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Rich see big $ in world’s farmlands
- Greenbang
- 27 September 2010
Is big-business investment in global farmlands the way to build a sustainable, food-secure future? Or is it evidence of a new speculative bubble?
Singapore looks to China for food security
- New York Times
- 27 September 2010
Singapore is eyeing a gigantic farming project in northeast China that could help the small, densely populated city-state diversify its food supplies, while offering export opportunities for its expertise in food safety and investment opportunities for its businesses.
New wave of agricultural land-grabs reaches Canada
- Dominion
- 27 September 2010
Quietly, these modern-day land marauders are coming to Canada—undermining family farms, compromising local food sovereignty, and harming the environment.
New Zealand to tighten rules on foreign buyers of farmland, English says
- Bloomberg
- 27 September 2010
New Zealand tightened rules for major international purchases of farmland and will now require buyers to show how an acquisition benefits the nation’s economy.
Land grab: Tokyo sees farming investment rules as key to survival
- Asahi Shimbun
- 27 September 2010
Major Japanese trading firms are cautious about Japan buying agricultural land overseas, growing food there and then importing it. One reason, it seems, is their past failures in the agriculture business.
Nouvelle-Zélande : réserves sur la vente de terres à des entreprises étrangères
- AFP
- 27 September 2010
Le gouverneur de la Banque centrale de Nouvelle-Zélande a émis quelques réserves lundi à propos du rachat par des entreprises étrangères, et notamment chinoises, de terres agricoles néo-zélandaises
NZ puts new controls on land sales
- Radio New Zealand
- 27 September 2010
New Zealand's government announced on Monday it will place new controls on overseas investors buying large land holdings.
Land grab: Africa at the mercy of investors abroad
- Asahi Shimbun
- 27 September 2010
The fact is, Madagascar agriculture must rely on foreign capital, despite the risk of problems from farmland deals, according to Masanobu Furuya of the Asahi Shimbum
Food prices rise as Asia projects stall
- Wall St Journal
- 26 September 2010
Some projects aimed at increasing food production in Asia have been dropped or delayed amid the financial crisis, notes a new report by IRRI and the Asia Society.
Brasil: Os riscos que o País corre se não limitar a possibilidade de aquisição de suas terras por estrangeiros
- UNISINOS
- 25 September 2010
Jacques Tavora Alfonsin, advogado do MST e procurador aposentado do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, comenta parecer da Advocacia Geral da União, aprovado pela Presidência da República e publicado dia 23 de agosto passado, sobre as bases legais que autorizam a União a limitar o poder de adquirir terra, no Brasil.
Argentina: ¿Soja en Río Negro? Aluvión de capitales chinos para riego
- Impulso Baires
- 25 September 2010
Gobierno de una de las provincias de la Patagonia Argentina entrega en concesión 200.000 hectareas para la seguridad alimentaria de China, con el aval del gobierno nacional y un crédito del BID
Accaparement des terres et droit à l'alimentation
- TERRA
- 24 September 2010
"On a même vendu nos cimetières aux Chinois", s'insurge Faliry Boly, président de la plate-forme des producteurs de riz du Mali.