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The great Africa land grab
- The Ecologist
- 14 November 2012
Oxfam’s Phil Bloomer reports on the shocking scandal of (mostly) secretive land-grabbing, usually from those least able to defend their rights.
Chinese secure northern foodbowl as row over Ord River lease continues
- The Australian
- 14 November 2012
Chinese property development conglomerate Shanghai Zhongfu has won the sole right to develop 15,200ha of high-value irrigated agricultural land in northern Australia..
Adecoagro data raise fears over Argentine farmland
- Agrimoney
- 14 November 2012
Adecoagro, the South American farm operator backed by George Soros and Dwight Anderson, said that growth in the value of its huge land portfolio slowed to 5.6%, fuelling concerns over the impact of Argentine curbs on foreign investors.
Spotlight on "land grab" deals
- IRIN
- 14 November 2012
A new study puts "land-grab" deals into the context of agricultural investments more generally.
Carlyle Group to make Africa investment
- Wall Street Journal
- 13 November 2012
Carlyle is part of a small group of investors that will inject $210 million into Export Trading Group, a Tanzania-based agricultural company that controls at least 60,000 hectares of farmland in Africa.
La majorité des terres agricoles demeure la propriété de Québécois
- Radio Canada
- 13 November 2012
La Coop fédérée est toutefois préoccupée par le phénomène et réclame la mise sur pied d'un registre sur les transactions dans le milieu agricole,
Advierten sobre proceso de concentración de la tierra en Latinoamérica
- Terra
- 13 November 2012
Los especialistas precisaron que "el antiguo latifundio ha dado paso a grandes empresas capitalistas insertas en los circuitos del comercio internacional"
Louis Dreyfus lifts the lid on its ag operations
- Agrimoney
- 13 November 2012
Louis Dreyfus lifted the lid on commodities operations such as its 45 orange groves, and unveiled a healthy appetite for investment, as, after 160 years, it unveiled its first public results statement.
L’implication des agriculteurs locaux, clé du succès des investissements étrangers
- FAO
- 13 November 2012
Un nouveau rapport de la FAO fait le point sur les investissements dans les pays en développement et recommande la prudence dans les grosses acquisitions foncières.
Involving local farmers is key to success of foreign investment
- FAO
- 13 November 2012
New FAO report focuses on investments in developing countries, urging caution on large-scale land acquisitions
Foreign investment in farmland: No low-hanging fruit
- Deutsche Bank
- 13 November 2012
Report by Deutsche Bank examines the global rush for land
Des paysans béninois disent non à l’accaparement des terres
- Pambazuka
- 13 November 2012
C’est la nouvelle démarche de la Banque mondiale pour rendre « socialement acceptable » l’accaparement de terres qui se développe comme une gangrène en Afrique.
Sucrerie : N-Sukala ouvre ses portes
- L'Essor
- 12 November 2012
C’est le 3 avril 2007 que la China light industrial corporation foreign economic and technical coopération (CLETC), une société chinoise dont le siège est à Beijing, et le Mali ont signé la convention d’établissement de la N-SUKALA. La superficie totale à exploiter est de 20.000 hectares.
Singapore group buys Queensland farms
- AFR
- 12 November 2012
Duxton Asset Management has bought more than 800 hectares of Australian fruit orchards for a discount of more than 50 per cent from receivers of failed managed investment scheme Rewards Group and listed land owner Ark Fund.
Colombia: Pulso por inversión extranjera en el agro
- El Espectador
- 12 November 2012
Alertan de posible riesgo en seguridad alimentaria. Según la FAO, los gobiernos deben asegurar que los procesos de concentración y extranjerización de tierras no tengan efectos negativos sobre la producción y el empleo agrícola.