Brazil

En el mercado se estima que cerca de u$s 150 millones se destinarán a la compra de campos en la Argentina y Uruguay y el resto al desarrollo de la producción de caña de azúcar en Brasil.

L’ Incra estime que 4,34 millions d’hectares dans tout le Brésil sont déjà aux mains de capitalistes étrangers. C’est une statistique modeste compte tenu du camouflage qu’opère le concept actuel d‘”entreprise nationale” qui tolère servilement dans sa composition sociétaire plus de 90% de capital étranger.

Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million

O Incra estima que 4,34 milhões de hectares em todo o Brasil já estejam em mãos de capitalistas de outros países. Essa é uma estatística modesta devido à camuflagem que a concepção vigente de ‘empresa nacional’ proporciona, ao tolerar servilmente na sua composição societária a participação de mais 90% de capital estrangeiro.

"Tem muita gente que comprou fazendas aqui pelo preço de uma carteira de cigarro (o hectare)", comenta Ribamar Mateus, da empresa imobiliária JRM.

China's growing appetite is beginning to cause worry in Brazil, particularly as it relates to land acquisition in areas where soya is grown, and is generating mistrust in the private sector and even in the government.

A japonesa Mitsui confirmou na quinta-feira que fechou acordo para comprar, por US$ 225 milhões, a participação de 44,2% que a cooperativa americana CHS tem na trading Multigrain

Les organisations paysannes dénoncent cette menace à la souveraineté alimentaire. L'invitée de Geopolitis : Valentina Hemmeler Maïga, Secrétaire syndicale de l'organisation paysanne suisse Uniterre

Adecoagro SA, a farmland venture in South America that’s backed by billionaire George Soros, plans to raise as much as $429 million in an initial public offering in the US as food prices surge.

Mitsui plans to buy 44.2% of Brazilian grain broker Multigrain SA, who owns in excess of 100,000 ha of farmland, equal to 2% of the total cultivated land of Japan

Brookfield will invest in Brazilian properties primarily comprised of pasture land that may be converted to higher-and-better uses, including soybean, corn and sugarcane production

India's ACIL Cotton Industries said it plans to invest nearly $15 million to start contract farming of crops like coffee, pulses, oilseeds, cereals, potato, sugarcane and vegetables through lease-hold agricultural land in Brazil, Congo and Ethiopia.