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Liberação da venda de terra para estrangeiros deve ser aprovada na Câmara
- IHU
- 27 Mar 2012
Pelo acordo, deputados vão aprovar o fim de restrições a empresas brasileiras com maioria de capital estrangeiro
L'ONG "Brainforest" et des membres de la population rencontrent des représentants d'Olam
- Le Gabon Enervant
- 27 Mar 2012
L'objet de la réunion était d'exprimer la méfiance de Brainforest et des populations locales, concernant les contrats et conventions signés entre OLAM et les autorités gabonaises
Investments in land and the phenomenon of land grabbing: Challenges for development policy
- BMZ
- 27 Mar 2012
If large-scale land purchases and leases are agreed upon and implemented with due regard to six basic principles, they can play an important role in the development of rural areas, says the German government agency BMZ
La planète est une marchandise comme une autre
- YouTube
- 27 Mar 2012
Entretien avec Alexis Marant, réalisateur du documentaire "Planète à vendre", prix spécial du jury 2012 au FIGRA
Australian executives favor trade barriers for food
- Bloomberg
- 27 Mar 2012
Almost half of Australian executives surveyed by an international law firm favor higher trade barriers to protect the nation’s food supply and see foreign investment in agriculture and farmland as a threat.
UN moves to curb farmland grabs
- Nicosia Business Review
- 27 Mar 2012
The UN has proposed that countries set limits on the size of agriculture land sales to regulate the growing trend of so-called farmland grabs.
Investors in Brazil feel tied on land issue
- Nicosia Business Review
- 27 Mar 2012
Proposed legislation will most likely include banning foreign state-owned companies, sovereign wealth funds and non-governmental organisations from purchasing farmland, while private projects would be approved on a case-by-case basis.
An Act to feed 120 crore people
- Tehelka
- 27 Mar 2012
THE NATIONAL Food Security Bill awaiting parliamentary approval should be backed by simultaneous plan to improve essential agricultural linkages as the demand is expected to exceed supply by 2020.
Probe of $50-M AMA deal with Bahrain sought
- Business Mirror
- 26 Mar 2012
Legislator calls for an investigation, in aid of legislation, into the $50-million joint-venture deal between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the AMA Group Holdings to operate a 10,000-hectare agricultural farm in Mindanao.
Is it investment? Or a land grab?
- Sapa-AFP
- 26 Mar 2012
Within a few years, acquisition of foreign farmland has become an issue with plenty of explosive potential for the environment and security.
Karuturi may rope in sugar major for African project
- Business Standard
- 26 Mar 2012
Company looks to tide over land-grabbing allegations, devastating flood for its $300mn project in Ethiopia.
L'achat de terres agricoles étrangères, un marché en pleine expansion
- AFP
- 25 Mar 2012
"C'est une bombe qui peut exploser si on ne s'en occupe pas", prévient Paul Mathieu, expert auprès de la FAO
Nigeria: Group calls for probe of Kwara's N70 billion rice project
- This Day
- 25 Mar 2012
Lawyers Unite Against Corruption in Nigeria demands probe into the planned N70billion deal on rice production and processing between the governor Abdulfatah Ahmed-led administration of Kwara State and Vasolar Consortium Company of Spain.
Private investments in African agriculture
- PANA
- 25 Mar 2012
CAADP report urges African ministers to pursue incentives to ease private investments in agriculture without undermining national sovereignty in areas such as land and water acquisition.
Le PQ veut une stratégie pour protéger la propriété des terres agricoles
- infodimanche
- 24 Mar 2012
Au cours des dernières années, des consortiums étrangers ont manifesté leur intention de se porter acquéreurs des terres agricoles québécoises. Cette demande vient de pays émergents qui manquent de terres agricoles.