A land-grabber’s loophole
    Restrictive legislation on the selling of land will continue to be null and void so long as foreigners can rent farm land -- the ‘leasing loophole’.
    • COHA
    • 08 August 2011
    Chinese say farmland investments not to be feared
    The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
    • 3 News
    • 04 August 2011
    Plan for China to invest in agricultural business rather than buy the farm
    Chinese companies could be encouraged to invest in Australian agricultural businesses instead of buying up farms under a new foreign investment model based on the practice in the mining sector.
    • The Australian
    • 03 August 2011
    Famine : Pékin nie toute responsabilité
    Pékin a catégoriquement démenti vendredi avoir acheté des terres en Afrique, rejetant comme "infondées" les déclarations d'un responsable allemand selon lequel ces acquisitions présumées aggraveraient la famine qui frappe actuellement l'Ethiopie.
    • Europe1/AFP
    • 29 July 2011
    China rejects claims of Africa land buy-ups
    China rejected claims by a German official that it has been buying up land in the drought-ravaged Horn of Africa, saying the allegations are "completely unfounded" and have "ulterior motives".
    • SAPA
    • 29 July 2011
    VII Encuentro Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas,Indígenas y del Campo Popular
    "el convenio firmado por el gobierno provincial con el Grupo Al-Khorayef de Arabia Saudita, que otorgará 200 mil hectáreas de la zona de El Impenetrable para un proyecto agroalimentario con destino único a ese país, pone en riesgo a 60 mil personas"
    • 29 July 2011
    Famine: l'achat de terres par la Chine mis en cause par Berlin
    Le chargé des affaires africaines du gouvernement allemand, Günther Nooke, met en cause dans un entretien publié jeudi l'achat de terres par la Chine dans la famine qui touche actuellement l'Ethiopie.
    • RTBF
    • 28 July 2011
    Germany blames Chinese land buys for Africa drought
    Germany's Africa policy coordinator on Thursday blamed China's practice of buying up land in the Horn of Africa for contributing to the devastating famine ravaging the region.
    • AFP
    • 28 July 2011
    Rabobank report: China's increasing investments in South American agribusiness
    Banned from buying land outright, Chinese investors have changed their model to one in which deals are structured as infrastructure investments in exchange for crop offtake, rather than direct investment into farmland.
    • Rabobank
    • 28 July 2011
    Asamblea Multisectorial por la Soberanía Territorial y Alimentaria
    En el marco de las Asambleas Multisectoriales por la Soberanía Territorial y Alimentaria, interpusieron formal Acción de Amparo ante el Juez del Superior Tribunal de Justicia de la Provincia de Río Negro.
    • Agencia Periodística Patagónica
    • 18 July 2011
    Des opérateurs économiques chinois veulent investir dans le palmier à huile au Bénin
    Des hommes d’affaires chinois veulent investir dans la production de la filière du palmier à huile au Bénin, en exploitant une superficie d’au moins 10 000 hectares
    • APA
    • 18 July 2011
    No es (sólo) China
    Pero no sólo es China. De nuevo GRAIN presenta datos que me parecen deben ser conocidos. “Entre los mayores inversionistas que buscan sacar provecho –dice su informe– se encuentran los fondos de pensiones, con miles de millones de dólares invertidos
    • La Jornada
    • 17 July 2011

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