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Des paysans béninois disent non à l’accaparement des terres
- Pambazuka
- 13 November 2012
C’est la nouvelle démarche de la Banque mondiale pour rendre « socialement acceptable » l’accaparement de terres qui se développe comme une gangrène en Afrique.
Sucrerie : N-Sukala ouvre ses portes
- L'Essor
- 12 November 2012
C’est le 3 avril 2007 que la China light industrial corporation foreign economic and technical coopération (CLETC), une société chinoise dont le siège est à Beijing, et le Mali ont signé la convention d’établissement de la N-SUKALA. La superficie totale à exploiter est de 20.000 hectares.
Singapore group buys Queensland farms
- AFR
- 12 November 2012
Duxton Asset Management has bought more than 800 hectares of Australian fruit orchards for a discount of more than 50 per cent from receivers of failed managed investment scheme Rewards Group and listed land owner Ark Fund.
Colombia: Pulso por inversión extranjera en el agro
- El Espectador
- 12 November 2012
Alertan de posible riesgo en seguridad alimentaria. Según la FAO, los gobiernos deben asegurar que los procesos de concentración y extranjerización de tierras no tengan efectos negativos sobre la producción y el empleo agrícola.
Babacar Ndiaye présidera la ''Journée de l'investissement'' de l'AgriBusiness Forum de Dakar
- APS
- 12 November 2012
Le Sénégalais Babacar Ndiaye, ancien président de la Banque africaine de développement (BAD), présidera la ''Journée de l’investissement'' de l’édition 2012 de l’AgriBusiness Forum, qui aura lieu le 28 novembre à Dakar.
Investors look to farmland as tangible, stable asset
- AgWire
- 12 November 2012
With the ups and downs of the stock market in the past few years and the boom in the rural economy, institutional investors are looking at farmland as a tangible, stable asset to have in their portfolio.
South African farm worker strikes reminiscent of the mine workers dispute
- Land Commodities
- 12 November 2012
Could a recent farm workers dispute in, De Doorns, a wine region in the Western Cape in South Africa, become the agriculture equivalent of the Lonmin's platinum mine dispute?
XVII CONADES: Crisis alimentaria es por acaparamiento de las transnacionales
- La Mula
- 11 November 2012
Los representantes de los pequeños productores agrarios del país, asistentes a la XVII de CONADES remarcaron que la actual crisis alimentaria, no es una crisis de alimentos, sino de acaparamiento por parte de las trasnacionales.
Polémico: surge nuevo "Indec", ahora para blanquear compra de tierras en Argentina por parte de firmas extranjeras
- I Profesional
- 10 November 2012
Capitales foráneos manejan una superficie superior a Uruguay. Sin embargo, el informe del Ministerio de Justicia da cuenta de menos de la mitad. Hay provincias como Santa Cruz, Chaco o La Rioja que no aportaron datos.
New Zealanders fearful about foreign agricultural investment
- Land Commodities
- 10 November 2012
New research indicates that foreign ownership of farmland and other rural real estate in New Zealand may be closer to 10%, significantly higher than a recent conflicting estimate of 1.5%.
Land motion sparks hot debate in House
- Guardian
- 09 November 2012
A heated debate ensued yesterday in Tanzania's Parliament after Kawe lawmaker Halima Mdee moved a private motion calling on the House to adopt a resolution pressing the government to suspend the allocation of huge chunks of land for investment to foreigners.
African land grab is a myth, says China expert
- CityWire
- 09 November 2012
Chinese land grabs in Africa are a media myth, according to regional expert Professor Deborah Brautigam.