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Kwara’s N70b rice deal sparks row
- Nigerian Compass
- 04 February 2012
A few hours after it was announced with fanfare, the N70 billion agriculture deal between Nigeria's Kwara State government and a Spanish consortium is generating controversy.
The land of Stronach: Canadian businessman has become Florida county's third-largest land holder
- Ocala
- 04 February 2012
The Canadian–based businessman has increased his Marion County land holdings in the past two years nearly sixfold, making him the largest private property owner in the county with 29,000 acres.
Nederlandse agrariërs en bedrijven actief bij grondverwerving buitenland
- AgriHolland B.V.
- 03 February 2012
Het totale areaal landbouwgrond dat van oorsprong Nederlandse land- en tuinbouwbedrijven in de afgelopen decennia in gebruik hebben genomen in het buitenland is ongeveer 500.000 hectare, dat is ongeveer gelijk aan 25% van het totale landbouwareaal in Nederland.
Tillers seek probe of $300 M land lease deal with Bahrain
- KMP
- 03 February 2012
The militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) today called on the House of Representatives’ committees on agrarian reform and agriculture to conduct a probe and shoot down a $300-million land lease deal the government entered into with Bahrain.
Don't sell off our farms
- Stock & Land
- 02 February 2012
On his farm at Coleambally, NSW, John Ward admits he is feeling emotional about how foreign investment into Australian agricultural land has been handled.
China should build grain processing plants overseas, says official
- Dow Jones
- 02 February 2012
China's pursuit of agricultural land overseas should be supplemented by building more grain processing facilities as part of the country's push for global expansion in the farming sector, says Chen Xiwen, general director of the Office of the Central Rural Work Leading Group.
China plants bitter seeds in South American farmland
- Washington Times
- 02 February 2012
China increasingly is buying farmland and agricultural companies in South America to feed its ever-growing population.
Les droits fonciers des communautés africaines en danger
- RFI
- 02 February 2012
A l’occasion d’un colloque organisé, ce mercredi 1er février à Londres, par Rights and Ressources Inititative (RRI), -une coalition internationale d’ONG-, une étude révèle que la faiblesse des systèmes fonciers met en danger les communautés rurales africaines et les expose à l’appétit des grandes multinationales agricoles.
Asia land rights activists protest World Bank
- VOA
- 02 February 2012
The demonstrators say the global lender’s principles of responsible agricultural investment, known as RAI, fail in their stated objective to protect rights of small farmers.
Italia - Crisi finanziaria e dismissioni terreni pubblici: il senso di un inganno
- Crocevia
- 02 February 2012
Terre pubbluiche e sequestro del diritto a produrre
Brazil's foreign land ownership saga
- DTN/Progressive Farmer
- 01 February 2012
Uncertainty continues over the rules that will govern foreign ownership of Brazilian farmland in the future. Indeed, the debate seems to have regressed and polarized over the last six months with legislators locked over the constitutionality of restrictions.
Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa
- RRI
- 01 February 2012
New studies released in London today suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest—unless national leaders and investors recognize the customary rights of millions of poor people who have lived on and worked these lands for centuries.
Maïs : Terres agricoles à louer en Russie
- Commodesk
- 31 January 2012
La Russie pourrait louer plusieurs millions d'hectares de terres agricoles non utilisées à des investisseurs asiatiques.
Nigeria: Kwara’s N70bn rice agreement with Spaniards
- This Day
- 31 January 2012
Kwara State Governor Ahmed has signed and MOU with Vasolar Consortium of Spain for the cultivation, processing and packaging of rice, with the state providing 20,000 ha of land.
Case studies on private investment in farmland and agricultural infrastructure
- High Quest Partners
- 31 January 2012
The six case studies compiled in this report illustrate the wide range of approaches and focus that private funds are adopting (legal structure, geography, agricultural production and operating strategies) to invest in farmland in different parts of the world.