Biggest Buffett targets seen spanning Deere to Henkel
    Warren Buffett said yesterday that over the next 100 years, farmland will beat gold, which surged to a record in 2011 after increasing more than sixfold in the past decade.
    • Bloomberg
    • 08 May 2012
    "The great food robbery": La recensione di Dario Dongo
    "Land grabbing", il nuovo libro della Ong 'Grain' accende i riflettori sui responsabili della rapina di terre
    • Il Fatto Alimentare
    • 08 May 2012
    Le Cambodge suspend l'attribution de nouvelles concessions
    Le gouvernement du Cambodge a annoncé lundi avoir suspendu l'attribution de nouvelles concessions aux entreprises privées, alors que les tensions foncières suscitent désormais des violences inquiétantes.
    • AFP
    • 07 May 2012
    Hassad Foods and 250,000 ha of Australian farmland
    Hassad Foods' farmland purchases in Australia are guided by a risk minimising strategy. The lands are distributed across different climes and water regimes over a wide geographic area.
    • All About Feed
    • 07 May 2012
    Paraguay: Carperos invadirían finca en San Cristóbal
    Los carperos del Alto Paraná anuncian la invasión de 200 hectáreas, propiedad del productor brasiguayo Valdir Ruffato, quien junto a su hijo Flavio José Ruffato, están presos por sospecha de un triple homicidio registrado en el distrito de San Cristóbal.
    • Diario Popular
    • 07 May 2012
    Un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización campesina contra el acaparamiento de tierras
    La Coordinación Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CNOP) de Malí y La Vía Campesina han publicado hoy un nuevo reporte sobre la movilización de movimientos sociales contra el acaparamiento de tierras.
    • Vía Campesina
    • 07 May 2012
    Cambodia suspends land consessions after unrest
    Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen temporarily suspended new land concessions to private companies in an effort to ease political pressure over an issue that has triggered social unrest and occasional violence.
    • AP
    • 07 May 2012
    Assessing New Zealand’s food security
    New Zealand is one of many countries upon whom China’s entrepreneurs have cast their eyes for opportunities to buy farmland, mineral and power resources to shore up China’s looming food shortage and resource-hungry economy.
    • Epoch Times
    • 07 May 2012
    A new report on peasant and farmer mobilization against land grabbing
    The National Coordination of Peasant Organizations (CNOP) of Mali and La Via Campesina have today published a new report on the mobilization of social movements against land grabbing.
    • Via Campesina
    • 07 May 2012
    Nouveau rapport sur la mobilisation paysanne contre les accaparements de terres
    La Coordination Nationale des Organisations Paysannes du Mali et la Via Campesina publient aujourd'hui un nouveau rapport qui illustre la mobilisation des mouvements sociaux contre les accaparements de terres qui menacent la souveraineté alimentaire et mettent en danger la petite paysannerie partout dans le monde.
    • La Via Campesina
    • 07 May 2012
    Great resource rush
    Saudi Arabia and the UAE are among the top four countries on a massive investment spree to acquire agricultural resources.
    • Zawya
    • 07 May 2012
    Ukraine’s foreign investors and the lifting of farmland moratorium
    Ukraine has long been called “the bread-basket of Europe,” and for one excellent reason: its fertile, black soil. The estimated value of this treasure is anywhere between 40 and 80 billion dollars. The only problem with investing in such an obviously profitable business was an artificial bureaucratic/legislative barrier commonly known as the “moratorium on alienation of farm land” (the “Moratorium”).
    • Frishberg.com
    • 07 May 2012
    Museveni angry over NGO report on land grabbing
    Two international organisations, Oxfam and Uganda Land Alliance (ULA), face de-registration for what government calls inciting violence over land issues.
    • The Independent
    • 06 May 2012
    World Bank under attack for aiding land grabs in Uganda
    BIDCO project wreaks environmental havoc, hunger, and human rights abuse in Kalangala
    • The Independent
    • 06 May 2012
    AgroGeneration vise les trois continents
    Après l'Ukraine et l'Argentine, la filiale agricole de Charles Beigbeder ira en Afrique.
    • Le Figaro
    • 04 May 2012

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