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The Netherlands and the global land and water grab
- TNI
- 23 October 2013
Dutch pension funds, banks and corporations - and even the government - are implicated in the new wave of land and water grabbing worldwide.
Chiza: TZ ripe for progress in agriculture
- The Citizen
- 23 October 2013
Tanzania’s Minister for Agriculture and Food Security was in London where he spoke with investors about investing in Tanzania's agriculture sector.
Prolongation d'un moratoire sur la vente de terre à des étrangers
- AFP
- 23 October 2013
Le Parlement bulgare a prolongé mardi de six ans jusqu'en 2020 l'interdiction pour les étrangers d'acheter des terrains en Bulgarie, un projet phare du parti ultranationaliste d'Ataka qui pourrait entraîner des sanctions de l'Union européenne.
Office du Niger : La prospection d'opportunités nouvelles
- L'Essor
- 23 October 2013
Une délégation du gouvernement malien vient de visiter les réalisations de l’ambitieux projet Malibya.
Bulgaria extends ban on farm land sale to foreigners
- Novinite
- 22 October 2013
Bulgaria’s Parliament has controversially decided to extend the existing moratorium on the sale of agriculture land to foreigners.
Un problème criant de transparence foncière dans les pays du Sud
- Affaires stratégiques
- 22 October 2013
Dans un grand nombre de cas, il n’y a aucune divulgation publique des informations sur les termes et les conditions d’acquisition des terrains. Bien souvent, les rapports des médias sont la seule source d’information disponible.
Radiografía del Uruguay Rural
- Echale aceite
- 22 October 2013
En Uruguay se debate sobre el acaparamiento de tierras, la "sojización" y la "reprimarización" de la agricultura
El Parlamento búlgaro prohíbe la compra de tierras por extranjeros hasta 2020
- Diario Sur
- 22 October 2013
La ampliación de la moratoria prevista en el Tratado de Adhesión de Bulgaria a la UE, que finaliza el 1 de enero de 2014, fue aprobada por 171 diputados, mientras que 38 votaron en contra y 12 se abstuvieron.
La japonesa Sojitz invertirá en la agrícola brasileña Cantagal
- La Información
- 22 October 2013
La casa comercial japonesa Sojitz informó hoy que ha decidido invertir en la brasileña Cantagalo, empresa agrícola y recolectora de grano, y su subsidiaria CGG, de cara a potenciar sus exportaciones de productos alimentarios a Asia.
Cultivating a fortune: Lebanese agricultural traders GLB move into alfalfa production in Sudan
- Executive Magazine
- 22 October 2013
In 2011, GLB acquired 87,200 hectares of land in Sudan under a 99-year renewable lease and secured the water rights for 900 million cubic meters per annum in deals signed with the Sudanese government.
Australia: Increased farm buyer scrutiny likely
- The Land
- 22 October 2013
The Abbott government's plan to increase scrutiny of foreign farm purchases looks set to pass the Senate despite a simmering internal Coalition row over Chinese investment.
Greenpeace slams palm oil giant supplying Oreo, Gillette
- Jakarta Globe
- 22 October 2013
Oreo cookies and Gillette shaving cream are among products driving the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, Greenpeace says, accusing agri giant Wilmar for supplying “dirty palm oil” to make the grocery items.
Sojitz invests in Brazil grain collector to boost Asia sales
- Bloomberg
- 22 October 2013
Tokyo-based Sojitz says it will invest in Brazil's Cantagalo General Grains SA, which farms 150,000 hectares and collects 2 million metric tons of grains a year.
Ethiopian subsistence farmers subject to forced relocation
- Redeye Collective
- 21 October 2013
Anuradha Mittal of the Oakland Institute speaks abouthow farmers in Ethiopia are being pushed off their land to make way for multinational agribusiness.
AAFM positions to tap Aussie ag investment spree
- Agrimoney
- 21 October 2013
Australian Farms Fund Management sells a 40% stake to Melbourne-based Lempriere Capital, the agricultural investment management group that partnered with China's Shandong to purchase the Cubbie Station cotton farm.