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Is Pakistani agriculture ready for CPEC?
- The Diplomat
- 18 May 2018
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor could see Chinese produce grown in Pakistan exported to Chinese markets, with little benefit whatsoever to Pakistan’s economy.
Loi sur les zones économiques spéciales : les inspecteurs du domaine contestent de plus belle
- News Mada
- 17 May 2018
Le Syndicat des inspecteurs du domaine et de la propriété foncière à Madagascar tire la sonnette d’alarme sur le péril encouru si la loi sur les ZES vient à être promulguée car le texte laissent entrevoir un risque d'accaparement des terres.
Brasil: Empresa que integra fundo de Harvard comprou terras griladas na Bahia
- Publica
- 17 May 2018
Propriedade de fundo bilionário da universidade americana explora terras no cerrado com longo histórico de expulsões, fraudes e mortes
Brasil: Nos baixões do Piauí, paga-se o preço do progresso do Matopiba
- Publica
- 17 May 2018
Na região conhecida como Matopiba, empresas de agronegócio compram terras com títulos duvidosos e entram em conflito com comunidades do cerrado; no Piauí, os relatos são de expulsões de famílias, incêndios de casas e contaminação dos rios
Extranjerización reciente y actual del territorio paraguayo
- BASE-IS
- 16 May 2018
El presente estudio tiene como objetivo analizar los principales alcances del proceso de extranjerización de la tierra y sus consecuencias negativas.
Nicoletti farming business hits the market
- The Land
- 16 May 2018
“I’ve got strong interest from Canada, the United Kingdom and Dubai and they want to come out now and have a look around," says the owner of the largest semi-contiguous cropping aggregation to be offered in Australia’s history.
Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in grapefruit production in Mozambique
- Macauhub
- 16 May 2018
A group of Chinese businesspeople under the umbrella of the Jiangsu Huaxi Group consortium plan to invest US$6.2 million in a 2,000 ha grapefruit agricultural project in the central Mozambican province of Manica.
The NCH agribusiness story
- 16 May 2018
The collapse of the Soviet Union opened up incredible opportunities for investment in farmland in the Ukraine and Russia, says NCH Capital in this promotional video.
Liberia: River Cess community rejecting oil palm plantation
- FrontPageAfrica
- 15 May 2018
Residents of Kahnkaye Chiefdom in Nyorwein District have selected new chiefs to lead a rejection of Equatorial Palm Oil (EPO) from expanding its plantation on their land.
Investment Corporation of Dubai-created a partnership with farming company Optimum Agriculture to invest into the Agro business sector
- PR Newswire
- 15 May 2018
Once one of Florida's iconic ranching dynasties has sold the balance of its Osceola County land holdings to a global agribusiness firm Optimum Agriculture and the government of Dubai for $136.5 million.
Terra Firma seeks premium for "Project Ribeye" Australian farm sale
- Reuters
- 15 May 2018
The hefty mark-up for the 5.5 million ha property could leave foreign bidders in the box seat, testing the government's appetite for foreign ownership less than two years after it rejected China-led bids for an energy grid and agricultural company. energy grid and agricultural company.
Korchid réfute l’appropriation par les étrangers de terres agricoles
- Gnet
- 14 May 2018
Le ministre des domaines de l’Etat et des affaires foncières, Mabrouk Korchid, a réfuté ce lundi les informations attestant de la possibilité pour les étrangers de prendre possession du foncier agricole en Tunisie