprova limite de venda de terras do País a estrangeiros
23 août 2010
O presidente da República e o Advogado-Geral da União aprovaram nesta segunda-feira um parecer da (...)
PM says investment ad campaign goes too far
23 août 2010
Nationwide advertisements have been placed in newspapers today, calling for an end to foreign (...)
Argentina: El Gobierno estudia limitar la extranjerización de tierras y modificar la Ley de Arrendamiento
22 août 2010
El oficialismo trabaja en una nueva Ley de Arrendamiento, que haría eje sobre la diversificación (...)
”É preciso restringir o investimento chinês no Brasil”
22 août 2010
Benjamin Steinbruch, dono da CSN e presidente da Fiesp, diz que chineses podem 'tirar os (...)
Großflächige Landnahme für die Bundesregierung kein Thema
20 août 2010
„Weltweit hungern mittlerweile über eine Milliarde Menschen – ein Grund dafür sind großflächige (...)
Uganda offers farmland for Indian investment
20 août 2010
As India looks at avenues beyond its shores to deal with food security, Uganda, which has (...)
What’s the new global source for fresh, shiny produce? Famine-ridden Ethiopia
19 août 2010
Africa, where one in three people is malnourished, is now growing tomatoes and butter lettuce (...)
Foreign investment fears unfounded: report
18 août 2010
Fears foreign interests have been mounting a major land grab in New Zealand, have been shot (...)
Banque mondiale : en attendant le rapport sur l’accaparement des terres africaines
18 août 2010
La polémique autour de l'accaparement de terres, en particulier en Afrique, est relancée par une (...)
Asian interest boosts Liberia palm oil hopes
18 août 2010
Singapore-listed Golden Agri Resources said it was “actively evaluating” taking a share in a (...)
Emirates seek overseas feed supply
17 août 2010
Abu Dhabi’s Al Dahra Agricultural Company is halfway through a plan involving more than 60,700 (...)
Alarm bells at sovereign funds’ farmlands foray
16 août 2010
Australian Liberal senator Bill Heffernan warns that sovereign wealth funds need to be watched (...)
Tanzania: South Korea set to expand co-operation
16 août 2010
A delegation of Korea experts is expected to arrive in the country to sign a $50 million pact (...)
Back to the land: Land acquisition in the global food economy
16 août 2010
States and mega-corporations are snapping up cheap land to produce food and making money at the (...)
The land rush doesn’t have to end in a poor deal for Africans
16 août 2010
It is not too late for equitable partnerships to flourish between foreign investors and local (...)
Macquarie seeks crop land
16 août 2010
Macquarie Group's agricultural division has launched a new cropping fund that will buy (...)
Gabon Government signs $4.5 billion accords on infrastructure, agriculture
16 août 2010
Singapore-based Olam will develop a palm-oil plantation covering as much as 300,000 hectares in (...)
Le Gabon signe de contrats de 4,5 M USD avec l’Inde et Singapour
15 août 2010
Olam, multinationale basée à Singapour réalisera un programme de développement de 200.000 hectares (...)
Land grab in Africa: Emerging land system drivers in a teleconnected world
14 août 2010
Study reveals that over 50 million hectares are currently assigned in land deals or under (...)
China, Africa forge farming ties
12 août 2010
Joint-venture farms that have China's financial and technical support are the future of (...)
L’Afrique, une terre à louer
12 août 2010
L’ennui, reconnaît la Banque mondiale, c’est que ces investissements, loin d’être une aubaine pour (...)
This time for Africa: Africa calling Indian farmers
11 août 2010
ASSOCHAM, India's apex industry body, has sent a proposal to the external affairs ministry (...)
Alta do investimento chinês remodela conexão com Brasil
11 août 2010
Vinda virtualmente do nada, a China disparou para a posição de maior investidor estrangeiro (...)
Congo offers investment opportunities in agriculture for Indian entrepreneurs
11 août 2010
DRC, with 80 million ha of rich arable soil of which only 5% is cultivated, has invited Indian (...)
