"The world is running out of farm land quite rapidly and farm land is going to be a very, very precious commodity in time to come. ... Australians are pretty dozy and comfortable on this issue," says Julian Cribb.
- Radio Australia
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07 June 2011
KADCO, part of Prince Alwaleed's Kingdom Holding Co, now owns 10,000 feddans [more than 10,000 ha] in southern Egypt while cultivating another 15,000 feddans that it will get ownership of at a later date.
Moçambique é um dos alvos principais da "corrida à terra" por investimentos estrangeiros no continente africano, com a China e a Suécia à frente dos principais projetos, revelou hoje em Lisboa a Coligação para o Diálogo Sobre África (CoDA).
Selon Ye Anping, du ministère chinois de l'Agriculture, l'achat de terres par les entreprises chinoises locales à l'étranger n'a aucun rapport avec les politiques du ministère de l'Agriculture de la Chine. Il s'agit d'un acte individuel de ces entreprises et d'une activité économique.
- People's Daily
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07 June 2011
Land is a powerful commodity that should be used for the betterment of humanity through farming and ecology.
El 10 de junio de 2011, la junta directiva de la Corporación Financiera Internacional (CFI) del Banco Mundial tiene previsto decidir sobre la conveniencia de ofrecer un préstamo esencial para Calyx Agro Ltd.
The focus of Aabar on farming investments comes as Gulf nations, including Abu Dhabi, plan billions of dollars of investments in global food supply and infrastructure as they guard against price shocks and supply shortages in core resources.
- Interactive Investor
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07 June 2011
A new scramble for Africa is under way. As global food prices rise and exporters reduce shipments of commodities, countries that rely on imported grain are panicking. Affluent countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea, China and India have descended on fertile plains across the African continent, acquiring huge tracts of land to produce wheat, rice and corn for consumption back home.
Selon les manifestants, les organisateurs de «Jetfin AGRO 2011», réunis aujourd’hui dans le palace genevois, mettent en péril le droit à l’alimentation et à l’eau dans le monde.
- Tribune de Genève
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07 June 2011
On 10 June 2011, the board of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation will likely approve a loan that will enable a company controlled by France's Louis Dreyfus Group to significantly expand its farmland holdings in the Southern Cone.
Le 10 juin 2011, les administrateurs de la Société financière internationale de la Banque mondiale vont probablement accorder un prêt qui permettra à une société appartenant au Groupe (français) Louis-Dreyfus d’élargir considérablement ses holdings agricoles dans le Cône Sud.
It is only after land issues have been resolved at community level that the role and significance of community-investor partnership which does not require transfer of land rights is possible, says the East African Farmers Federation