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Food and finance: the financial transformation of agro-food supply chains
- JPS
- 24 September 2014
Land is becoming increasingly more coveted by transnational agribusiness and financial investors.
Ukrainian, Chinese investors launch joint agriculture project
- Xinhua
- 24 September 2014
The DARA Group and Chinese Agricultural Corporation HuanFan Qu agree on a US$58 million 5-year project to develop cereal farms, pig farms and greenhouses in the Ukraine.
Accaparement des terres africaines: nouvelle étape ?
- Ouestaf News
- 23 September 2014
Après des années de campagnes, il est temps de s’interroger sur les résultats acquis : la mobilisation des ONG a-t-elle réellement fait reculer les expropriations de terre ?
Argentina, Corrientes: Conflicto en Iberá: cortan la Ruta Nacional N° 118 en reclamo de tierras.
- RNMA
- 23 September 2014
Organizaciones campesinas, sindicales, sociales y ecologistas piden la titularidad de las tierras de la Fundación San Nicolás y reclaman el fin del avance de las plantaciones forestales de Harvard y otras empresas.
Le président de Kiribati prône l'achat de terres à l'étranger
- Reuters
- 22 September 2014
Le président de Kiribati est partisan d'acquérir davantage de terrains à l'étranger, après un premier achat effectué aux Fidji, afin de garantir la sécurité alimentaire du pays et, à terme, de parer à la montée du niveau de la mer.
Australia: China sour on dairy management
- Financial Review
- 22 September 2014
Despite all the hype around Chinese investment in the Australian dairy sector, one Chinese investor who bought a dairy farm five years ago has lost money and will not buy again.
Private sector spearheads realization of Arab food security
- Sudan Vision
- 22 September 2014
Sudan declares its readiness for making more arrangements and efforts for creating an attractive environment for Arab investors to contribute to achievement of the Arab food security in the Sudan.
Mitsubishi bids $1.4 billion for Cermaq to expand in food
- Bloomberg
- 22 September 2014
Mitsubishi Corp., Japan’s biggest trading house, proposed to buy the Norwegian fishery Cermaq ASA for $1.4 billion to expand its foods business and become the world’s second-largest salmon farmer.
Argentina, Mendoza: Hay más tierras productivas, pero cada vez en menos manos
- Los Andes
- 21 September 2014
La retirada de algunos productores tradicionales y la notable expansión hacia el pedemonte de formatos estilo latifundios -en gran parte pertenecientes a capitales extranjeros- son algunas de las causas.
Foreign investors get a taste for dairy industry
- The Australian
- 20 September 2014
Australia's dairy industry is the new flavour of the month among foreign investors, with global pension funds, food companies and wealthy individuals turning their focus from New Zealand towards Victoria and Tasmania.
Comment marchés financiers et multinationales accaparent aussi les mers et les océans
- Basta !
- 19 September 2014
Les terres agricoles ne sont pas les seules cibles de puissants intérêts privés, de grandes entreprises ou de gros investisseurs. Littoraux, mangroves ou récifs coralliens sont aussi convoités.
The land-grab trap: Is there a will to govern global land grabbing?
- Focaal Blog
- 19 September 2014
Will the CSM get caught up in a hegemonic “land-grab trap” standing in for principles that turned out weak and entirely outside of their control?