The Lao government has approved hundreds of thousands of hectares in concessions, but has yet to identify how many hectares of land investors have already used or whether they have followed their original proposals.
- Vientiane Times
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17 Mar 2014
Can we minimize downsides and maximize benefits of transnational land investments?
Déclaration d'organisations syndicales, mouvements paysans et mouvements sociaux réunis au Maroc dans le cadre du mouvement paysan international VIA CAMPESINA
- La Via Campesina
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15 Mar 2014
Colonos y terratenientes brasileños tienen propiedades en gran parte de los departamentos de Alto Paraná, Canindeju, Amambay y Chaco, concentrados en las tierras más fértiles y ricas del país.
Corporations are starting to buy up US farmland, especially in areas dominated by industrial-scale agriculture, like Iowa and California's Central Valley
Singapore's Temasek is part of a consortium that is offering $2.1 billion cash for Olam, one of the world's largest farmland owners.
La diputada provincial Sonia López presentó un proyecto de Ley mediante el cual solicita la reglamentación del artículo 61 de la Constitución Provincial que prohíbe la venta de tierras que rodean Recursos Naturales correntinos a capitales extranjeros.
- Corrientes Hoy
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13 Mar 2014
Former Nigerian president and notorious land grabber Olusegun Obasanjo and UK rock star Bob Geldof say "Africa needs large, commercial farms as well as small ones."
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
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13 Mar 2014
Guyana's President Donald Ramotar says thet "the offer is still on the table" to all CARICOM countries to take advantage of Guyana's bountiful agricultural resources.
Palm oil company DekelOil, which operates plantations and a mill in Ivory Coast, says it raised £700,000 through a share placing anchored by high profile Africa-focused fund Nubuke.
- Proactive Investors
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13 Mar 2014
The CT Group has revealed plans to grow up to 10,000 hectares of dragon fruit in Australia's Northern Territory.
Real estate developer Yoma Strategic Holdings is ramping up its push into Myanmar, including in agriculture where it has formed a holding in which the World Bank's IFC holds 20%.
- Straits Times
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12 Mar 2014