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Uganda: Investment - MPs split on land donations
- New Vision
- 31 July 2012
The Government of Uganda has been asked by Members of Parliament to make the process of acquiring land for investments more transparent.
Novo fundo de US$ 2 bi visa aportes na África
- Valor Econômico
- 31 July 2012
A Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) lançou ontem, em Brasília, o fundo Nacala, voltado a investimentos no setor de agronegócios em Moçambique. A captação vai começar em novembro e a meta é levantar US$ 2 bilhões em um prazo de até quatro meses
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°81
- Le Hub Rural
- 31 July 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
Commodity niches lure as markets converge
- Reuters
- 31 July 2012
Investors are honing the focus of their cash on real assets including farmland, timber, mines and energy projects, which are less correlated to financial markets.
Mozambique's agricultural fortunes rest on a choice between Obama and Annan
- The Guardian
- 31 July 2012
The Obama model's first project in Mozambique will be to support Cargill, the giant grain trader and largest private company in the world, to take 40,000 hectares of farmland.
Communal land associations: A perfect solution to land grabbing
- NAPE
- 30 July 2012
With communal land associations communities will be having one voice and if anybody, be it government or investor, is interested in their land, that person is made aware of that the group is organized and therefore not easy to simply deploy graders to start tiling or clearing the land.
Up for grabs
- Greenpeace
- 30 July 2012
A massive land grab has occurred in Papua New Guinea under the auspices of the Special Agricultural and Business Leases scheme, and the impact on communities across the country has been devastating. Greenpeace has produced a new report that details the extent of the damage.
Foreign fingers in the pie
- ABC
- 30 July 2012
There's growing interest in who invests in Australian companies and who buys Australian land, with more discussion around the topic of global food security.
Moderne Landräuber reißen fruchtbares Land an sich
- FOCUS
- 30 July 2012
Mit perfiden Methoden eignen sich Einzelpersonen oder Unternehmen Land an. Betroffen ist inzwischen eine Fläche halb so groß wie Westeuropa. Die Investoren tun dabei so, als handelten sie aus hehren Motiven. Auch Deutsche sind beteiligt.
Extranjerización del territorio paraguayo
- El rincón de Anahí
- 27 July 2012
Por lo menos 7.889.128 hectáreas de nuestro país están en manos extranjeras. Es el 19.4% del territorio nacional y nadie parece sorprenderse ni preocuparse.
Mali: Le combat n’est pas fini même si des batailles sont gagnées
- CMCAT
- 27 July 2012
Deux investisseurs visés dans des procédures juridiques, la société SOSUMAR et le négociant en céréales des sociétés 3M, Modibo Keita, ont révisé leur position.
Uruguay: Es ahora
- La Diaria
- 26 July 2012
FA analiza dos proyectos para frenar extranjerización de la tierra; Comisión Nacional de Fomento Rural considera que “llegó el momento” de hacerlo.