• Indian firms foray into Latin America's agri business
    • Economic Times
    • 07 September 2010

    Indian companies are increasingly getting a foothold into South America, acquiring assets and land not just to get entry into its lucrative agricultural market but also to export commodities such as sugar, pulses and edible oils back to India.

  • Preparan la ley para limitar la venta de tierras a extranjeros
    • NCN
    • 06 September 2010

    La comisión de Legislación General de Diputados planea sacar el 16 un dictamen contra la “extranjerización de tierras” en Argentina, donde el 7% de las tierras no están en manos argentinas.

  • Punjab looks for land in Brazil
    • Times of India
    • 05 September 2010

    Taking a leaf out of the book of progressive farmers of the state who have made it big in South and Central American countries, the Punjab government is now exploring taking up land on lease in Brazil, Argentina and Mexico to grow foodgrain and export it for domestic consumption.

  • ANALYSIS-Brazil ups stakes for foreign investors in farmland
    • Reuters
    • 24 August 2010

    Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.

  • Argentina: El Gobierno estudia limitar la extranjerización de tierras y modificar la Ley de Arrendamiento
    • El Argentino
    • 22 August 2010

    El oficialismo trabaja en una nueva Ley de Arrendamiento, que haría eje sobre la diversificación productiva y la consolidación de los pequeños y medianos productores.

  • Who's who of South America corporate farm giants
    • Progressive Farmer
    • 12 August 2010

    With the surge of corporate farms in Argentina and Brazil over the past two to three years, I thought it would be useful to compile a list of the biggest groups with a short description of each.

  • Sudan woos investors to put $1bn in farming
    • Financial Times
    • 11 August 2010

    Sudan is seeking to attract at least $1bn of capital for its agricultural sector from Arab and Asian investment groups, which are turning to Africa in search of new food supplies as their governments try to manage the impact of commodity price inflation.

  • Brazil outback lures Argentine farm giant
    • DTN
    • 20 July 2010

    El Tejar will plant more than 1 million acres in Mato Grosso this upcoming season and nearly 2.75 million acres across South America, making it the largest farm company in the world.

  • Argentina: la extranjerización de la tierra
    • Adital
    • 28 June 2010

    Las iniciativas orientadas a frenar la "extranjerización" que impulsan los diputados nacionales Orsolini y Conti apuntan, en principio, a evitar la concentración de propiedades y a establecer un control anual de las zonas donde se acumulan recursos estratégicos del país, como el agua o las reservas de minerales

  • Argentina, Río Negro: Aprueban restricciones a la extranjerización de inmuebles rurales
    • Agencia de Noticias Bariloche
    • 25 June 2010

    La Legislatura aprobó hoy de manera unánime y en primera vuelta parlamentaria, el proyecto de ley de la legisladora Magdalena Odarda (ARI) que tiene el objetivo de imponer restricciones y limites a la adquisición de inmuebles rurales, por parte de personas físicas o jurídicas extranjeras.

  • Veto to foreigner is a defensive strategy
    • Valor Econômico
    • 22 June 2010

    “We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says

  • Veto a estrangeiro é estratégia de defesa
    • Valor Econômico
    • 22 June 2010

    "Vamos fazer uma PEC [Proposta de Emenda Constitucional] para deixar claro aos investidores que podem investir em qualquer campo, mas não em terras", informou o ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, Guilherme Cassel.

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