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Africa is the main target for “land grabs” by foreign investors, according to a new report on large-scale land acquisitions around the world released June 10.

Weeks before a Chinese conglomerate agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. in the largest such takeover of a US business, Missouri lawmakers quietly approved legislation removing a ban on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Ils ont saisi le gouvernement américain pour un recours afin qu’une enquête urgente et approfondie soit ouverte sur les allégations de corruption faites autour des opérations de la société SGSOC, filiale de la firme américaine Herakles Farms

China is headed to spend a record this year on food assets and farms after a $32.7 billion splurge in the past five years and just $4.2 billion in the prior half-decade, data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Decades-old laws barring foreign ownership of farmland in Iowa, Missouri and at least three other Midwest states may complicate Chinese company Shuanghui International's $4.7 billion planned purchase of US pork powerhouse Smithfield Foods.

US investors are increasingly looking to purchase farmland with their retirement funds to take advantage of the tax benefits of a Self-Directed IRA LLC

"Cela envoie un message fort selon lequel les pays africains sont ouverts aux affaires, mais qu’ils ne sont pas ouverts au vol", a indiqué à IPS, Anuradha Mittal, directrice exécutive de 'Oakland Institute'.

China's Shuanghui International plans to buy Smithfield Foods Inc for $4.7 billion to feed a growing Chinese appetite for U.S. pork, but the proposed takeover of the world's No. 1 producer has stirred concern in the United States.

Herakles Farm a indiqué qu’elle suspendait ses activités au Cameroun en réponse à une injonction de cessation du ministère en charge des Forêts et de la Faune

On May 18, 2013 Herakles Farms announced that it has suspended work in Cameroon in response to an order it received from Cameroon’s Ministry of Forestry & Wildlife.

Herakles Farms est en train de duper les investisseurs, les communautés locales, le gouvernement et la population du Cameroun quant à la situation du projet et de ses activités dans ce pays. Nouveau rapport de l'Oakland Institute et Greenpeace.

Wisconsin state legislators have blocked an effort by Gov. Scott Walker to lift the state's long-time limits on foreign ownership of farmland.