Mozambique farmland is prize in land grab fever
- NPR
- 14 June 2012
NPR takes a closer look at the reality behind the rhetoric, and went to Mozambique, a hot spot in the global rush for land.
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Egyptian model farm in Ethiopia
- Egyptian Gazette
- 14 June 2012
An Egyptian model farm is to be created in Ethiopia on an area of some 500 feddans [210 ha] with the potential for expansion in the regional state of Afar some 600 kilometres north of Addis Ababa.
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Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°77
- Le Hub Rural
- 14 June 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
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Comissão da Câmara aprova compra de terras por estrangeiro
- Valor
- 14 June 2012
A Comissão de Agricultura da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou relatório que dá às empresas brasileiras com capital estrangeiro liberdade para adquirir grandes extensões de terras. Atualmente, isso é proibido.
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Soros-backed farms ripe for bid at 36% discount: Real M&A
- Bloomberg
- 14 June 2012
Adecoagro, the agricultural company that counts George Soros as its biggest investor, is giving potential buyers the chance to get a hold of farms in Brazil and Argentina at a 36 percent discount to its net assets.
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New proposal would relax Brazil's restrictions on farmland ownership by foreigners
- Farmland Investor Centre
- 13 June 2012
Under a new proposal from the Agricultural Committee of Brazil's Congress, any company established in Brazil, even if controlled by foreigners, would be considered Brazilian and not subject to restrictions on farmland ownership.
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Karuturi seeks $100 million to start Ethiopian sugar plantation
- Bloomberg
- 13 June 2012
The company has approached the African Development Bank, the African Export-Import Bank and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank to raise another $100 million for a sugarcane estate.
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Willy Meyer insta a la UE a luchar contra el acaparamiento de tierras en los países empobrecidos
- Crónica de Aragón
- 13 June 2012
Varias ONG afirman que esta práctica está exponiendo a la esclavitud y a la explotación laboral a gran parte del campesinado de estos países
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Soy farming and land grab in the Brazilian Amazon
- TheWaterChannel
- 13 June 2012
Large-scale soy monoculture is expanding rapidly in Latin America. Boosted by dubious investment from multi-national corporations, it has moved well beyond the southern states and into the Amazon area.
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Sierra Léone : Les chefs traditionnels africains refusent de céder la terre africaine
- Afriques en lutte
- 13 June 2012
D’un côté, l’acharnement avec lequel certains dirigeants africains s’organisent en toute opacité pour vendre ou mettre en concession la terre africaine contre la volonté des populations et, d’un autre côté, le rapport de l’institut Oakland qui tente d’apporter, avec beaucoup de brio, les conditions qui prévalent lors d’un investissement d’une entreprise multinationale en Afrique sont édifiants.
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L'Afrique inondée par de grands investissements malgré la controverse sur l'accès aux terres
- Xinhua
- 13 June 2012
La controverse sur l' accaparement des terres n'empêche pas l'arrivée massive des grands investissements étrangers pur l'exploitation agricole en Afrique, un continent disposant d'environ 22 millions d'hectares de terres arables encore en friche.
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Tiga Pilar Merambah Sawit dan Beras
- Kontan
- 13 June 2012
Perusahaan manufaktur makanan ini rajin mengakuisisi sejumlah perusahaan di sektor pertanian dan perkebunan
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