A study by a Federal Public Ministry working group on the purchase of land in the country demolishes the idea that Brazilian companies controlled by foreign capital should receive the same treatment in these purchases as companies by national capital.
Estudo feito por el Ministério Público Federal sobre a compra de terras no país por estrangeiros derruba a tese de que empresas brasileiras com capital estrangeiro devem ter o mesmo tratamento de empresas com capital nacional nessas aquisições.
La société AgroGeneration a annoncé lundi l'acquisition de 25.000 hectares en Ukraine, portant désormais à 45.000 ha la superficie de terres cultivables que détient l'entreprise française dans ce pays.
Singapore's Wilmar, the world's largest listed palm oil firm, wants to invest $2 billion in Indonesia where they are targeting Merauke to develop sugar cane plantations
A rush of foreign investment interest in Australian farmland is stirring new concerns about just how much overseas ownership of local agricultural resources is too much.
Sir Bob Geldof has warned UK pension funds they are missing out on the “last great investment opportunity left” by not placing money in Africa -- including its arable lands.
Responsible investment in agriculture is preferably not about large scale foreign land acquisitions. It is about promoting sustainable agriculture, reducing poverty and meeting the world’s food needs, says IFAD's Harold Liversage
The UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) said that so far trade and investment deals with partners in the south are merely reinforcing a long-standing trend with the north in which African countries export farm produce, minerals, ores, and crude oil, and import manufactured goods.
Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture says the Embassy in Riyadh will organize a meeting and formulate regulations on the investment, as a follow-up of his visit to Saudi Arabia
There are always concerns surrounding foreign ownership, but they're about the wider issue of land ownership and not specifically about China, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said after talks with Chinese Vice-President Xi Jingping
Instead of providing land to big corporations, the Indonesian government has a better choice: to redistribute land to the millions of landless and peasant families so they can work again to feed their family.
The Chinese Government is buying Australian farms to directly feed its population, a senior Liberal said on the eve of a visit by a top Bejing official.
