Powered by a $34.45-million infusion from a Singapore-based hedge fund owned by Cargill Inc., the expansion and acquisition binge of AgriNurture Inc. has accelerated into a buildup of farm hectarage that will see the company buy up some 1,400 hectares.
The companies, which produce mainly soya, sugarcane, corn and cotton, were informed about the opportunities for investment in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT).
Lors d’un atelier organisé par Synergie Paysanne, GRAIN et le RAPDA, avec le soutien de Pain pour le Prochain, à Ouidah (Bénin) du 7 au 9 février 2012, plus d’une trentaine de participants représentant des organisations paysannes et des ONG actives sur les questions d’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest et du Centre ont échangé leurs expériences et approfondi cette question.
The ongoing rush to African land by national and transnational investors was a dominant theme at the People’s Dialogue and Summit being held at Mumemo in Maputo.
Politicians and economists say that the Australian public is only worked up about foreign ownership of agricultural land because the community is misinformed. This drives the belief that a register of foreign land holdings will calm everyone's anxiety. Given that Queensland has had such a register for 20 years, and that disquiet about foreign ownership still resonates among Queenslanders, this means that something else is at play.
The recent increasing land acquisitions by transnational corporations (TNCs) is causing conflicts among farmers, pastoralists and other land users in Ghana, and have the potential of leading to the loss of arable land by smallholders, reveals a study.
L’acquisition des terres par des investisseurs étrangers est le plus récent symptôme de la pression financière qui fragilise les producteurs.
Contrat de bail emphytéotique entre l'Etat Malagasy et la Société Tozzi Green signé le 17 août 2012
Jean Ziegler a dénoncé ce jeudi la nébuleuse autour du contrat signé entre l’Etat du Sénégal et l’entreprise "Les Grands Domaines du Sénégal" dirigée par des Suisses.
Ounkeo pioneered talkback radio in Laos, giving his listeners a rare chance to voice their opinions on the airwaves, but discussion on the sensitive subject of corporate land grabs appears to have persuaded officials that enough was enough.
Paraguay Resist Social Forum recorded in its first day of debates, denounces against government attacks on journalists, public and alternative media and land grabbing by multinational corporations.
El informe analiza la situación de la Ley contra la Extranjerización de Tierras en Argentina y los avances del registro de posesión de tierras en manos de extranjeros.
Essa área está distribuída por 3.692 cidades e ocupa cerca de 0,53% do território nacional, o que equivale ao estado do Rio Grande do Norte.
Una mesa de trabajo destinada a analizar la problemática de la tierra reveló que, actualmente, empresas transnacionales tienen en su poder 13 millones de hectáreas de tierra y el acceso al agua de numerosos ríos.
El Ministerio de Justicia de la Nación difundió además que el 31 de agosto vence el plazo para las declaraciones juradas de extranjeros con tierras en el país, y que hasta ahora se declararon 1.366.463 hectáreas
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