Zambeef will plough £34M into farmland
- Express
- 13 June 2011
The first Zambian company to float on Aim is planning to join the market in a listing which will help it raise £34million to buy 123,550 acres of prime farming land in Zambia.
The first Zambian company to float on Aim is planning to join the market in a listing which will help it raise £34million to buy 123,550 acres of prime farming land in Zambia.
The escalation of violence around the north-south border in the run-up to Sudan’s big divide has sparked fears of a new civil war, but experts contend that the issue is more about land and water rather than oil.
Genève puis Zurich ont accueilli cette semaine «jetfin AGRO», une rencontre d’investisseurs cherchant à faire de l’argent dans l’agriculture, l’eau, le bois et les ressources naturelles. Une provocation pour quelques 25 ONG et syndicats qui ont manifesté devant le palace genevois abritant la réunion.
Beaucoup pensent que des centaines de millions de dollars pourraient passer entre les mailles du filet. Parmi ces investissements : le bail controversé de terres agricoles dans le delta du Niger au Mali.
Las organizaciones sociales seguimos la lucha. Desde Viedma se preparan nuevas movilizaciones, se arman boletines informativos, se distribuye por todos lados afiches llenos de consignas y se reúnen los compañeros todas las semanas.
A new report published this week claims farmers in Africa are being driven off their traditional lands to make way for vast new industrial farming projects backed by European hedge funds seeking profits and foreign countries looking for cheap food.
Argentina enfrenta una gran presencia de propietarios extranjeros en su suelo. La defensa del territorio y una iniciativa nacional.
En Bogotá, Colombia, se realizó un foro sobre acaparamiento de tierra y la extranjerización de la propiedad. Asistieron representantes de Ecuador, Argentina y México.
La crisis agroalimentaria mundial y el acaparamiento de tierras a principios del siglo XXI, ponencia presentada por Miguel A. Ruiz Acosta, estudiante del Doctorado en Estudios Latinoamericanos de la UNAM y miembro del Colectivo SURgente en Ecuador.
Proposta da Secretaria de Agricultura condiciona acesso a propriedades para investidor que agregar valor à produção de commodity.
Most of the current and past conflicts over Dominion Farms’ development of the Yala swamp can be traced back to three structural problems: poor communication, cultural and social misunderstanding and political involvement.
Nitol-Niloy Group and Bhati Bangla Agrotec of Bangladesh aim to invest an initial US$18 million to lease around 40,000 hectares of African land by the end of this year to grow foodstuff, most of which they will be obliged to sell in Bangladesh.
Após a parceria com empresas chinesas para a instalação de uma industria esmagadora de soja na Bahia, o estado já se prepara para fechar um acordo com a Coreia do Sul. O governo da Bahia não descarta investimentos na produção e em compra de terras.
O Banco Mundial prepara-se para injetar 30 milhões de dólares num fundo que compra terra arável na América Latina em nome de algumas das pessoas mais ricas do mundo
« Certains investisseurs racontent qu'il est très facile d'acquérir une terre, qu'ils peuvent avoir généralement ce qu'ils veulent en donnant une bouteille de Johny Walker au chef de tribu et en lui promettant des emplois et du progrès, promesses qui ne sont pas tenues » s'indigne Anuradha Mittal, directeur d'Oakland Institute.
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