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Canada: Are foreign investors eyeing this pie? 
- Western Producer
- 07 September 2012
As the amount of investor-owned farmland grows in Saskatchewan, so do concerns about foreign ownership and loopholes in the province’s farmland ownership regulations.
Une entreprise américaine accusée d’éco-blanchir 'l’accaparement des terres'
- IPS
- 07 September 2012
Des groupes de défense de l'environnement accusent 'Herakles Farms', une entreprise agricole basée à New York, de continuer avec des plans pour une plantation de 73.000 hectares de palmiers à huile et une raffinerie dans le sud-ouest du Cameroun malgré l'absence d'une autorisation du gouvernement.
Myths about industrial agriculture
- Znet
- 07 September 2012
The dominant myth of industrial agriculture is that it produces more food and is land saving. However, the more industrial agriculture spreads, the more hungry people we have. And the more industrial agriculture spreads, the more land is grabbed.
Mawashi puts greater focus on food security
- Gulf Times
- 07 September 2012
Mawashi, Qatar’s livestock company, plans to invest in industrial agriculture and food sources outside Qatar to serve the vision and objectives of the Qatar National Food Security Programme, it was announced yesterday.
Hungry for investment
- WSJ
- 06 September 2012
The private sector needs to double investment in the land itself to help drive agricultural development in countries that need it most, say the heads of EBRD and FAO
Con hambre de inversiones
- Wall Street Journal
- 06 September 2012
El sector privado debe doblar su inversión en tierras para empujar el desarrollo agrícola en paises que más lo necesitan, segun los jefes de la FAO y del BERD
Ethiopian man threatens action over UK 'link to abuse'
- BBC
- 06 September 2012
An Ethiopian farmer could sue the UK government after claiming a project that received funding from Britain led to the eviction from his farm and human rights abuses.
Joint Statement of 2012 APEC Ministerial Meeting
- APEC
- 06 September 2012
"We appreciate the Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment elaborated by the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, support the ongoing extensive consultations on these principles, and welcomed the approval of the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests."
Avides d’investissements
- Wall Street Journal
- 06 September 2012
Le secteur privé peut stimuler le développement agricole dans les pays qui en ont le plus besoin, disent les dirigents de la BERD et de la FAO.
Sokoto, Swiss firm sign MoU on rice production
- This Day
- 06 September 2012
Nigeria's Sokoto State Government and Novel Management Services of Switzerland sign a N35 billion deal for a rice project covering 25,000 ha of land in the River Rima basin.
Câmara impõe mais condições à compra de terra por estrangeiros
- IHU
- 06 September 2012
Fundos soberanos constituídos por Estados estrangeiros também não poderão comprar terras.
Women struggle to secure land rights
- Africa Renewal
- 06 September 2012
Activists are fighting to introduce or strengthen laws intended to give women more secure access to land and are combating social norms and practices that stand in their way.
Développer la production agricole au Gabon n’est plus urgent, mais vital !
- Gabon Review
- 06 September 2012
Si l’agriculture industrielle, destinée à l’exportation, voit le jour au Gabon avec l’implantation d’Olam, il semble bien que ce soit au détriment de la production vivrière, celle qui permettrait de nourrir les populations à un coût raisonnable
Mali: Des paysans expropriés veulent récupérer leurs terres vendues
- IPS
- 05 September 2012
De petits paysans maliens tentent de récupérer, par la voie judiciaire, les terres qu’ils ont perdues au profit de gros investisseurs privés.
APEC Secretary General: Russia's Far East can prevent food crisis in Asia
- RUVR
- 05 September 2012
Analysts are warning of a looming food crisis, while on the other hand, pointing to plenty of land, uncultivated but fit for farming, in the Russian Far East.