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“No creemos en la Inversión Agrícola Responsable”
- Radio Mundo Real
- 13 August 2013
Movimientos sociales de América Latina y el Caribe debatieron en consulta regional sobre cuáles son las inversiones necesarias para el desarrollo rural
Sugar barons turn to Africa for growth opportunities
- Economic Times
- 13 August 2013
"Africa is the next destination for the world sugar industry due to huge land available in that continent," said Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.
Cameroun : Le projet d'Herakles Farms menace les espèces en danger
- News Press
- 12 August 2013
Une nouvelle étude démontre que le projet de plantation de palmiers à huile d'Herakles Farm pourrait détruire l'habitat unique d'espèces menacées tels que les chimpanzés du Nigeria-Cameroun et le Drill.
SL Agritech, First Pacific eye Indonesia
- Manila Times
- 11 August 2013
Because of difficulty in securing commercial-scale agricultural lands in the Philippines, hybrid rice producer SL Agritech Corp. said that it may shift its planned joint venture with the Manny Pangilinan-led First Pacific Co. Ltd. to Indonesia.
Colombia: Tenedores y cuchillos
- Semana
- 10 August 2013
Escribe Néstor Humberto que el gobierno o la Procuraduría podrán anular las operaciones que acumulen baldíos “siempre que estén registrados en los folios de matrícula con su respectiva restricción”. O sea que si no figura en los papeles, es legal.
Uruguay: Gobierno de Mujica ajusta proyecto para prohibir extranjerización de la tierra
- LR 21
- 10 August 2013
El ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Fernando Lorenzo, presentará en el Consejo de Ministros el proyecto de Ley por el cual se prohibirá que los Estados extranjeros adquieran tierras en Uruguay.
How Indian flower power is changing Ethiopian lives
- BBC
- 10 August 2013
India and China are pushing heavily to open new markets in Africa but how do the local people feel about the results? BBC News video report.
China avanza en el control de industrias de alimentos
- El Universal
- 09 August 2013
Al Gobierno chino y sus empresas les urge controlar un grueso de la industria de alimentos del planeta para satisfacer la demanda interna ante su acelerado crecimiento demográfico.
Huile de palme en Sierra Leone: des ONG dénoncent la mainmise des entreprises étrangères sur les terres
- RFI
- 09 August 2013
Un groupe d'ONG vient de publier un volumineux rapport pour dénoncer l'accaparement d'un quart des terres agricoles de la Sierra Leone par des entreprises privées étrangères.
Foreign investors grab for SA farmland
- 7News
- 09 August 2013
Middle Eastern investors are trying to buy up prime farming land on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Some farmers who have been offered millions of dollars said they won’t leave at any cost.
Growth of farming bubble threatens £5trn catastrophe
- The Independent
- 09 August 2013
The threat posed to agriculture by environmental hazards is now so great that it could wipe as much as £5 trillion off the value of the world’s farm land, equipment and stock in any one year, a heavyweight study is warning.
Goodman dumps banks for beef to beat inflation
- Bloomberg
- 08 August 2013
Canadian billionaire Ned Goodman holds an 83% stake in Blue Goose Capital Corp. – the largest organic beef operator in North America that produces not only organic beef, but poultry and fish as well.
Karuturi flower farm workers go on strike
- KTN
- 08 August 2013
Business came to a halt at the expansive Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, after its over 3,000 workers downed tools demanding their July salaries.
Robert Kuok's plantation firm eyes Myanmar as next sugar frontier
- Forbes
- 08 August 2013
Wilmar says it plans to expand its oil palm plantations holdings in West Africa and to start producing sugar in Burma.
The great Southeast Asian land grab
- The Diplomat
- 08 August 2013
Disputes over land tenure threaten social harmony in a number of ASEAN countries