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¿Ha comprado Corea del Norte tierras en Zimbabue?
- RT
- 16 August 2014
El Gobierno de Corea del Norte rumorea que ha comprado grandes extensiones de tierra en Zimbabue para cultivar arroz, según el sitio de noticias zimbabuense 'The Telescope News'.
Uruguay: Estados extranjeros: cambios en proyecto sobre compra de tierras
- Espectador
- 15 August 2014
El Senado modificará el proyecto de ley que prohíbe la compra de inmuebles rurales y explotaciones agropecuarias por empresas en las que participen estados extranjeros.
Exigen a Paraguay y Guatemala restitución de tierras para campesinos
- Terra
- 15 August 2014
Las principales organizaciones y asociaciones campesinas de distintos países de Latinoamérica exigieron hoy a los mandatarios de Paraguay y Guatemala, que restituyan las "tierras despojadas de forma ilegal y con violencia" a las comunidades de labriegos.
Poll: family offices show greatest agri appetite
- PEI
- 15 August 2014
Some 33 percent of pollsters voted that family offices were showing the greatest appetite for the asset class, while 31 percent pointed to institutional investor demand.
Indonesia lawmakers draft bill to slash foreign ownership of plantations
- Reuters
- 15 August 2014
Indonesian lawmakers are looking to restrict foreign ownership of plantations to no more than 30 percent, as the top palm oil producer tries to maximise land usage, protect indigenous people and tighten environmental controls.
Colombia: Néstor Humberto Martínez, abogado del poder y ahora el “superministro” de Santos
- Las dos orillas
- 14 August 2014
Ha sido defensor de Pacific Rubiales, de Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo, del grupo Santo Domingo y de los grupos económicos que pelean por baldíos. Ahora llega a defender los intereses del Estado.
Vietnam’s leading company to Invest in rice production in Cambodia
- AKP
- 14 August 2014
An Giang Plant Protection Joint Stock Company says it plans to grow rice in Cambodia
Move to promote responsible agricultural investments in Africa
- Parliament of S.Africa
- 13 August 2014
This pan-African parliamentarian campaign against land grabbing by investors from developed countries is the brainchild of Mr Sisa Njikelana, former member of the South African Parliament
Millionaires dig dirt as Czech farm boom spawns fund
- Bloomberg
- 13 August 2014
Farmland ranked as the most attractive investment in a survey of 197 Czech and Slovak millionaires.
Jordan agriculture minister discusses investment in Sudan
- MENA
- 13 August 2014
Jordanian Agriculture Minister Akef Zu'bu discussed on Tuesday with Jordan's Ambassador to Sudan Ayed Dararjh the investment prospects for the 168,000 dunums allocated by the Sudanese government to Jordan.
KTG Agrar SE releases hidden reserves
- KTG Agrar
- 13 August 2014
Some 4,000 hectares of farmland in Lithuania sold to a German institutional investor and leased back for 18 years.
Cambodia: peaceful marchers beaten
- Phnom Penh Post
- 13 August 2014
Villagers from Kampong Chhnang were met with violence and arrests as they embarked on a march to the capital to seek a resolution to a land dispute with politically-connected KDC International.
TIAA-CREF buying 31,000 acres of Florida cropland for $91.4 million as Alico exits sugarcane farming business
- Farmland Investor
- 12 August 2014
US pension fund manager TIAA-CREF, under pressure to put cash to work after having raised $2bn for TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture, agreed to purchase 12,528 ha of farmland in Florida.
Burma: Union of farmers and agriculture workers made a statement
- Eleven
- 12 August 2014
Union of farmers and agriculture workers says the 2012 farmland law favours businessmen rather than small scale farmers
World Bank again criticised for investments in Honduras
- Reuters
- 12 August 2014
The IFC approved $70 million (Dh257.46 million) for Ficohsa in 2011 despite the bank’s risky operating environment and clients, including a palm oil company linked to multiple killings and drug trafficking.