The $128-million deal that saw Canada Pension Plan acquire 46,500 hectares of Saskatchewan farmland was "wrong, both legally and morally," says Rick Swenson, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Saskatchewan.
Farmland total returns tend to be uncorrelated with financial asset returns, offering genuine portfolio diversification for institutional investors.
Japanese company drops plans to establish a 4,000 ha cotton farm in Mozambique's Nampula Province, within the Nacala Corridor.
O chefe de Estado moçambicano terminou ontem em Maputo a presidência aberta no seu discurso Armando Guebuza defendeu que o estado deve resistir à pressão da privatização da terra.
Farmers in Kula, Serbia have made formal complaints about an Abu Dhabi company, Al Rawafed Agriculture, which is trying to acquire land.
De plus en plus de terres agricoles sont achetées par diverses entreprises n'ayant aucun lien avec l'agriculture. Une forme d'accaparement des terres qui inquiète.
Interest in land from high-net-worth investors is up at a time when stocks hover near record highs and bonds could be hurt by rising interest rates.
Liberia's Jogbahn Clan is at the forefront of efforts to resist the grab of land and forests for palm oil plantations. But the country's President says they are only 'harrassing and extorting' international investors.
Un campaña virtual responsabiliza al Banco Mundial por el acaparamiento de tierras y recursos en todo el planeta, en detrimento de los derechos de las poblaciones locales campesinas e indígenas.
Pour le ministre congolais de l’Agriculture, cet investissement se veut un tournant. « Nous disons : venez au Congo avec de grands projets. Nous sommes grands, nous devons faire de grandes choses. »
Cerca de 3 mil famílias ocuparam, na manhã desta quinta-feira (17), a Fazenda Rio das Cobras, da empresa Araupel, entre os municípios de Rio Bonito do Iguaçu e Quedas do Iguaçu (PR).
Minister of Agriculture confirmed, during his meeting with China's ambassador to Khartoum, the Sudanese government's commitment to providing land for agricultural investment
