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MST defende proibição da aquisição de terras por estrangeiros e pede mobilização contra retrocessos
- MST
- 28 Mar 2012
O movimento defende a proibição da aquisição de terras por pessoas e empresas que não vivem ou não tem sede no Brasil.
Experts warn against stockpiling food
- The National
- 28 Mar 2012
The UAE should instead be looking to diversify and better monitor its agricultural investments abroad, says Dr Raed Safadi, the deputy director of trade and agriculture at the OECD.
80 Indian firms invest Rs 10,800 cr in African farms
- Financial Chronicle
- 28 Mar 2012
African continent is the new destination for Indian agriculture companies, as more than 80 of them have invested over Rs 10,800 crore in commercial farming activities in under-developed countries of the region.
Beyond the rosy picture
- Business Today
- 28 Mar 2012
Largest cut flower exporter Karuturi Global ventures into food business
Liberação da venda de terra para estrangeiros deve ser aprovada na Câmara
- IHU
- 27 Mar 2012
Pelo acordo, deputados vão aprovar o fim de restrições a empresas brasileiras com maioria de capital estrangeiro
L'ONG "Brainforest" et des membres de la population rencontrent des représentants d'Olam
- Le Gabon Enervant
- 27 Mar 2012
L'objet de la réunion était d'exprimer la méfiance de Brainforest et des populations locales, concernant les contrats et conventions signés entre OLAM et les autorités gabonaises
Investments in land and the phenomenon of land grabbing: Challenges for development policy
- BMZ
- 27 Mar 2012
If large-scale land purchases and leases are agreed upon and implemented with due regard to six basic principles, they can play an important role in the development of rural areas, says the German government agency BMZ
La planète est une marchandise comme une autre
- YouTube
- 27 Mar 2012
Entretien avec Alexis Marant, réalisateur du documentaire "Planète à vendre", prix spécial du jury 2012 au FIGRA
Australian executives favor trade barriers for food
- Bloomberg
- 27 Mar 2012
Almost half of Australian executives surveyed by an international law firm favor higher trade barriers to protect the nation’s food supply and see foreign investment in agriculture and farmland as a threat.
UN moves to curb farmland grabs
- Nicosia Business Review
- 27 Mar 2012
The UN has proposed that countries set limits on the size of agriculture land sales to regulate the growing trend of so-called farmland grabs.
Investors in Brazil feel tied on land issue
- Nicosia Business Review
- 27 Mar 2012
Proposed legislation will most likely include banning foreign state-owned companies, sovereign wealth funds and non-governmental organisations from purchasing farmland, while private projects would be approved on a case-by-case basis.
An Act to feed 120 crore people
- Tehelka
- 27 Mar 2012
THE NATIONAL Food Security Bill awaiting parliamentary approval should be backed by simultaneous plan to improve essential agricultural linkages as the demand is expected to exceed supply by 2020.