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Rückschau: Profit macht hungrig
- ARD
- 17 June 2012
"Bodenrausch" und wie sich Konzerne als neue Kolonialherren etablieren
Les travaux reprennent à l'Office du Niger
- Journal du Mali
- 16 June 2012
Mis à l’arrêt par le coup d’Etat du 22 mars 2012, les grands travaux d’aménagement agricoles redémarrent à l’Office du Niger.
African land fertile ground for crops and investors
- NPR
- 15 June 2012
Part 2 of a report from the US-based National Public Radio on landgrabbing in Africa, highlighting the case of Mozambique
Fallecen en Paraguay al menos 17 campesinos en desalojo
- Radio Habana Cuba
- 15 June 2012
Los campesinos del sureste de Paraguay llevan años en la lucha por un repartición justa de la tierra y denunciaron que los suelos más ricos de la nación se encuentran en poder de los "brasiguayos", brasileros que han comprado tierras y se han nacionalizado.
Foreigners 'skirting rules protecting rice businesses'
- The Nation
- 15 June 2012
Singaporean and other foreign traders are taking advantage of a loophole in Thai laws to purchase land suitable for paddy fields and starting up rice-trading houses in Thailand.
Nigeria-Qatar 'govts in effort to enhance ties'
- Gulf Times
- 14 June 2012
We are interested in the opportunity of farming in Nigeria and we are happy that the government is facilitating that process," says Hassad Food Operations and Asset Management executive director Andrew Goodman.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.