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Los Grobo says Brazil expansion to spur revenue
- Reuters
- 01 June 2012
Los Grobo plans to expand its cultivation in Brazil to 90,000 hectares in the 2012/13 crop year from 60,000 hectares today.
Qatar’s farm fund to target grain, wool exports from Australia
- Bloomberg
- 01 June 2012
Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, with an estimated $100 billion in assets, expects to start exports of grains and wool from Australia as it nears completion of a $486 million farm investment plan
New Mexico council eyes infrastructure, other suballocations to real assets
- Pensions & Investments
- 01 June 2012
New Mexico State Investment Council will consider approving investment policies for a farmland suballocation, potentially in emerging markets, in its 10% long-term real asset portfolio.
SLC wins $239m for Brazil land purchase spree
- Agrimoney
- 31 May 2012
SLC Agricola, the Brazil farm operator with large ambitions in farmland acquisition, sealed a $239m cash injection from UK fund manager Valiance Asset Management for a business aimed at turning scrub into "high-quality" farms.
China eyes wide open spaces
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 31 May 2012
China would invest billions of dollars to transform vast tracts of undeveloped land in northern Australia for farming, under a plan confirmed yesterday by the federal government.
La llegada de los chinos
- BAE
- 31 May 2012
La provincia de Fujian es responsable de la avanzada asiática en los campos bonaerenses. A cambio de tener prioridad de compra sobre la cosecha instalarán un sistema de irrigación en Carmen de Patagones y Villarino. La República Popular China también se dispone a invertir en puertos y plantas de procesamiento de pescado
Large-scale land acquisitions in Africa
- AfDB
- 31 May 2012
The distinctive feature of these land deals that has attracted attention is the speed of the acquisitions, the transparency (lack thereof) of the terms and the scale of the acquisitions and implied investment.
¿Quién se lleva sus tierras?
- Capital.es
- 31 May 2012
La especulación financiera tiene un nuevo objetivo: la tierra. Miles de pequeños campesinos sufren las consecuencias.
El acaparamiento total
- Blog de Gustavo Duch
- 31 May 2012
Hemos visto, y ha sido ampliamente denunciado por GRAIN, como en la última década ha brotado un impulso irrefrenable por el acaparamiento global de tierras. La conquista por el agua camina de la mano del acaparamiento de tierras recién explicado.
Investment principles for farmland
- DTE
- 31 May 2012
The PRI for Farmland are supposed to an opportunity for communities and CSOs to assess the performance of investors in farmland against a set of voluntary standards, but fall short of what’s needed to hold companies properly to account.
Foncier : Innover ensemble
- Inter-Réseaux
- 31 May 2012
Ce numéro de 'Grain de sel', publié par Inter-Réseaux Développement Rural, cherche à briser certains préjugés et à réaffirmer certaines vérités par rapport au foncier en Afrique.
India-UE, è più vicino l’accordo di libero scambio. Ci si preoccupa per le DOP e si trascura il land-grabbing
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 31 May 2012
Trascurato il land grabbing nell'accordo di libero scambio