De plus en plus d’agriculteurs suisses s’installent en Roumanie, à la frontière est de l’Europe. Attirés par des prix encore dérisoires, ils achètent des domaines de plusieurs centaines d'hectares et exportent en Suisse et en Allemagne.
- swissinfo
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22 February 2012
The six case studies compiled in this report illustrate the wide range of approaches and focus that private funds are adopting (legal structure, geography, agricultural production and operating strategies) to invest in farmland in different parts of the world.
- High Quest Partners
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31 January 2012
En suivant le parcours d'un agriculteur alsacien qui veut tenter sa chance dans les terres noires de Roumanie et des fonds d'investissement qui opèrent en Ukraine, l'enquête permet une réflexion sur la fin annoncée du monde paysan tel qu'il existe aujourd'hui, en Europe de l'Est mais aussi en France.
Alongside countries like Liberia, Laos, Congo and Sierra Leone, Romania is one of the countries where foreign companies own large areas of farmland, according to a report put together by GRAIN.
- Business Review
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16 December 2011
Foreigners currently have more than 700,000 ha of agricultural land in Romania, representing 8.5 percent of the arable land of the country, says Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development.
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
Farmland investments may return 8 percent to 12 percent annually as global food demand increases, said the largest US pensions manager for teachers and academic researchers with $469 billion of assets.
- Bloomberg
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06 October 2011
"We are in negotiations with several foreign investment funds that are interested in buying thousands of hectares of Romanian farmland,” says analyst with DTZ Echinox.
- Business Review
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12 September 2011
The Boerenbond Association, the largest corporate organization of farmers and operators working in agriculture in Belgium, is interested in investment opportunities in Romania's agriculture, including the possibility of buying farmlands there
Romanian officials have started to express worries about an increasing number of foreign companies buying agricultural land in Romania.
- Romania Business Insider
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07 July 2011
L'agriculture roumaine intéresse de plus en plus les investisseurs étrangers. Les autorités sont en train de s’en rendre compte et souhaitent prendre la situation en main.
- Le Petit Journal
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25 May 2011
Around one million hectares of Romania’s farmland are in foreign hands, and the interest in investing in agricultural plots is growing.