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Investors plant funds in farmland
- Financial News
- 21 January 2013
As institutions and private investors show increased interest in farmland, prices are rising.
New Zealand pension fund shops for offshore farm investments
- Reuters
- 21 January 2013
New Zealand's state pension fund is looking at buying overseas farmland amid growing demand for food in emerging markets, and it is also interested in assets offered by struggling European banks as well as catastrophe insurance.
Au Liberia, la résistance paysanne s'organise entre les palmiers à huile
- AFP
- 20 January 2013
Leurs terres cédées par le gouvernement aux planteurs malaisiens et indonésiens, des paysans du Liberia dénoncent des accords qui les ignorent: après 15 ans de guerre civile, des nouvelles luttes s'annoncent.
Estrangeiros têm US$ 60 bilhões em terras no Brasil
- Diário do Amazonas
- 20 January 2013
Um relatório do Banco Central sobre investimentos no País, nas mãos da presidente Dilma, informa que estrangeiros já compraram US$ 60 bilhões em terras no Brasil.
Reclaman por acceso a tierras y en contra de la concentración
- El Observador
- 20 January 2013
Los pequeños productores y trabajadores rurales de organizaciones de los departamentos uruguayos de Artigas, Salto y Paysandú reclamaron el cese de la extranjerización y concentración de la tierra
Big rally held in Berlin against industrialized farming
- Press TV
- 20 January 2013
At the final rally the protesters denounced food speculations and land grabbing. They said the farmers need fair rules instead of a liberalization of agricultural markets.
Forest, mines, farmland: Liberia is for sale
- AFP
- 20 January 2013
Liberia is selling itself slice by slice nine years after a terrible civil conflict finally came to an end, even though that could kindle tension among a population that often feels it is being sold out.
Destroying local livelihoods with Mifee
- Jakarta Globe
- 20 January 2013
“We don’t want to work for palm oil companies, we want our forest back,” says Christianus Ungkujay
Bárcenas y otro ex tesorero del PP poseen un latifundio al norte de Argentina
- El Mundo
- 20 January 2013
La conexión del dinero supuestamente 'negro' del PP con Argentina es 'vox pópuli' en el país sudamericano desde 1990. Aquel año saltó la noticia de que el valenciano Ángel Sanchís, en ese momento tesorero del partido, poseía un latifundio de 30.000 hectáreas en la provincia de Salta, al norte del país y justo en la frontera con Bolivia.
Entrevista a Vicent Boix, autor del libro "Piratas y pateras. El acaparamiento de tierras en África"
- Kaosenlared
- 19 January 2013
La tierra es el último eslabón que tienen por controlar teniendo en cuenta que ciertos eslabones de la cadena alimentaria exportadora ya están acaparados por multinacionales (semillas, intermediación, etc)
Responsible investment in the food and agriculture sectors – Key factor for food security and rural development
- GFFA
- 19 January 2013
Ministers' Communiqué from the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture – Berlin, January 19th 2013
Rwanda seeks land reforms
- East African
- 18 January 2013
Foreigners will not be allowed to lease land for a period exceeding 49 years and those who fail to put their land to use will face stiff penalties, which include repossession.
Global Grain Stocks Drop Dangerously Low as 2012 Consumption Exceeded Production
- 17 January 2013
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops—namely corn in the United States (the world’s largest crop) and wheat in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Australia. Each of these countries also is an important exporter.
Rafael Alegría advierte que continuarán conflictos agrarios en el Aguán
- Proceso Digital
- 17 January 2013
El dirigente de la organización Vía Campesina, Rafael Alegría, aseguró que continuarán los conflictos agrarios, las movilizaciones y recuperaciones de tierra en el Bajo Aguán.
Ética y agricultura
- Los Tiempos
- 16 January 2013
¿Por qué la compra de órganos es objeto de condena internacional y la de tierras agrícolas no lo es, aún cuando supone la expulsión de los terratenientes locales y la producción de alimentos para exportación a países ricos y no para el consumo local?