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Terres Africaines : la grande braderie
- RTBF
- 12 Mar 2011
Un reportage au Bénin et à Rome de André Zaleski et Patrice Hardy de la Radio Télévision Belge Francophone
Se dispara la venta de tierra en Vichada
- El Tiempo
- 12 Mar 2011
Desde hace cuatro años hay un 'boom' en las ventas de fincas en Colombia. Empresas, las principales compradoras. Y no solo nacionales.
UAE eyes investment in Chinese agriculture sector
- Emirates 24/7
- 12 Mar 2011
The UAE and other Gulf states in collaboration with Singapore companies are entering the Chinese agriculture market to ensure food security.
Les terres de Sierra Leone : Ruée sur l'or vert
- RFI
- 11 Mar 2011
Reportage de Mehdi Meddeb
China Beidahuang planning large farmland buys overseas
- Dow Jones
- 11 Mar 2011
Beidahuang, one of the China's leading vehicles for the purchase of foreign agricultural properties, will buy 200,000 hectares of farmland overseas this year, with Latin America and South East Asia as the target areas.
Little Sheep eyes farm in New Zealand, paper says
- EJ Insight
- 11 Mar 2011
China's Little Sheep Group says it plans to build a sheep farm in New Zealand in order to increase the supply of lamb for its hot pot restaurant chain business.
SOCFIN Agricultural Company set to establish $ 100 million oil project in Malen chiefdom
- Awoko
- 11 Mar 2011
Investment involves a 40-year lease agreement for the establishment of over 16,000 acres of an oil palm project.
Nova lei de terras 'esfria' interesse de americanos no agronegócio brasileiro
- Globo
- 10 Mar 2011
O governo prepara a flexibilização de tais restrições, já que o objetivo é apenas barrar movimento especulativo com a terra brasileira, como a compra de lotes por fundos de investimento ou investidores que não têm foco na produção.
S. Korea to increase overseas farming on record food costs
- Bloomberg
- 10 Mar 2011
About 60 Korean companies were involved in farming in 16 countries by the end of 2010, harvesting about 87,000 metric tons of grain from 24,000 hectares of farmland.
S. Korea set to secure more overseas farmland
- Yonhap
- 10 Mar 2011
South Korea will set aside 40 billion won (US$35.8 million) to help local companies secure overseas farmland this year, the government said. Ten billion won will be paid directly to foreign governments supporting such investments.
Warren Adams: Searching for profits and saving Patagonia
- Fortune
- 10 Mar 2011
The entrepreneur has a plan for land preservation that actually makes money. Now he just has to prove it.
Ethiopia: Regional agreement template (Ahmaric)
- Oakland Institute
- 10 Mar 2011
Contract template that was given to the Oakland Institute research team in Benishangul