Capitales extranjeros se han apropiado de 50 millones de hectáreas de tierra en países del Sur, una gran mayoría en África. Eso equivale a la mitad de todas las tierras agrícolas de la Unión Europea.
"Rechazo al acaparamiento de tierras que se está dando a escala mundial. Más de 40 millones de hectáreas están en manos de grandes corporaciones y ciertos gobiernos extranjeros".
- Boletín Agrario
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03 June 2011
The fund will operate according to a Code of Conduct for Land Acquisition and Land Use in to prevent unsustainable practices.
Abu Dhabi’s Al Dahra Agricultural Company is halfway through a plan involving more than 60,700 hectares of farmland in Europe, the US, south Asia and north Africa to boost the UAE’s food security.
Cambodia will be the fourth country after Sudan, Egypt and Pakistan to receive UAE investments intended to achieve a food security plan drawn up by the government. Large-scale planting on Cambodian land acquired through purchase or 99-year lease may be launched there next year.
- Gulf News
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18 October 2009
Empresas alimentarias españolas apuestan por producir en el exterior para abastecer el mercado nacional y los de terceros países
Angola, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, has launched an ambitious plan to exploit both its fertile soils and high global food prices to attract $6bn (€4.3bn, £3.4bn) in agriculture investments over the next five years.
- Financial Times
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04 October 2008
The Moroccan government has pursued a strategy of leasing state-farms previously under the management of Société de Développement Agricole (SODEA). A large number of bids were made by agricultural businesses from France, Egypt, Spain and the United Arab Emirates.
- Oxford Business Group
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12 January 2008