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Reglamentarían esta semana la Ley de Extranjerización de Tierras
- Iprofesional
- 06 February 2012
Los ministros de Agricultura y Justicia se reunieron para ultimar detalles del decreto que otorgará plena vigencia a la noma aprobada en diciembre de 2011
Proyecto saudí: "Más concentración y extranjerización de la tierra pública"
- Chaco día por día
- 06 February 2012
Documento del Centro Nelson Mandela sostiene que el proyecto de entendimiento de Chaco con la empresa saudí Al-Khora yef, constituye "una auténtica situación de emergencia por las locuras de un gobierno que está de paso y que acosa el ambiente".
Funds focus on farming fortunes
- Financial News
- 06 February 2012
Farming is a sector that Insight Investment, a UK asset manager best known for its expertise in investing in corporate bonds and government debt, has begun to target.
Colonialismo, siglo XXI
- El Nacional
- 05 February 2012
Los venezolanos no podemos ni debemos ser ajenos ni cerrar los ojos, y menos en una etapa en la cual predomina el hermetismo oficial en las negociaciones con otros países
Madhvani wins Amuru land case
- Monitor
- 05 February 2012
Thousands of residents of Amuru District community, in Uganda, could soon lose their land after Gulu High Court ruled that over 40,000 hectares be given to Madhvani Group of companies to grow sugarcane.
Kwara’s N70b rice deal sparks row
- Nigerian Compass
- 04 February 2012
A few hours after it was announced with fanfare, the N70 billion agriculture deal between Nigeria's Kwara State government and a Spanish consortium is generating controversy.
The land of Stronach: Canadian businessman has become Florida county's third-largest land holder
- Ocala
- 04 February 2012
The Canadian–based businessman has increased his Marion County land holdings in the past two years nearly sixfold, making him the largest private property owner in the county with 29,000 acres.
Nederlandse agrariërs en bedrijven actief bij grondverwerving buitenland
- AgriHolland B.V.
- 03 February 2012
Het totale areaal landbouwgrond dat van oorsprong Nederlandse land- en tuinbouwbedrijven in de afgelopen decennia in gebruik hebben genomen in het buitenland is ongeveer 500.000 hectare, dat is ongeveer gelijk aan 25% van het totale landbouwareaal in Nederland.
Tillers seek probe of $300 M land lease deal with Bahrain
- KMP
- 03 February 2012
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today called on the House of Representatives’ committees on agrarian reform and agriculture to conduct a probe and shoot down a $300-million land lease deal the government entered into with Bahrain.
Don't sell off our farms
- Stock & Land
- 02 February 2012
On his farm at Coleambally, NSW, John Ward admits he is feeling emotional about how foreign investment into Australian agricultural land has been handled.
China should build grain processing plants overseas, says official
- Dow Jones
- 02 February 2012
China's pursuit of agricultural land overseas should be supplemented by building more grain processing facilities as part of the country's push for global expansion in the farming sector, says Chen Xiwen, general director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group.
China plants bitter seeds in South American farmland
- Washington Times
- 02 February 2012
China increasingly is buying farmland and agricultural companies in South America to feed its ever-growing population.