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  • Biggest Buffett targets seen spanning Deere to Henkel
    • Bloomberg
    • 08 May 2012

    Warren Buffett said yesterday that over the next 100 years, farmland will beat gold, which surged to a record in 2011 after increasing more than sixfold in the past decade.

  • "The great food robbery": La recensione di Dario Dongo
    • Il Fatto Alimentare
    • 08 May 2012

    "Land grabbing", il nuovo libro della Ong 'Grain' accende i riflettori sui responsabili della rapina di terre

  • Le Cambodge suspend l'attribution de nouvelles concessions
    • AFP
    • 07 May 2012

    Le gouvernement du Cambodge a annoncé lundi avoir suspendu l'attribution de nouvelles concessions aux entreprises privées, alors que les tensions foncières suscitent désormais des violences inquiétantes.

  • Hassad Foods and 250,000 ha of Australian farmland
    • All About Feed
    • 07 May 2012

    Hassad Foods' farmland purchases in Australia are guided by a risk minimising strategy. The lands are distributed across different climes and water regimes over a wide geographic area.

  • Paraguay: Carperos invadirían finca en San Cristóbal
    • Diario Popular
    • 07 May 2012

    Los carperos del Alto Paraná anuncian la invasión de 200 hectáreas, propiedad del productor brasiguayo Valdir Ruffato, quien junto a su hijo Flavio José Ruffato, están presos por sospecha de un triple homicidio registrado en el distrito de San Cristóbal.

  • Un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización campesina contra el acaparamiento de tierras
    • Vía Campesina
    • 07 May 2012

    La Coordinación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CNOP) de Malí y La Vía Campesina han publicado hoy un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización de movimientos sociales contra el acaparamiento de tierras.

  • Cambodia suspends land consessions after unrest
    • AP
    • 07 May 2012

    Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.

  • Assessing New Zealand’s food security
    • Epoch Times
    • 07 May 2012

    New Zealand is one of many countries upon whom China’s entrepreneurs have cast their eyes for opportunities to buy farmland, mineral and power resources to shore up China’s looming food shortage and resource-hungry economy.

  • A new report on peasant and farmer mobilization against land grabbing
    • Via Campesina
    • 07 May 2012

    The National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) of Mali and La Via Campesina have today published a new report on the mobilization of social movements against land grabbing.

  • Nouveau rapport sur la mobilisation paysanne contre les accaparements de terres
    • La Via Campesina
    • 07 May 2012

    La Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali et la Via Campesina publient aujourd'hui un nouveau rapport qui illustre la mobilisation des mouvements sociaux contre les accaparements de terres qui menacent la souveraineté alimentaire et mettent en danger la petite paysannerie partout dans le monde.

  • Great resource rush
    • Zawya
    • 07 May 2012

    Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.

  • Ukraine’s foreign investors and the lifting of farmland moratorium
    • Frishberg.com
    • 07 May 2012

    Ukraine has long been called “the bread-basket of Europe,” and for one excellent reason: its fertile, black soil. The estimated value of this treasure is anywhere between 40 and 80 billion dollars. The only problem with investing in such an obviously profitable business was an artificial bureaucratic/legislative barrier commonly known as the “moratorium on alienation of farm land” (the “Moratorium”).

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