Analysis: Surge in Chinese investment reshapes Brazil ties
10 août 2010
From virtually nowhere, China has rocketed to become the biggest foreign direct investor in (...)
Investissements agricoles au Brakna : Les saoudiens à la recherche de l’or vert.
9 août 2010
Par voie d’affichage de deux « avis publics » daté du 7 juillet 2010 l’Etat a informé le public (...)
Risk Kiwis could be ‘tenants in their own land’
9 août 2010
A poll shows 75.5 percent of voters want the rules on foreigners buying NZ farmland tightened, (...)
Terres agricoles en Afrique : en attendant le marché foncier rural
6 août 2010
Là où le bât blesse, c’est dans le prix de la transaction : dans la plupart des pays, il n’y a pas (...)
Nouvelle Constitution du Kenya : un tournant décisif
6 août 2010
Les Kenyans ont adopté hier par référendum une nouvelle Constitution qui, concernant le foncier, (...)
Investors fear re-run of great grain robbery
6 août 2010
Analysts and farming executives say the crisis is likely to accelerate the consolidation of (...)
Aquisição de terras por estrangeiro precisará de aval do Incra
5 août 2010
As medidas, que abrangem o conceito de "consentimento informado", farão parte de um projeto de (...)
Innovations in access to land: Land grab or agricultural investment?
5 août 2010
A four-part piece about the increasing prevalence of large-scale land acquisition or "land (...)
Gulf investors need to look at CIS market
5 août 2010
Since GCC countries have the required financial capacity and advanced financial systems, they (...)
Farmers plan to invest in Zambia – govt
5 août 2010
Indian commercial farmers plan to invest in a new model farm in Zambia, according to the (...)
Foreigners form dummy firms to keep Kenyan land
4 août 2010
Foreign land barons are using millions of shillings to hire elite law firms for advice on how (...)
Parecer da AGU restringe compra de terra por estrangeiro
4 août 2010
Dúvida, no texto levado à aprovação de Lula, é se proibição deve valer também para as compras já (...)
Accaparement et sécurisation des terres arables : End pronat attire l’attention des autorités
4 août 2010
Au Sénégal, ce sont les zones sud qui souffrent le plus de ce phénomène. Et ce sont les femmes qui (...)
Preocupa en Brasil la compra de tierras que inició China también en la Argentina
3 août 2010
Los 'negocios' cambian de sentido cuando la inversión es subordinada a razones estratégicas de un (...)
China compra terras no Brasil
3 août 2010
"Os chineses compraram a África e estão tentando comprar o Brasil", disse o professor Delfim (...)
World Bank’s leaked report on land grabs contradicts its advice to the developing countries
3 août 2010
"Investors are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap, and failing (...)
Terras com estrangeiros e a soberania em risco
2 août 2010
MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros
Australia opposition may tweak foreign investment laws
2 août 2010
Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott said his Liberal-National coalition of center-right (...)
Bunge seeks palm plantation in Indonesia
2 août 2010
US agribusiness group Bunge Ltd is actively scouting out for palm plantations in Indonesia and (...)
Citadel Capital secures loan to develop sorghum plantation in Sudan
1er août 2010
Citadel Capital Corp., an Egyptian private-equity firm with $8.3 billion in investments, said (...)
Citadel firm gets $4.9m Sudan farm loan
1er août 2010
Wafra, Citadel Capital’s agriculture platform in Sudan, said its portfolio firm has obtained a (...)
La Banca e la terra
31 juillet 2010
La Banca mondiale è «un anomale complesso», conclude de Schutter, e da un lato incoraggia i grandi (...)
Sudan to double output, export sugar by 2014
31 juillet 2010
Exports would target markets in the EU, where demand is rising, Sudan's nine neighbours as well (...)
Bird alerta para “tomada” internacional de terras
30 juillet 2010
Investidores em terras agrícolas estão visando países com leis frágeis, comprando terra arável por (...)
World Bank land grab report under fire
29 juillet 2010
The report is due for publication next month, but leaks are already getting out, and causing a (...)
Fears grow we’re selling the golden goose
29 juillet 2010
Public opinion is clearly against the Crafar farms sale on the basis that NZ is "selling the (...)
