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Georgia calling on African farmers
- ABN
- 19 November 2010
The Transvaal Agricultural Union believes as many as a thousand skilled South African farmers could go to plough their own furrow in Georgia where the government is offering them 80,000 ha
Inades-formation : La 13ème Ag s`ouvre le 22 novembre
- Nouveau Réveil
- 18 November 2010
Deux thèmes principaux seront débattus à l'occasion de cette 13ème assemblée : l'agriculture familiale africaine face à l'accaparement des terres agricoles et l'adoption des grandes orientations stratégiques de l'institution pour la période 2010-2025.
Keep farms Kiwi: Fonterra
- Business Day
- 18 November 2010
New Zealand's need for overseas capital does not mean giving away control or ownership of farms, says Fonterra chairman.
Brasil: Ministro vê ameaça em compra de terras por estrangeiros
- Agência Estado
- 18 November 2010
O ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, Guilherme Cassel, disse hoje que a compra de terras por grupos estrangeiros no Brasil e em todos os países do Mercosul é uma "ameaça real" e pode gerar problemas de segurança alimentar
Answers to the global food crisis
- YouTube
- 18 November 2010
Anuradha Mittal talks about land grabbing
Un pool de siembra japonés cultivará 11.000 ha en Argentina
- Fortuna Web
- 18 November 2010
La japonesa Sojitz, especializada en comercio internacional de granos, iniciará plantaciones de soja y otros cultivos en Argentina con el fin de exportar a Asia
Via Campesina action against land grabbing
- Via Campesina
- 17 November 2010
Video of Via Campesina action at the FAO headquarters in October 2010
La guerre des terres arables aura-t-elle lieu ?
- Marianne
- 17 November 2010
Chercheuse analyste en relations internationales, Viriginie Raisson revient sur « Le grand monopoly des terres arables » dans un ouvrage très documenté baptisé "2033, l’atlas des futurs du Monde".
Sojitz plans to start producing soybeans in Argentina
- Bloomberg
- 17 November 2010
Sojitz will lease 11,000 hectares of farmland cultivating soybeans, corn, wheat and other crops in the Pampas region and may expand to 200,000 hectares.
Abu Dhabi moves to secure food supply
- Zawya.com
- 17 November 2010
Abu Dhabi Sources will be going up against well established trading houses, including Glencore, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus.
Agri-Vie, with Herman Marais
- ABN
- 17 November 2010
Agri-Vie, a private equity fund focused on food and agribusiness investments - including farmland - in subSaharan Africa, closed its first fund with participation from Kellogg Foundation, NorFund, IFC and AfDB.
Perú: Juez legaliza despojo de tierras a nativos.
- La Primera
- 16 November 2010
Líderes de la Nación Shawi defenderán las tierras que les pertenecen, en rechazo a una orden judicial que concede título de propiedad a una empresa coreana.