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Ethiopia: Regional agreement template (English)
- Oakland Institute
- 10 Mar 2011
English translation of a contract template (original in Amharic) that was given to the Oakland Institute research team in Benishangul
Brazil blocks foreign govts, speculators from buying agri lands
- Commodity Online
- 10 Mar 2011
Brazil is preparing rules that will block foreign governments, state-owned companies and speculators from buying agricultural land while allowing in “genuine” private sector investors.
Bolívia ameaça expropriar terras de estrangeiros
- EFE
- 09 Mar 2011
O governo boliviano ameaçou nesta quarta-feira expropriar no país cerca de um milhão de hectares de terras de brasileiros e menonitas, caso venha a ser confirmado que elas foram obtidas ilegalmente ou que não são usadas para produzir alimentos.
Brazil sets up new roadblocks for agricultural investments – especially from China
- Wharton
- 09 Mar 2011
Brazil’s growing concerns reflect a larger rethinking on ownership of commodity production underway globally.
Belgique: Dialogue politique « Sans terres, pas d’avenir ! » au Parlement fédéral, le 21 mars prochain
- Catho.be
- 09 Mar 2011
Le 21 mars prochain, plusieurs ONG et réseaux organiseront un dialogue entre acteurs de la société civile et acteurs politiques belges et européens sur le thème de l’accès à la terre.
Mapuches protestam contra concessão de terras a empresa italiana
- Adital
- 09 Mar 2011
A disputa judicial entre a Companhia de Terras Sud Argentino, filial da Benetton na Argentina, e a comunidade Mapuche já segue há mais de quatro anos.
King Abdullah initiative on agricultural investment abroad discussed at forum in Khartoum
- SPA
- 09 Mar 2011
Sudan is top of the list of countries selected for Saudi investments, says Undersecretary of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture
Ukraine, Russia grain export curbs deter investors
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2011
"Politically the (Ukraine) government wants to reassure the population that these traders are not going to export grain while the population starves," says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Investing abroad to secure food at home
- Gulf News
- 09 Mar 2011
Gulf states are following in the footsteps of China and looking beyond their shores to make heavy investments in agriculture
In Japanese Dakar Appeal against the land grab
- Dakar Appeal against the land grab
- 09 Mar 2011
Translation of Dakar Appeal against the land grab
Is palm oil a kernel of development for African countries like Liberia?
- Guardian
- 08 Mar 2011
Asian palm oil producers are being accused of cashing in on Africa in their search to expand production
Venezuela and China Form Joint Food Company
- VenezuelaAnalysis.com
- 08 Mar 2011
Venezuelan Minister for Agriculture and Land and the president of the Chinese Heilongjiang Beidahuang State Farm Business Trade Group have signed an agreement to form a joint venture food company.