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China's Agria wins control of Wrightson
- TVNZ
- 15 April 2011
Agria has lifted its stake in PGG Wrightson to 50.5%, putting control of New Zealand's biggest rural services company in Chinese hands.
The Cerrado: Brazil’s other biodiverse region loses ground
- Yale e360
- 14 April 2011
While Brazil touts its efforts to slow destruction of the Amazon, another biodiverse region of the country is being cleared for large-scale farming. But unlike the heralded rainforest it borders, the loss of the cerrado and its rich tropical savanna so far has failed to attract much notice.
The great African land rush
- The Atlantic
- 14 April 2011
"Only 12% of [the land investors have acquired in Africa in the last few years] is actually being farmed," Oxfam Senegal's Head of Economic Justice Lamine Ndiaye says. "The other 88% is just sitting there. It's just for speculation. You buy it, and three years later, you sell it at a higher price."
Henry Saragih, Secrétaire général de La Via Campesina : « La terre appartient à ceux qui la travaillent »
- CCFD
- 14 April 2011
"À La Via Campesina, nous sommes farouchement opposés à l'accaparement de terres et demandons qu'une véritable politique de réforme agraire soit entreprise au niveau mondial."
Lituanie et Slovaquie peuvent interdire la vente de terres jusqu'en 2014
- La France Agricole
- 14 April 2011
La Commission européenne a autorisé la Lituanie et la Slovaquie à prolonger jusqu'en 2014 l'interdiction de vendre des terres agricoles aux étrangers, afin d'éviter une éventuelle spéculation
Ladrones merodeando por África
- Soberanía Alimentaria
- 14 April 2011
En este artículo contamos con la voz de dos importantes dirigentes campesinos africanos Mamadou Cissokho del Senegal e Ibrahim Coulibaly de Mali, que siempre se han distinguido por su autonomía política como por su feroz defensa de la independencia de las organizaciones campesinas.
Le business de la terre
- Politis
- 14 April 2011
Avec Planète à vendre, Alexis Marant brosse le tableau des nouveaux investisseurs en quête de terres cultivables. Édifiant.
Prince Talal offers Egypt land options
- Al Arabiya
- 13 April 2011
The world’s wealthiest Arab, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, has dismissed allegations that he had conceded land that he had bought to anyone
Los extranjeros y la compra de tierras en la Argentina
- El Tribuno
- 13 April 2011
Existe un proyecto de ley elaborado por el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional para legislar la compra de tierras por capitales extranjeros, la normativa brasileña es una de las principales bases legales de sustentación de esta iniciativa.
Vulnerables: Campesinos de Costa Rica denuncian intentos de despojo de sus tierras
- Radio Mundo Real
- 13 April 2011
La organización UNAG-Vía Campesina Costa Rica advierte que este proyecto de ley tiene mecanismos que potenciarán el acaparamiento de tierras en el país y la producción de monocultivos por parte de las grandes empresas transnacionales.
Mozambique: Matutuine project could cut rice imports by 20 per cent
- AIM
- 13 April 2011
Project backed by the Libyan sovereign wealth fund wants to extend its land under cultivation to 5,000 ha so that it can undertake industrial scale production.
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed in Egypt land dispute
- Forbes
- 13 April 2011
The richest man in the Middle East had a grand vision for turning a swath of land in southern Egypt into an agricultural marvel. Now that land has become part of a political struggle, in the wake of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Philippine rebels accuse Japan fruit exporter of land grabbing
- Mindanao Examiner
- 12 April 2011
Philippine communist rebels on Tuesday accused a Japanese subsidiary of grabbing lands from local farmers in Mindanao.
L’accaparement des terres agricoles en Afrique
- Vision PME Afrique
- 12 April 2011
En attendant la mise en place d'un code de conduite au niveau de la CEDEAO, chaque pays devra déterminer les règles régissant de tels investissements.
Chongqing Grain to invest 4 billion reals in the state of Bahia, Brazil
- Macauhub
- 12 April 2011
Chinese group Chongqing Grain is due to launch an agri-industrial project expected to cost 4 billion reals (US$2.4 billion) in the state of Bahia, Brazil, the state’s secretary for Agriculture said.