Ethiopia offers longer tax holidays, more land for flower growers
(By: William Davison – Bloomberg) Ethiopia, Africa’s second-biggest flower grower, is offering expanded tax breaks and more land in a drive to more than double export revenue from the crop to $530...
View ArticleSurvival Int’l: Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry
SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE Land grabs in Ethiopia leave tribes hungry on World Food day Violent land grabs in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley are displacing tribes and preventing them from...
View ArticleBriefing: Research findings on "land grab" deals
“Land-grab” deals involving multinationals in developing countries have often been seen as detrimental to food security and the livelihoods of millions of small farmers, but a new study puts such deals...
View ArticleIndigenous peoples’ autonomy: Missing in the land grab debate
(Daniel Berhane) In 2007, in his annual conference with representatives of the Ethiopian youth, drawn from all over the country, the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was asked why the government...
View ArticleOakland Inst.| Ethiopia’s land grab nightmare of the Suri People
PRESS RELEASEEngineering Ethnic ConflictThe Toll of Ethiopia’s Plantation Development on the Suri PeopleNovember 10, 2014. Read more Oakland Inst.| Ethiopia’s land grab nightmare of the Suri People at...
View ArticleAl-Amoudi to Invest $100 Million in Ethiopian Farm
(William Davison) Saudi Star Agricultural Development Plc, an Ethiopian company owned by billionaire Mohamed al-Amoudi,. Read more Al-Amoudi to Invest $100 Million in Ethiopian Farm at Horn Affairs
View ArticleKaruturi under the spotlight
(Berhanu Fekade) * Officials fretful on loan repayment, land lease and country’s image * CEO. Read more Karuturi under the spotlight at Horn Affairs
View ArticleEthiopia cancels Karuturi’s 100 thousand hc. farmland contract
Ethiopian government disclosed today the cancellation of Karuturi Global Ltd. land lease contract. The Indian. Read more Ethiopia cancels Karuturi’s 100 thousand hc. farmland contract at Horn Affairs
View ArticleEthiopia: The billionaire’s farm
(Tom Burgis – Financial Times) Saudi Star’s proprietor, a Saudi-Ethiopian tycoon named Mohammed al-Amoudi, has. Read more Ethiopia: The billionaire’s farm at Horn Affairs
View ArticleLand Grabbing Cases in Mekelle & Wukro
(Haile Tessema) Residents of Mekelle and visitors to the regional capital would be familiar with. Read more Land Grabbing Cases in Mekelle & Wukro at Horn Affairs
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