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Argentina: Colonización en tiempos de soja
- Comunicación Ambiental
- 20 Mar 2011
El gobierno de Río Negro firmó un convenio con una empresa estatal china en el que compromete 250.000 hectáreas de tierras para la plantación de soja, trigo, viñas y maíz.
Suelo argentino
- Parlamentario
- 19 Mar 2011
Una ley que limite la venta de tierras a inversionistas extranjeros fue la promesa de Cristina Kirchner. Existen 9 proyectos de ley en Diputados que prevén un régimen de la propiedad privada. Sin embargo, durante 2010 no llegó a debatirse en el recinto por decisión del oficialismo.
South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
- Conducive
- 19 Mar 2011
How did this country turn from being one of the poorest post colonial states in the world to one of the largest land grabbers in recent years?
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.