Romania

Roumanie : terre d’opportunités pour les agriculteurs européens ?
- RFI
- 04 July 2016
De source roumaine, sur les 10 millions de terres arables, environ un tiers est exploité par des étrangers.
Draft law: Foreigners allowed to buy up to 50 hectares of arable land in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 01 July 2016
Romania’s Agriculture Ministry has drafted the law that regulates the purchase of agricultural land by foreigners.
MPs want to tighten rules for foreigners who buy farmland in Romania
- Romania Insider
- 27 April 2016
A group of 24 deputies, most of them from the National Liberal Party (PNL) have initiated a law draft that aims to impose stricter conditions for foreigners who want to buy farmland in Romania.
Denmark's AP Pension to invest in Romanian farmland
- IPE
- 26 April 2016
Denmark’s AP Pension is expanding its exposure to agricultural land in a proposed new deal to buy farmland in eastern Romania and lease it back to the Danish company operating farms on the land.
Foreigners buy seven times more land in Romania’s Arad county in one year
- Romania Insider
- 12 April 2016
Individuals and companies have bought about 9,000 hectares of arable land in Romania’s Arad county in the last 12 months, seven times more compared to the previous year.
Romania may change the rules for EU residents looking to buy farmland
- Romania Insider
- 01 April 2016
Foreigners from EU countries may be entitled to buy farmland located in towns or villages (intravilan), as well as woodland, according to a draft bill initiated by several Romanian MPs.
FirstFarms unveils plan to exploit Slovakian land sale spree
- Agrimoney
- 23 Mar 2016
FirstFarms unveiled plans to double its Eastern European farming area, potentially tapping into moves which could bring an "oversupply" of land for sale in Slovakia.
Fresh manure for Romania
- All Things Romania
- 13 February 2016
Southern Harvest Company, a subsidiary of the American investment fund Anholt Services, has pruchased 2,700 hectares of farming land in Romania following two separate transactions
Southern Harvest buys 2,700 hectares of farming land in Romania
- Act Media
- 12 February 2016
The farmland area owned in Romania by Southern Harvest, a subsidiary of the US investment fund Anholt Services, just grew by 45%
Land grabbing: “Big, big problem”
- REDD Monitor
- 29 January 2016
Kurt Langbein, director of a documentary film, “Land Grabbing“ visits the scenes of land grabs and talks to farmers, local communities and to the investors behind the schemes. The injustice of this destructive “development” model could not be clearer.
What is land grabbing? A critical review of existing definitions
- Eco Ruralis
- 08 January 2016
Eco Ruralis presents a definitional framework for land grabbing and an overview of other definitions and ideas, drawing attention to their gaps and weaknesses.
Rumania: Banca acaparadora de tierras
- CCS
- 04 December 2015
Granjeros como Mircea Necrilescu descubrieron un día que una parte de sus tierras había sido vendida. Al reclamar, el gobierno les mostró documentos que acreditaban la venta voluntaria de esas tierras.