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Soros sigue comprando tierras en la Argentina
- Clarín
- 20 August 2011
Su firma Adecoagro sumó un campo en Santiago
Mozambique : Le gouvernement cède des terres à des grands propriétaires brésiliens
- Global Voices
- 20 August 2011
Le gouvernement du Mozambique est en train de concéder l'usage de 6 millions d'hectares de terres, soit l'équivalent des deux tiers de la superficie du Portugal, afin que de grands exploitants agricoles brésiliens cultivent du soja, du coton et du maïs dans le nord de ce pays africain
Adecoagro acquires farmland in Argentina
- PR Newswire
- 19 August 2011
Adecoagro, one of the leading agricultural companies in South America, announced today that it has acquired Compania Agroforestal de Servicios y Mandatos, a company which owns a 4,960 hectare farm named "El Colorado", located in the region of Bandera, in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, for a total price of US$18.0 million
Declaración del Foro sobre acaparamiento de territorio en América latina y Africa
- OFRANEH
- 19 August 2011
En la Ciudad de La Ceiba, Honduras, el pasado 18 al 21 de agosto, se efectuó un Foro sobre el Acaparamiento de Territorios en Africa y América Latina, convocado por la OFRANEH, el que contó con la participación del COPINH, Vía Campesina y el MUCA
India’s role in the new global farmland grab
- IDEAs
- 19 August 2011
New report provides a detailed examination of the role of the Indian government and Indian companies engaged in overseas agricultural land acquisitions in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Asian agri fund eyes Peruvian palm oil as Malaysia exhausts supply of land
- Bloomberg
- 19 August 2011
Asian Agri Capital, a Singapore private-equity firm that focuses on early-stage plantations, is seeking to raise $100 million to invest in palm oil and other tropical commodities in Southeast Asia and Latin America
Tanzania can beat Kenya in horticulture - Indian firm
- Guardian
- 19 August 2011
Karuturi expects to acquire 311,700 ha of land in Tanzania that is similar to Ethiopia and has already applied for 1000 ha of land at Rufiji Basin, Coast Region.
Argentina: Desoyendo a la Justicia empresarios coreanos vuelven a arremeter para apropiarse de territorio campesino
- CLOC - VC
- 18 August 2011
Hace alrededor de dos años los empresarios de origen coreano comenzaron los atropellos contra la comunidad, desmontando y matando animales e intentando alambrar.
Govt offers 6mn acres for ‘corporate farming’
- Internews
- 18 August 2011
The government of Pakistan has offered 6mn acres of its agricultural land to resourceful countries and multinational companies (MNCs) for corporate farming, corporate sources have said.
Karuturi global plans $500 million investment in Tanzania food production
- Bloomberg
- 18 August 2011
The company plans to lease land to grow palm oil, sugar cane and cereals in Tanzania, to add to land it has acquired in Ethiopia. Karuturi is visiting Tanzania, Uganda and Ethiopia as part of a delegation of 35 Indian investors.
El debate por la extranjerización de la tierra comienza en septiembre en el Congres
- FARCO
- 17 August 2011
Basteiro afirmó que actualmente “el 10 por ciento del territorio está en manos de capitales extranjeros aproximadamente”.
Zambia: Nansanga bloc farmers face homelessness
- The Post
- 17 August 2011
About nine thousand people who will be evicted from the Nansanga Farm Bloc in chief Muchinda’s area in Serenje district face destitution because the government has not offered them alternative land.