Coalition backs Greens’ call for register of foreign farm ownership
29 juillet 2010
The Federal Opposition is supporting a call for a national register of foreign purchases of (...)
Liberia: Fertile ground for ambitious Equatorial Palm Oil
28 juillet 2010
The UK-based EPO has almost 170,000 ha of land suitable for sustainable crude palm oil (...)
Arabs mull $65bn food security plan
28 juillet 2010
Arab nations are considering launching an ambitious strategy involving investment of nearly $65 (...)
Greens want foreign ownership register for farming
28 juillet 2010
The Greens have called for a national register of foreign purchases of land and water in (...)
Large investments in agri sector are a step closer to Guyana becoming region’s main food supplier
28 juillet 2010
Guyana investment agency is working with several investors who have interest in large projects (...)
Key fears foreign buys of farmland
28 juillet 2010
Prime Minister John Key yesterday warned of other potential foreign buyers of large tracts of (...)
Hedge funds and the true cost of vulture capitalism
28 juillet 2010
Hedge funds and bankers are buying everything from farmland to mines across the Global South. (...)
Appropriation des terres agricoles du Sud : la communauté mondiale à la recherche d’une éthique
27 juillet 2010
Afin de garantir leurs approvisionnements alimentaires et/ou énergétiques, de nombreux pays (...)
World Bank warns on ‘farmland grab’ trend
27 juillet 2010
Investors in farmland are targeting countries with weak laws, buying arable land on the cheap (...)
Dossier : L’accaparement des terres, une nouvelle forme de colonialisme
27 juillet 2010
Les catholiques d’Action de Carême et les protestants de Pain pour le prochain unissent leurs (...)
National not likely to relax land sale to foreigners
27 juillet 2010
The New Zealand Government has signalled it is unlikely to change overseas investment rules to (...)
Australia, NZ fear foreign buy-up of farmland
27 juillet 2010
New Zealand's Green Party has drafted a bill seeking to stop overseas buyers snapping up large (...)
Labor rejects food security concerns
27 juillet 2010
Critics say Australia's Labor party has failed to come to grips with country's future food (...)
Atelier sur “l’accaparement des terres”
27 juillet 2010
Enda Pronat organise du 3 au 4 août un atelier sur’’ l’accaparement des terres et l’avenir de (...)
Group wants state-led agribusiness firm abolished
26 juillet 2010
A group of food security advocates wants a Philippine government-led corporation that (...)
Overseas Investment (Restriction on Foreign Ownership of Land) Amendment Bill
26 juillet 2010
This Bill is designed to retain ownership and control of sensitive land within New (...)
Brasil prepara plebiscito sobre limite da terra
26 juillet 2010
"Nenhuma propriedade de estrangeiro vem aqui para produzir comida para o povo brasileiro," (...)
A wide open land
26 juillet 2010
As the world's available farming land shrinks in the face of population growth, climate change (...)
Selling the farm
26 juillet 2010
Foreign interests including state-owned companies from China and the Middle East are (...)
Michel Juvet: «Je recommande l’Afrique aux investisseurs patients, c’est le nouveau marché émergent»
24 juillet 2010
"Le fait de donner à un pays étranger une partie de son propre territoire n’est pas nécessairement (...)
Empresas nacionais com capital estrangeiro terão restrições para comprar terrenos no país
24 juillet 2010
O Conselho Nacional de Justiça determinou que os cartórios de registro de imóveis passem a (...)
UAE company to invest in Bulgarian agriculture
23 juillet 2010
UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and (...)
Africa-ME ‘agricultural tie-up ideal’
22 juillet 2010
Africa's untapped agriculture potential make it an ideal partner for resource-constrained (...)
Algeria allows farmland leases for first time
22 juillet 2010
Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland (...)
Takeover bid may struggle after 50.1pc, says broker
22 juillet 2010
If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per (...)
Household food security in Central Equatoria
21 juillet 2010
Another approach to achieve food security in South Sudan is to avail land to foreign nationals (...)
