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An ambition pricked
- Business Today
- 08 April 2013
Ram Karuturi mulls taking his rose-to-maize company private as its stock shows no signs of bouncing back.
Chinese land grab 'won't happen'
- Fairfax News
- 07 April 2013
China's ambassador says New Zealand has "over thought" his country's interest in acquiring land here, claiming other major farm purchases are unlikely.
Gaining ground? Report sheds light on demand for accountability amid resistance to land deals in Africa
- IIED
- 05 April 2013
People who feel wronged by large scale land deals in Africa are taking a variety of steps to seek justice, according to new research that examines the accountability of public authorities that preside over such deals.
Prosavana agreement signed in Tokyo
- The Zimbabwean
- 05 April 2013
It covers about 700,000 hectares in Mozambique, and is based on a project that Japan implemented in Brazil in the 1970s, which revolutionised agricultural production in an area now regarded as the most productive in Brazil.
Agronegócio avança em Moçambique e ameaça agricultura do país
- MST
- 04 April 2013
Programa agrícola de investimentos entre Brasil, Japão e Moçambique para desenvolver a agricultura numa área de aproximadamente 14,5 milhões de hectares no país africano, o ProSavana está gerando polêmica.
Farmers oppose land ownership rule changes
- Leader-Telegram
- 04 April 2013
A group representing Wisconsin farmers said its lobbying agenda this spring will include opposition to Gov. Scott Walker's plan to eliminate limits on foreign land ownership.
Joint investment firm to boost Saudi-Sudan links
- MENAFN
- 04 April 2013
Joint investment company will harness Sudan's resources in agriculture and livestock in line with the foreign economic policy of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah.
Billionaire al-Amoudi’s co. investing $41m in 3 Ethiopian farms
- Bloomberg
- 04 April 2013
Farms were bought from govt for 1.1b birr ($59.4m), General Manager of Horizon Plantations Ethiopia Jemal Ahmed tells reporters in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
Governments, Western corporations grab lands across Africa
- Press TV
- 04 April 2013
Press TV interviews Justine Mutale of the IF Campaign; Nnimmo Bassey, former executive director of Environmental Rights Action; and Ben Oguntala, founder of Developedafrica.com.
Lutte contre les accaparements de terre : deux regards d’Afrique de l’Ouest
- Oxfam
- 04 April 2013
Dans les allées du Forum social mondial, Clara Jamart d'Oxfam France a rencontré Ibrahima Coulibaly, président de la Coordination nationale des organisations paysannes du Mali, et Diery Gaye, paysan, membre du Conseil d’administration du Conseil national de concertation et de coopération des ruraux du Sénégal.
Tax haven expose: Some bizmen say identity mistaken, others nothing
- FirstPost
- 04 April 2013
The 612 Indians on the list of those who have invested in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands include two MPs, a former royal, top industrialists and the CEO of Karuturi Global.
Qatar's Hassad buys stake in Indian rice firm
- Arabian Business
- 03 April 2013
Hassad Food Co, the agricultural investment arm of Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund, has bought a majority stake in an Indian basmati rice company for more than $100m, it was reported on Wednesday.
CRE groups back proposal to grant FIRPTA exemptions to foreign pension investors
- Costar Group
- 03 April 2013
The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act was first passed in 1980 by Congress to limit foreign control over US farmland. Obama now wants things changed.
Valladolid: Acaparamiento de tierras e impacto sobre las mujeres
- Ecologistas en Acción
- 03 April 2013
El acaparamiento de tierras que se está registrando en todo el mundo ha empezado a atraer la atención internacional, y no tanto porque se trate de un fenómeno nuevo, sino por las dimensiones y ritmo con que se está produciendo.
Centroamérica: Lo que provoca el acaparamiento de tierras
- Movimientos
- 03 April 2013
La Vía Campesina Centroamericana en todos sus debates ha expresado que el acaparamiento de tierras está dirigido por grandes inversores, dueños de plantaciones, empresas madereras, hidroeléctricas y mineras.