40% of agricultural land in Romania belongs to foreign investors
- Romania Insider
- 11 Sep 2017
Foreigners hold 5.3 million hectares of farmland in Romania, as the total agricultural land amounts to 13.3 million hectares.
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Roumanie, la terre promise des agriculteurs européens
- Le Monde
- 04 Aug 2017
En vingt ans, la Roumanie est devenue l’eldorado des exploitants de France et d’ailleurs. Attirés par ses sols fertiles à bas prix, sa main-d’œuvre peu onéreuse et les aides de Bruxelles, ces pionniers y ont fondé des exploitations prospères.
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Landgrabbing in Rumänien: Im Paradies für Spekulanten
- Spiegel
- 29 Jun 2017
Rumänien ist zu einem heißen Tipp für internationale Investoren geworden. Touristisch attraktive Lagen, aber vor allem Ackerland gelangen in die Hände von Kapitalanlegern - zulasten der Einheimischen.
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PHI Group acquires majority interest in Romania-based Maxagro SRL to launch organic farming program in Europe
- GlobeNewswire
- 31 May 2017
US company focused on mergers and acquisitions and investments in natural resources announces definitive agreement to acquire 51% of Maxagro SRL, a Romanian farming company in Timis County, Romania
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Eastern Europe turns back on single market
- Politico
- 16 May 2017
EU’s newest members say big Western European landowners and multinational supermarkets are wiping out their farmers and shopkeepers.
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Teren de Vanzare – Land for sale: Romanian peasants’ struggle against land grabbing
- Slow Food
- 12 May 2017
In Europe we tend to relegate the idea of land grabbing to the global South, yet it is happening much closer to home than we perhaps realize.
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PHI Group to partner with Maxagro Group of Romania
- Globe Newswire
- 19 Apr 2017
Maxagro and PHI Group will consider raising capital for Maxagro to acquire additional farmland by taking Maxagro public in the U.S. and European Stock Markets.
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AP Pension denies CEO quit over pressure to invest in farms
- I&PE
- 10 Feb 2017
AP Pension, the Danish labour-market pensions provider, has hit out at media reports that its chief executive quit in December because of pressure from the supervisory board to invest in the agricultural sector.
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Comment le groupe français Avril investit en Roumanie
- France Télévision
- 12 Oct 2016
La Roumanie voit ses terres accaparées par des investisseurs étrangers, souvent des fonds de pension. Dans cette usine rachetée par le groupe français Avril, on affirme "valoriser" le pays et ses agriculteurs.
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Les terres roumaines, cheval de Troie ?
- France TV Info
- 10 Oct 2016
Comment la PAC (politique agricole commune) favorise les investisseurs étrangers au détriment des agriculteurs roumains...
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Roumanie : les investisseurs étrangers se ruent sur les terres agricoles
- Geopolis
- 13 Sep 2016
La Roumanie est confrontée à une véritable ruée sur ses terres de la part d’acheteurs étrangers. Explications.
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Romania agriculture outlook: The legal challenges that investors are facing
- Business Review
- 06 Jul 2016
Although the local agriculture sector remains attractive to investors, there are ongoing issues with the legislation, which hampers the acquisition of farmland and the sale of crops at the best prices, according to legal experts.