Armajaro fait trembler la planète cacao
20 juillet 2010
Après l'achat de 241 000 tonnes de fèves de cacao, Anthony Ward veut aller à la conquête des (...)
Ukraine: forgotten granary of Europe
20 juillet 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
20 juillet 2010
Les investissements privés, réclamés pourtant à cor et à cri par tous les bailleurs de fonds comme (...)
Brazil Outback Lures Argentine Farm Giant
20 juillet 2010
El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly (...)
Cocoa king Anthony Ward is hungry for African food production
19 juillet 2010
Anthony "Chocfinger" Ward, the commodities trader whose group Armajaro Holdings has just (...)
Brazilian farmland group set for HK listing
18 juillet 2010
A farmland development group backed by Jacob Rothschild is to become the first Brazilian (...)
Standard Bank says set to fund more S.Africa farmers
16 juillet 2010
Standard Bank plans to finance more land deals involving South African farmers seeking (...)
Ensuring responsible agricultural investments in the least developed countries and developing countries
16 juillet 2010
This note, in English, follows a report by the taskforce on “Transactions of agricultural assets (...)
How the FAO’s Voluntary Guidelines can effectively address governance of large-scale land acquisitions
15 juillet 2010
Global Witness proposes how the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of land (...)
Q+A: Will “land grab” rules benefit developing countries?
15 juillet 2010
Opponents of land grabbing say the capital, technology and expertise from large land (...)
Sugar rush – Chinese firm close to acquiring state-owned factories
14 juillet 2010
The Chinese firm COMPLANT will purchase the Jamaican government's remaining sugar assets and (...)
Brazil’s government plans to restrict foreign land ownership
14 juillet 2010
According to the Brazilian Agrarian Development industry, between 2002 and 2008 foreign (...)
The emerging politics of food scarcity
14 juillet 2010
Growing world food insecurity is ushering in a new geopolitics of food scarcity, one where (...)
Harawira wants to outlaw foreign ownership
14 juillet 2010
Maori party maverick MP Hone Harawira wants to ban the sale of New Zealand land to (...)
New Zealand sleeps while land sells
13 juillet 2010
Most other countries have much tighter controls over foreign investment than New (...)
‘Land grabs’ in Namibia: Blessing or curse?
13 juillet 2010
Namibia has not been spared in the proliferating acquisition of agricultural land in developing (...)
Voices from the London International Oromo Workshop
13 juillet 2010
Interviews about the current land grab in the Oromia and Gambela regions with some of the (...)
It’s not such a long way to Africa
12 juillet 2010
Jagjit Singh Hara, a farmer in Jalandhar, has been getting offers from Congo, Namibia and (...)
Big push from foreign investors into PNG
12 juillet 2010
"We have Indonesians and Malaysians coming in and saying we want 100,000 hectares to make PNG a (...)
Food shortages puts rural Asia at risk of international exploitation
12 juillet 2010
The Asian Development Bank is warning the region's rural sector could be expoited by (...)
Punjab farmers take up Ethiopian offer
11 juillet 2010
A group of farmers from Punjab are planning to take 1 lakh hectare land on lease in the African (...)
The GCC stocks the larder against future food crisis
11 juillet 2010
The GCC states are rapidly pursuing contracts for the purchase of land from eastern Africa to (...)
Produire du riz ou investir dans la région de Gambela : la vidéo de propagande du gouvernement éthiopien
11 juillet 2010
La voix de l’Anywaa Survival Organisation s’est élevée contre la politique de cession des terres (...)
Rice Production or Investment in Gambela region, Ethiopian government’s propaganda video
10 juillet 2010
Anywaa Survival Organisation's critique of the Ethiopian government's video presentation of (...)
For better or worse: foreign ownership
10 juillet 2010
At least 24 countries have been given approval to invest in New Zealand's agricultural sector, (...)
SAfrica farmers get land offers in Africa
10 juillet 2010
A South African farmers group said on Friday it had received fresh offers from African states, (...)
The new shifting agriculture: Shopping for fields overseas
10 juillet 2010
Acquiring land elsewhere for cultivation impoverishes farmers there and degrades (...)
