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Indonesia's land acquisition bill will intensify landgrabbing, says Asian peasant group
- APC
- 17 December 2011
Asian Peasant Coalition's press release on land grabbing in Indonesia
Na África, pesquisador da Unesp critica "estrangeirização" da terra
- Agrosoft Brasil
- 16 December 2011
Na África, o geógrafo brasileiro Bernardo Mançano Fernandes critica "estrangeirização" da terra: Brasil é vítima e autor de política encabeçada pela China.
Argentina’s lower house passes bill limiting foreign ownership of rural land to 15 percent
- AP
- 16 December 2011
Argentina’s lower house of Congress has passed a bill limiting foreign ownership of rural land to 1,000 hectares per family. The bill must now be passed by the Senate.
China eyes LatAm agribusiness
- Vox Box
- 16 December 2011
What do Peruvian fishmeal, Chilean wine and Brazilian soy beans have in common? They’re all on China’s shopping list as it steps up its agribusiness acquisitions and investments overseas to overcome considerable supply constraints at home.
Foreigners own 7 percent of Romania's farmland shows GRAIN data
- Business Review
- 16 December 2011
Alongside countries like Liberia, Laos, Congo and Sierra Leone, Romania is one of the countries where foreign companies own large areas of farmland, according to a report put together by GRAIN.
La lucha por la tierra: la ley que pone freno al avance extranjero quedó a un paso de ser aprobada
- Iprofesional
- 16 December 2011
Tras obtener el aval en comisión, el proyecto se discutió en Diputados durante la madrugada de este viernes. Y hubo acuerdo para dar la media sanción. El marco incorpora cambios en cuanto a la cantidad de tierras en venta y lo que podrá adquirir un inversor foráneo.
Nuevo set de datos sobre acaparamiento de tierras
- GRAIN
- 15 December 2011
En los últimos meses desde GRAIN hemos estado participando en una serie de reuniones y talleres en diferentes partes del mundo sobre acaparamiento de tierras. Compartimos algunos de los documentos que hemos preparado para estas reuniones.
Reap what you sow: Why there's money in farmland
- IFA Online
- 15 December 2011
Tony Hales, managing director of Stadia Trustees, puts forward the case for including farmland in clients’ self-invested personal pensions (UK)
New data sets on land grabbing
- GRAIN
- 15 December 2011
In the past few months, GRAIN staff have been participating in a range of meetings and workshops in different parts of the world on land grabbing. Here are some of the documents we prepared for these meetings.
Nouveaux jeux de données sur l’accaparement de terres
- GRAIN
- 15 December 2011
Au cours des derniers mois, GRAIN a participé à une série de réunions et d’ateliers sur l’accaparement de terres dans différentes parties du monde. Voici quelques documents préparés pour ces rencontres.
Reasons of scarcity of Arab investments in Sudan: Is It due to poor promotion or fear of procedures?
- Sudan Vision Daily
- 15 December 2011
Editor of Banking Magazine, El Tijani Hussein Al Khabeir, says that Sudan is capable of feeding one quarter of world population and five folds of Arab countries population
Pour leur accès à la terre en Afrique : Secouer le pagne pour lever les obstacles
- Walf Fadjri
- 15 December 2011
Les femmes africaines doivent engager le combat pour leur accès aux terres cultivables.