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AgroGeneration : vente de la filiale AgerAustral en Argentine
- Boursier.com
- 11 June 2014
AgroGeneration, l'un des cinq premiers opérateurs agricoles en Ukraine, annonce la vente de sa société d'exploitation AgerAustral en Argentine.
MIGA and OPIC team to unlock investments in African agriculture
- Devex
- 11 June 2014
A US government agency, a World Bank Group member and a private equity fund plan to help half a million small-scale farmers boost yields and improve food security in sub-Saharan Africa.
UBS launches farmland investment service
- Financial Standard
- 10 June 2014
UBS Global Asset Management has established an Australia and New Zealand farmland investment advisory service to meet the growing institutional demand for assets, particularly from Asia.
Argentina: Harvard defiende sus monocultivos forestales a ultranza
- WRM
- 10 June 2014
En Argentina, Harvard es propietaria de 87.000 hectáreas de campo en la provincia de Corrientes con plantaciones de pinos y eucaliptos que son gestionadas por dos sociedades anónimas: Empresas Verdes Argentinas S.A. (EVASA) y Las Misiones S.A.
Hambrientos de tierra: los campesinos en pequeña escala alimentan al mundo con menos de una cuarta parte de toda la tierra agrícola
- GRAIN
- 10 June 2014
Un boletín de prensa conjunto con La Via Campesina hace un llamado urgente para que la tierra vuelva a manos campesinas. La lucha por una genuina reforma agraría integral es parte fundamental de la lucha en pos de mejores sistemas alimentarios.
Cambodia's Tep Vanny: 'I am ready to die for justice'
- Asia Calling
- 09 June 2014
Across Cambodia developers are seizing valuable pieces of land, throw the existing community out, and after protests ebb away, building new developments on them: malls and apartments for the newly rich.
Des experts pour l’encadrement de l’accès des investisseurs dans le cadre des politiques agricoles et foncières
- Dakar Actu
- 08 June 2014
Un séminaire organisé par la SAED et l’AFD recommande d’encadrer l’accès des investisseurs dans le cadre des politiques foncières en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre
Les terres agricoles africaines doivent rester aux africains
- PANA
- 07 June 2014
Face à l'achat des terres cultivables par les milieux capitalistes, le président tunisien plaide pour la protection des terres agricoles africaines.
Foreclosure notice forces Karuturi to pay off 25 percent debt
- The Reporter
- 07 June 2014
The Commercial Bank of Ethiopia is pressuring Karuturi Global Ltd to repay a credit provision of 65 million birr (US$3.3 million).
Our land, our future
- SESDev
- 06 June 2014
From May 26th-28th Liberian communities impacted by palm oil came together to share their experiences and discuss their hopes for the future.
Grow Africa sees local agribusiness improving
- Daily News
- 06 June 2014
Government of Tanzania pilots a win-win deal whereby communities receive a 10% shareholding in Bagamoyo EcoEnergy Ltd. in exchange for a 99-year lease of their land free from encumbrance.
KKR backs Cofco drive to ramp up China hog output
- APK
- 06 June 2014
Cofco revealed that its pork subsidiary had sold stakes to private equity groups including KKR in a "strategic partnership" to construct and manage "large scale" hog farms and meat processing plants in China.
Argentina: Latifundistas brasileros y la policía desalojan pequeños productores
- Agencia Paco Urondo
- 06 June 2014
Las familias de Cerro Morenita denunciaron cortes de alambrado, amenazas con disparos de arma de fuego e intimidaciones de los inversores brasileros acompañados por el comisario de Wanda para que desalojen los lotes fiscales.
Borrowing bonanza: Is Ethiopia rich or poor to lend to multinationals
- Ethiiomedia
- 06 June 2014
Profit maximization for multinationals like Karuturi is bolstered by the fact that borrowing locally is highly profitable.
Foncier : Plus de 120 000 hectares à l'international pour Tereos, Bonduelle et Michelin
- Revenu Agricole
- 05 June 2014
Les firmes françaises sont de plus en plus enclines à l'acquisition de terres agricoles à l'internationale.