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Down on the farm
- BBC
- 04 October 2010
The rights and wrongs of global agricultural investment examined on Business Daily of the BBC
Brasil pode garantir segurança alimentar da Arábia Saudita
- Canal Rural
- 04 October 2010
A necessidade de garantir a segurança alimentar da Arábia Saudita trouxe ao Brasil uma delegação de governo e empresários, liderada pelo ministro da Agricultura, Fahad Abduralhaman Bal Ghunaim.
Imóveis rurais: Brasil precisa de nova legislação
- Portal MS
- 04 October 2010
Uma Proposta de Emenda Constitucional (PEC) que regulamente a aquisição de terras por estrangeiros e se adeque a este novo cenário, seria muito bem-vinda.
TIAA acquires controlling interest in Westchester Group, Inc.
- TIAA-CREF
- 04 October 2010
TIAA is among the largest institutional investors in agriculture, with investments in more than 400 farms in North America, South America, Australia, and Eastern Europe as part of its General Account.
African delegation encourages Turkey to lease farmland on continent
- Hurriyet
- 04 October 2010
Fallow land in Africa presents a fantastic opportunity for Turkish businesspeople involved in agriculture, a Ugandan member of a cotton delegation visiting western Turkey said Monday.
Merauke food estate: Weighing the agricultural balance
- Jakarta Post
- 04 October 2010
News of progress on the massive Merauke food estate in Papua indicates growing momentum behind Indonesia’s attempts to boost its agricultural output through promoting investment and harnessing technology.
World divided over new scramble for African land
- East African
- 04 October 2010
The morality of the global land rush is finely balanced and even the World Bank appears deeply torn.
Are they appropriate agricultural investments or 'land grabs'? Depends on who you ask
- East African
- 04 October 2010
The EAC food security strategy advises partner states to “resist leasing or selling large chunks of land to foreign entities for food production or bio-fuels solely for export.”
GM 'lesser of two evils': Olam
- The Land
- 04 October 2010
Mr Verghese says that Olam sees "sustainable value" in investing in agriculture, including farmland, and that GM crops are an inevitable "must".
Foreign investment in Aussie farms is nothing unusual
- Australian Farm Journal
- 04 October 2010
The anxiety expressed in some farming quarters and the daily media about Australian farms becoming dominated by foreign corporations and governments fails to recognise that the coming and going of overseas investors has always been part of rural property transactions.
Argentina: Dieron detalles del viaje del Gobernador de Río Negro a China
- ADN
- 03 October 2010
Los acuerdos son motivados por las demandas agroalimentarias, agroindustriales y bioenergéticas de China
Boletín Nyeleni sobre la cuestión de la tierra
- Nyeleni.org
- 03 October 2010
El primer número del Boletín Nyeleni contiene una edición especial sobre el tema de la tierra