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Qatari company eyes Turkish agricultural land
- The Hurriyet
- 18 Mar 2011
Hasat Hud, a state-supported Qatari company, wants to buy vast swaths of public land in Turkey to invest in agriculture and husbandry.
AGU quer que Ministérios fiquem atentos a estrangeiros
- Conjur
- 18 Mar 2011
A Advocacia-Geral da União enviou avisos aos Ministérios da Fazenda e do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio para que a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários e as juntas comerciais apliquem um parecer do órgão que limita a venda de terras brasileiras a estrangeiros ou a empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros.
How 'land-grabbing' is wrecking lives
- Guardian
- 18 Mar 2011
What happens when you are forced to leave the land that has fed your family for generations? What is the impact of wealthy foreigners having access to the best agricultural land in a very poor country? These questions addressed in new Guardian film.
Zuellig Group to secure it’s own feed milling requirement with corn production
- All About Feed
- 18 Mar 2011
Zuellig Group will set up a 30,000-hectare corn plantation in the Philippines to ensure that its own feed milling requirements are met.
Cession des terres de l’Office du Niger : chronologie d’une bataille des chiffres et de la transparence
- Le Hub Rural
- 18 Mar 2011
Le Parti pour la renaissance nationale (PARENA) adresse au président de la République malienne un mémorandum en 24 points sur la cession des terres de l’Office du Niger aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers.
Brazil tightens land acquisition by foreigners: ‘speculators and sovereign funds’
- MercoPress
- 17 Mar 2011
The Brazilian government now prohibits non-Brazilians from buying controlling shares of companies that own vast tracts of territory in the country, Attorney General Luiz Inacio Adams said this week.
Betting the farm – and winning
- Macleans
- 17 Mar 2011
Investors are buying Canadian agricultural land, betting that rising food prices, a ballooning global population and growing worldwide scarcities in farmland will mean a payoff for them.
Estrangeiro poderá comprar até 3 mil hectares de terras
- O Estado de S.Paulo
- 17 Mar 2011
Será de 30 quilômetros quadrados (3 mil hectares) a extensão máxima de terras que empresas com capital estrangeiro poderão comprar ou arrendar no Brasil, segundo proposta em debate no governo.
La tierra como un bien social
- El Periódico Austral
- 17 Mar 2011
La discusión parlamentaria para regular la propiedad de la tierra en Argentina podría convertirse en un tema estratégico desde lo geopolítico.
Brasil prohíbe la compra de tierras productivas a inversionistas extranjeros
- Reuters
- 17 Mar 2011
Brasil prohibió que inversionistas extranjeros adquieran o se fusionen con empresas locales que posean tierras cultivables, en otro intento por frenar la inversión externa en zonas agrícolas productivas.
Food-the next big bankable idea?
- Reuters
- 17 Mar 2011
Seeds, land and fertilizer are among the top places food and agriculture executives and economists said they would put their money, betting on global population growth.
Buscan limitar venta de tierras a extranjeros
- Notibonaerense.com
- 16 Mar 2011
Desde el bloque de la UCR en la Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia buscan crear un “Reglamento para la venta de tierras bonaerenses a personas físicas y jurídicas extranjeras”, con el fin de limitar la adquisición de extensiones por personas de otros países.