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Palm oil giant Sime Darby ventures into Africa
- AFP
- 26 January 2011
The company was granted a 220,000 ha concession in Liberia in 2009 and will begin planting oil palm on 10,000 hectares in April.
Talk point: Land grabs
- Guardian
- 26 January 2011
In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.
Agricultural company Adecoagro preps for $400M IPO
- AP
- 25 January 2011
Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million
Des œufs et des omelettes
- Agoravox
- 25 January 2011
« Puisqu’on ne peut pas faire des omelettes sans casser des œufs » faut-il donc accepter que lorsqu’un projet économique de grande envergure est lancé par un gouvernement dans le but de développer une région de son pays, certains doivent obligatoirement accepter de se sacrifier et jouer le rôle des œufs destinés à être cassés ?
Nouvel accord agricole en Argentine : Le « guide » du parfait accapareur de terres
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
Cet accord cède des milliers d’hectares à une société appartenant à l’État chinois pour y produire, entre autres, du soja, du blé et du colza.
Acaparamiento de Tierras en Argentina: Un “manual de Instrucciones” para entregar el territorio
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
De esta forma designó al Acuerdo que el gobernador de la Provincia firmó hace pocas semanas durante su viaje a China.
New agricultural agreement in Argentina: A land grabber's "instruction manual"
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China?
Acuerdo UE-Marruecos: Tres mitos y un destino
- Rebelion
- 25 January 2011
Desde hace años, el propio gobierno marroquí está promoviendo por diferentes vías el arrendamiento de tierras al percibir suculentos ingresos y con la excusa de modernizar el sector y atraer la inversión foránea.
O Brasil é uma economia agrícola subalterna
- Jornal Sem Terra
- 25 January 2011
O Incra estima que 4,34 milhões de hectares em todo o Brasil já estejam em mãos de capitalistas de outros países. Essa é uma estatística modesta devido à camuflagem que a concepção vigente de ‘empresa nacional’ proporciona, ao tolerar servilmente na sua composição societária a participação de mais 90% de capital estrangeiro.
Saudi Arabia invests in food to help restrain prices
- Bloomberg
- 24 January 2011
“Our king has asked that the government and the private sector go and invest in countries that have high agricultural production potential,” says Saudi central bank governor.
Cottoning on to foreign investors
- The Courier-Mail
- 24 January 2011
Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.
New Studies explore large-scale investment in land
- ILC
- 24 January 2011
ILC leads development of 30 studies on large-scale international and domestic land acquisitions and the factors that are driving demand for investments in land.
Jean-Philippe Audinet : "Les États africains n'investissent pas assez dans l'agriculture"
- Jeune Afrique
- 24 January 2011
"Nous remarquons une aggravation de la fragilité des petits exploitants agricoles africains dûe principalement à une compétition accrue pour l'accaparement des terres agricoles"
Piauí, a última fronteira agrícola do Brasil
- Estadão
- 23 January 2011
"Tem muita gente que comprou fazendas aqui pelo preço de uma carteira de cigarro (o hectare)", comenta Ribamar Mateus, da empresa imobiliária JRM.
"Llegaremos a las 100 mil hectáreas con inversión de US$ 400 millones"
- El País
- 23 January 2011
No hay extranjerización de la tierra porque "somos uruguayos" dice Óscar Costa