• Tanzania: Farmers want a piece of the pie from agro-investors
    • The Citizen
    • 25 August 2010

    As large-scale investors' interest in acquiring vast swathes of land for commercial agriculture in Africa intensifies, farmers believe the time is ripe for the government to press investors to allocate shares to villagers as a corporate social responsibility.

  • Le Brésil n'est pas à vendre
    • 20 Minutes
    • 25 August 2010

    Seules des initiatives nationales, telles que celle du Brésil, pourront freiner l’appétit pour la terre des pays développés.

  • Controle de compra de terras por estrangeiros não mexe em negócios passados
    • Correio Brasiliense
    • 25 August 2010

    O parecer da Advocacia-Geral da União que impõe limite de tamanho e maior controle à aquisição de terras por estrangeiros tem efeitos somente a partir da última segunda-feira.

  • Food security growing in investor demand
    • Financial Standard
    • 25 August 2010

    The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail.

  • Le Brésil restreint l'achat de terres par des étrangers
    • AFP
    • 24 August 2010

    Le gouvernement brésilien a révisé une loi qui limitait l'achat de terres par des étrangers mais dont une brèche a permis à beaucoup d'entreprises étrangères d'acheter des milliers d'hectares de terres pendant plus de dix ans

  • Report on the regional land grabbing workshop (Nairobi, 10-11 June 2010)
    • Oxfam
    • 24 August 2010

    Includes incidences of land grabbing in the region, land grabbing from the supply and demand sides, community resistance to land grabbing, what should be done on land grabbing, way forward.

  • Terras: novas regras não têm efeito retroativo
    • O Globo
    • 24 August 2010

    Para evitar uma guerra jurídica, a Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) garantiu nesta terça-feira que o novo parecer impondo limites à compra de áreas rurais por empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros não terá validade para negócios já formalizados.

  • 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.

  • Brazil curtails land sales to foreigners
    • Reuters
    • 24 August 2010

    The Brazilian government has tightened restrictions on unfettered land purchases by foreigners, authorities said on Tuesday, renewing concerns among investors.

  • Governo limita venda de terras a estrangeiros
    • EFE
    • 24 August 2010

    As empresas controladas por estrangeiros não poderão adquirir a partir de agora propriedades rurais no Brasil com mais de 50 módulos de exploração, uma área que varia entre 250 e 5.000 hectares dependendo da região do país.

  • L’appétit des spéculateurs aura des conséquences sociales désastreuses
    • Le Monde
    • 24 August 2010

    Le revers de la médaille, c'est la ruée sur les terres arables de certains Etats et groupes privés qui mettent à mal le développement d'une agriculture paysanne, pourtant seule à même de répondre aux problèmes de la faim et de pauvreté des pays du Sud.

  • African agricultural finance under the spotlight
    • Reuters
    • 24 August 2010

    African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters

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