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Farmers leave land, foreign buyers on the rise
- The Advertiser
- 10 September 2011
New figures by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show more than 12 per cent of land used for agriculture in South Australia is owned by foreign interests.
German investment fund buying up Kiwi dairy farms
- Stuff
- 10 September 2011
Aquila Capital Green Assets has helped European investors acquire $111 million of New Zealand farmland.
Agricultural businesses almost entirely Australian owned.
- Australia Bureau of Statistics
- 09 September 2011
According to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as at 31 December 2010, 89% of the nation's agricultural land was Australian owned.
Falsas soluciones y profundización del modelo
- ALAINET
- 09 September 2011
Acerca del proyecto de ley sobre “extranjerización de tierras” presentado por el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional: Grupo de Reflexión Rural
Acaparamiento de tierras, un escándalo creciente
- Oxfam
- 09 September 2011
Oxfam presenta hoy en la web una parodia de la película de culto de Alec Baldwin Glengarry Glen Ross (El precio de la ambición)
L’accaparement des terres en Afrique de l’Ouest continue
- PPP
- 09 September 2011
En Afrique de l’Ouest le phénomène des terres fertiles bradées à des investisseurs étrangers a atteint des dimensions dramatiques, comme le montre un rapport du conseil des églises de l’Afrique de l’Ouest ACCEAO, partenaire de Pain pour le prochain.
Private Equity firms eye to invest in indian agriculture & food sector
- Economic Times
- 09 September 2011
Indian companies are looking at agricultural outsourcing by opting for cheaper options in neighbouring countries so as to produce things at less cost, making this sector lucrative to the PE firms
Coast Region now advised to accept investors in agriculture
- The Guardian
- 09 September 2011
Tanzania's Coast Region residents have been advised to accept and work with investors in agriculture.
Feronia's ambitions in Africa reach beyond palm oil plantations
- Proactive Investors
- 09 September 2011
Feronia Inc. got into the palm oil business in September 2009 through the purchase of a 100,000 hectare plantation in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Unilever.
China tills vigorously at African agro opportunities
- Business Standard
- 09 September 2011
Speaking at the annual African Cup of Investment Management, Alex Pestana said China had invested in arable land in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique.
‘Landgrab' overseas
- Frontline
- 09 September 2011
AN extraordinary new process has been at work in the past few years: the aggressive entry of Indian corporations into the markets for agricultural land in Africa, writes Jayati Gosh
FAO land-deal guidelines: will they have teeth?
- AlertNet
- 08 September 2011
As large-scale land purchases for food production become commonplace, the FAO is finalising a set of guidelines to help improve land-tenure governance and encourage transparency in deals.
Chineses e árabes procuram terrenos férteis para produzir no País
- IG
- 08 September 2011
Para Incra, esses investimentos podem não apresentar melhora significativa no desenvolvimento econômico do meio rural do Brasil
Corrida por terras com escassez de alimentos tem Brasil como alvo
- IG
- 08 September 2011
Governo e entidades mundiais debatem regras para compra de terrenos em cenário de crescente falta de comida para todos
País quer diferenciar terra de estrangeiro sem discriminá-los
- IG
- 08 September 2011
Câmara dos Deputados debate assunto para chegar a um projeto de lei que contemple todos os envolvidos no processo