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Brasil, preocupado por la seguridad alimentaria, busca limitar las tierras en manos extranjeras
- El Espectador
- 24 June 2010
Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.
Indonesia census turns up Papua tribe living in trees
- Reuters
- 24 June 2010
A tribe of hunter gatherers living in trees in the forests of Papua, near the planned Merauke food estate where Wilmar and other firms plan to get farmland, has been discovered officially for the first time.
Brasil: no más tierras para extranjeros
- BBC
- 24 June 2010
"No es una cuestión de xenofobia. La tierra es un medio de producción finito y el estado brasileño va a poner límites."
On the frontier of investment
- Phnom Penh Post
- 24 June 2010
New private equity fund targets Cambodia’s still-developing agriculture sector
Bargain price of east German land 'unsustainable'
- Agrimoney
- 24 June 2010
More than 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a gulf still exists between farm prices in eastern and western Germany which provides a "good opportunity" for investors, a boss at KTG Agrar has said.
OECD sees extended surge in farmland investment-INTERVIEW
- Reuters
- 24 June 2010
A recent global surge in private investment in farmland is set to continue as investors look to returns from agricultural production and to rising land values, said an OECD executive on Thursday.
Investing in Ukraine: Top 10 picks of 2010
- Kyiv Post
- 24 June 2010
Outline of major Ukraine companies open to farmland investors
Des manifestations prévues au Mali en contrepoint du sommet du G-8 au Canada
- APA
- 23 June 2010
Des manifestations populaires seront organisées à Bamako le 27 juin sous le thème de « L’accaparement des terres au Mali : facteurs d’appauvrissement et d’asservissement des masses rurale et urbaine »
Indonesia Seeks Saudi Arabian Investment in Agricultural Projects
- SES
- 23 June 2010
Major factor for enacting new investment law for land was Saudi Arabia's halting of investment projects worth billions of riyals, says Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture.
Brazil govt plans to limit foreign land purchases
- AP
- 23 June 2010
Brazil's government wants to tighten restrictions on foreign ownership of farm lands in Latin America's biggest country, the Agrarian Development Ministry said Tuesday.
Veto to foreigner is a defensive strategy
- Valor Econômico
- 22 June 2010
“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says
Deputados do PT apoiam restrições à compra de terras por estrangeiros
- PT na Câmara
- 22 June 2010
A decisão do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva de propor alterações à Constituição para proibir a compra de terras brasileiras por estrangeiros recebeu apoio de deputados da bancada do PT na Câmara.