Faut-il ouvrir les terres africaines aux investisseurs agricoles étrangers ?
9 juillet 2010
Débat entre deux économistes africains, James Shikwati, directeur de l’Inter Region Network au (...)
A la poursuite de l’or vert
9 juillet 2010
"Pour nos investisseurs de la première heure, la plus-value dégagée est supérieur à 40%," précise (...)
A Debate on Geoengineering: Vandana Shiva vs. Gwynne Dyer
8 juillet 2010
"The land rights of the poor defenseless indigenous person is the biggest peace initiative of (...)
Thousands rally in West Papua: Reject special autonomy, demand referendum on independence
8 juillet 2010
In Merauke, over 1000 people marched to the regional legislature to present their demands, and (...)
Grand reportage : Terres éthiopiennes à louer
8 juillet 2010
Près de 300 investisseurs étrangers cherchent à obtenir de la terre en Ethiopie. Qui sont ces (...)
Karuturi eyes $150M fundraise for Africa push
7 juillet 2010
Private equity firms like Rabo Equity Advisors and IL&FS Investment Managers may be in (...)
In Brief: Manila forum to mull farmland purchases in developing countries
7 juillet 2010
A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July (...)
AgriNurture acquires mango exporter company
7 juillet 2010
ANI is one of the few accredited companies that have the capacity and license to export fresh (...)
Chinese bid sparks foreign ownership debate
7 juillet 2010
Calls for an overhaul of rules governing foreign ownership of farm land increased in New (...)
Hassad to produce rice abroad for Qatar market
7 juillet 2010
State-backed food producing and marketing giant, Hassad Food Company, has plans to produce rice (...)
Sudan mega-project hits new snag
7 juillet 2010
Discussions are at a standstill after investors, a joint Arab-foreign company based in the (...)
Indonesia: Demand for palm oil fuels land-grabbing
6 juillet 2010
Communities throughout Indonesia are losing land to companies seeking to profit from the (...)
Natural Dairy lodges OIO application
6 juillet 2010
Hong Kong-based Natural Dairy says it has relodged its application with the Overseas Investment (...)
Malaysia’s Sugar King Kuok has gone global
6 juillet 2010
Wilmar, which already owns 200,000 ha of sugar cane plantations in Indonesia, said it intended (...)
Foreign investors buy up African farmland, sparking fears of a new colonialism
6 juillet 2010
While some North African countries are selling land, others struggling with dry climates are (...)
Crafar bid by Landcorp endorsed by PM
6 juillet 2010
Prime Minister John Key is endorsing Landcorp's bid for the 16 Crafar family farms that are in (...)
Rice/Cassava: Vietnamese, Chinese set to boost production in Edo
5 juillet 2010
Vietnamese and Chinese investors will cultivate 10,000 acres and 15,000 acres of land for rice (...)
PM admits ‘concern’ about sale of Crafar farms
3 juillet 2010
Prime Minister John Key does not believe the sale of "very large tracts of land" to foreign (...)
L’Ukraine ambitionne de redevenir un “grenier à céréales” mondial
2 juillet 2010
Nombre d'Ukrainiens préfèrent louer leurs droits fonciers plutôt que d'exploiter leur (...)
Tunisia to lease farmland to foreigners -official
2 juillet 2010
Tunisia plans to lease over 9,641 hectares of farmland to foreign investors this year to help (...)
Libyan Arab Foreign Investment Company seeking investment in Brazil agriculture projects
1er juillet 2010
Libya has mobilised investment funds and is seeking area for production and export of (...)
Unctad “olvida” amenazas reales para agricultores de África
30 juin 2010
El último informe de Unctad sobre ciencia y tecnología repite el llamado a una "revolución verde" (...)
Déclaration finale de la 2ème édition du « forum des Sans » à Bamako
28 juin 2010
Le forum constate que l’accaparement des terres en milieu rural et urbain (NTABACORO, (...)
Inquiet pour sa sécurité alimentaire, le Brésil essaie de limiter les cessions de terres aux étrangers
25 juin 2010
Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter (...)
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