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Corn on the Cambodian cob suits Korean farmer
- Joong Ang Daily
- 28 Mar 2011
Lee Woo-chang set up a farming company called KomerCN in Cambodia in December 2008 to grow corn for export to Korea on 21 ha. He now wants to expand the farm to 13,000 ha.
Bolivia: Más de un millón de hectáreas en manos de extranjeros
- Bolpress
- 28 Mar 2011
Agroindustriales extranjeros compraron o arrendaron más de un millón de hectáreas de tierra en Bolivia en los últimos años. Los brasileros habrían adquirido cerca de 700 mil hectáreas; los argentinos, 100 mil hectáreas; y menonitas y japoneses, otras 200 mil has.
Land grabbing: The new scramble for Africa
- Kontext TV
- 28 Mar 2011
Since the food and financial crisis in 2008, a race for arable land has started worldwide. States, corporations, banks and funds of rich countries buy up large chunks of land to produce agrofuels and grow crops for food - or just to speculate.
Argentina, Corrientes: Lanzan una mesa coordinadora en reclamo de la concentración de tierras
- Hoy Corrientes
- 27 Mar 2011
Los ejes que en que se centra la mesa son el Ibera es un patrimonio de los correntinos, la negativa al proyecto Ayuí Grande y a la extranjerización de la tierra
A era dos estrangeiros
- Diario de Cuiaba
- 27 Mar 2011
O levantamento do Incra aponta também que Mato Grosso é o que apresenta maior concentração de terras por proprietários de fora do país. Isto quer dizer que, com o passar do tempo, o interesse pelo território aumentou e a introdução do capital de outros países estabeleceu uma competição com os produtores nacionais.
Egypt seeks food and water security in Sudan
- AFP
- 27 Mar 2011
Sudanese officials have set aside 17,000 hectares of land in White Nile state for an Egyptian meat project.
African land, up for grabs
- Anyuak Media
- 27 Mar 2011
A land grab is taking place all across Africa, a transfer of control unprecedented in the post-colonial era.
Food secrurity fears driving rush to buy farmland
- Stock & Land
- 27 Mar 2011
World food security fears may be driving the foreign rush to buy Australian farmland and agribusinesses, says Nationals' leader, Warren Truss.
South African farmers set up in Congo
- IPS
- 26 Mar 2011
The Republic of Congo has handed over 80,000 ha of arable land to a company owned and operated by 14 South African farmers.
Debating the global land grab
- IDS
- 25 Mar 2011
A new report is released this week to coincide with the forthcoming international conference on the global land grab to be held at IDS, University of Sussex.
Ethiopia: The great land-grab debate
- IRIN
- 25 Mar 2011
Foreign investors are leasing vast tracts of land in Ethiopia
El marco jurídico alienta la extranjerización de tierras en Bolivia
- Fundación Tierra
- 25 Mar 2011
Con un alegato a favor de que la venta de tierras a ciudadanos extranjeros cese en Bolivia, el investigador de Fundación TIERRA, Miguel Urioste, reclama al Estado un mayor control de este comercio que realizan las familias bolivianas, amparadas en un marco jurídico débil y poco claro.