• Cultiver en Afrique pour profiter de son eau
    • Slate Afrique
    • 30 May 2011

    «Il est clair que l’enjeu n’est pas seulement les terres, mais l’eau», affirme Philip Woodhouse, de l’université de Manchester.

  • L’accaparement des terres recolonise l’Afrique : Le Togo s’y enfonce à petits coups !
    • AfriSCOOP
    • 30 May 2011

    Les paysans et paysannes du village de Yotokopé lancent un appel aux autorités togolaises afin « qu’elles prennent des mesures idoines pour protéger leur patrimoine qu’est la terre et qui leur permet de nourrir leurs familles »

  • China avança sobre terras e controle da produção no Brasil
    • MST
    • 30 May 2011

    O acordo de US$ 7 bilhões assinado no mês passado –para produção de 6 milhões de toneladas de soja por ano– é um dos vários fechados nas últimas semanas, enquanto a China se apressa para assegurar sua segurança alimentar e compensar sua crescente dependência de produtos agrícolas dos Estados Unidos, buscando vastas áreas do interior agrícola da América Latina.

  • Investors need to carefully manage issues around land ownership
    • HowWeMadeItInAfrica
    • 30 May 2011

    Investors in Africa’s agriculture sector need to be aware of the complexities surrounding land ownership.

  • Peru: Land grabbing in indigenous peoples’ territories
    • WRM
    • 30 May 2011

    Several Shawi communities have learned that a Korean company, ECOAMERICA, has applied for the registration and titling of over 72,000 ha of land in their territories, at a price of 80 cents a hectare, for agriculture and logging.

  • N.Zealand PM warns on xenophobia against China
    • AFP
    • 30 May 2011

    New Zealanders could not afford to be "totally xenophobic" towards Chinese investment because it has brought jobs and capital into the country, Prime Minister John Key said Monday.

  • Attribution de 40 mille hectares aux Saoudiens : Les populations de Boghé s’opposent au Projet.
    • CRIDEM
    • 30 May 2011

    Lors d’une assemblée générale des délégués de 60 localités qui s’est tenue le 27 Mai 2011 au siège de l’Association Mauritanienne pour l’Auto Développement (AMAD) à Boghé les représentants des populations locales ont, dans leur écrasante majorité, exprimé leur désaccord vis-à-vis du projet d’attribution de 40.000 hectares de terres rendu public dans un avis préfectoral affiché dans les locaux de la Moughata’a.

  • Chongqing's Brazil deal
    • Dim Sums
    • 29 May 2011

    The Chinese article on the deal emphasized that Chongqing citizens would get the soy oil at a very cheap price ("价格将更便宜").

  • Kazakh opposition calls for halt to China expansion
    • Reuters
    • 28 May 2011

    Opposition activists in Kazakhstan called on the government on Saturday to stop Chinese investment in the country's natural resources, saying Beijing could be preparing a land grab in Central Asia

  • Uruguay farm saga deserves yellow card
    • NZ Herald
    • 27 May 2011

    NZS may not have successfully introduced our farming practices to Uruguay but it managed to introduce New Zealanders' strategy of acquiring highly leveraged farm land with the intention of making a large, non-taxable capital profit on disposal.

  • China deve investir em agricultura, diz analista
    • Agência Estado
    • 27 May 2011

    País possui maior reserva cambial do mundo, avaliada em US$ 3,04 trilhões

  • China Should Invest FX Reserves In Agriculture Abroad -Govt Researcher
    • Dow Jones
    • 27 May 2011

    China should use its huge foreign exchange reserves to expand investment in the agricultural sector overseas, in an effort to increase domestic market supply, says researcher with government-owned economic institute.

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