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Japanese firm buys stake in local pork producer
- Winnipeg Free Press
- 12 January 2013
The Itochu Corporation acquires a 33.4% stake in HyLife, one of Canada's largest pig producers, for $56.5 million.
7 300 acquéreurs fonciers pour toutes les terres agricoles du Bénin
- Agence Afrique Performance
- 11 January 2013
Dans une lettre ouverte adressée l’Assemblée nationale, les organisations de la société civile du Bénin regroupées au sein de l’"Alliance pour un code foncier et domanial consensuel et socialement juste" dénoncent certaines dispositions du code foncier et domanial que les députés s’apprêtent à voter.
Soya boom in Gúruè has produced few bigger farmers – so far
- 11 January 2013
Thousands of subsistence farmers in Gúruè district are earning small amounts of money from soya. However, there are a few larger farmers. And land conflicts are increasing.
Los dueños de la tierra y la impunidad judicial
- Info News
- 11 January 2013
Lo que constituye un escándalo con sólo pronunciarlo, es el tema ausente por excelencia de nuestra historia: la cuestión de la concentración de la tierra (sea en manos de compatriotas como de extranjeros, sobre todo en las últimas décadas en las que crecieron exponencialmente las inversiones foráneas que buscan quedarse con cientos de miles de hectáreas en casi todo el país)
Acaparamiento de agua se da en ‘tasas alarmantes’
- SciDevNet
- 11 January 2013
Los tratados por los cuales compañías y países extranjeros compran o arriendan tierras agrícolas en el extranjero significa que se apropian de casi medio billón de metros cúbicos de agua dulce cada año –lo suficiente para cultivar alimentos y abatir la desnutrición en los países “saqueados”
UAE crown prince announces numerous investments
- B92
- 10 January 2013
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will become a majority owner of eight Serbian agriculture corporations that own 9,000 hectares of land and will lease an additional 14,000 hectares of arable land in Serbia for EUR 250 per hectare per year.
Tanzanie: l’accaparement des terres recule
- JDLE
- 10 January 2013
Restreindre la taille des terres agricoles qui peuvent être cédées. C’est ce que vient de décider le gouvernement tanzanien, prenant le contre-pied de sa politique agricole, résolument orientée depuis quelques années vers les multinationales des biocarburants.
Land Grabbing: il nuovo colonialismo?
- Cronache Internazionali
- 10 January 2013
Si tratta dell’appropriazione o acquisto, da parte di governi o imprese multi-nazionali, di vasti terreni locali mediante operazioni di leasing finanziario.
Empresa indiana investe em Moçambique na produção de feijão-da-china e sementes de sésamo
- Macauhub
- 10 January 2013
A empresa indiana Primus Agri Projects Private Limited está a investir 3 milhões de dólares na província de Nampula, em Moçambique, para a produção em moldes empresariais de feijão-da-china (“Vigna Radiata”) e sementes de sésamo
Des Indiens investissent dans le sésame au Mozambique
- Agence Ecofin
- 10 January 2013
Primus Agri Products Private Ltd va investir $ 3 millions pour produire du haricot mungo et du sésame dans la province de Nampula au Mozambique.
Indian company invests in mung bean and sesame seed production in Mozambique
- Macauhub
- 10 January 2013
Primus Agri Products is investing US$3 million to commercially produce mung beans and sesame seeds on 170 ha in Mozambique’s Nampula province for export to Asia.
Egypt: Turning deserts into fields
- IRIN
- 10 January 2013
A delegation from the Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to visit Sudan later this year to examine the possibility of growing wheat on as many as 470,000 hectares of Sudanese land.
Suisse: Campagne œcuménique de carême 2013 sur l’accaparement des terres
- Apic
- 10 January 2013
"Sans terre, pas de pain !", tel est le leitmotiv de la campagne de carême 2013 qui se déroule du Mercredi des cendres 13 février, date de l’entrée en carême, au dimanche 31 mars, fête de Pâques.
China fund vying for stake in Australia dairy
- Wall Street Journal
- 09 January 2013
China's sovereign-wealth fund is one of three large funds vying to take a stake in Australian dairy company Van Diemen's Land Co.
Swiss boutique sets up responsible farmland investment hub
- Responsible Investor
- 09 January 2013
EBG Capital, a Swiss environmental investment boutique led by two former Credit Suisse executives, has launched an “information hub” for asset owners and managers that want to invest in farmland responsibly.