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Nicoletti farming business hits the market The Land | 16 May 2018
“I’ve got strong interest from Canada, the United Kingdom and Dubai and they want to come out now and have a look around," says the owner of the largest semi-contiguous cropping aggregation to be offered in Australia’s history.
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Chinese entrepreneurs to invest in grapefruit production in Mozambique Macauhub | 16 May 2018
A group of Chinese businesspeople under the umbrella of the Jiangsu Huaxi Group consortium plan to invest US$6.2 million in a 2,000 ha grapefruit agricultural project in the central Mozambican province of Manica.
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Terra Firma seeks premium for "Project Ribeye" Australian farm sale Reuters | 15 May 2018
The hefty mark-up for the 5.5 million ha property could leave foreign bidders in the box seat, testing the government's appetite for foreign ownership less than two years after it rejected China-led bids for an energy grid and agricultural company.
energy grid and agricultural company.
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Agric Minister seeks investment in avocado Business Ghana | 14 May 2018
Ghana's Minister of Food and Agriculture tells Israeli businessmen that his government has set aside large hectares of land for the cultivation of avocados and urges them to take advantage of the opportunity.
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China pledges support for Mozambique's agriculture APA | 14 May 2018
"China has chosen agriculture as the sector it should invest the most in the near future in Mozambique," says China's ambassador to Mozambique.
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Chinese rice farm brings modern agriculture to Mozambican farmers Xinhua | 14 May 2018
The Wanbao Mozambique rice farm, the largest of its kind undertaken by China in Africa, aims to develop 20,000 ha of farmland and contract with farmers in surrounding areas to grow crops over another 80,000 ha.
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China adjusts "Go Global" agriculture program Dim Sums | 14 May 2018
China's foreign investment and cooperation in agriculture must recognize the "deep changes in the domestic and foreign environment," "seize opportunities" and "take the initiative" according to Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs officials .
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Harvard said to seek sale of South American timber holdings Bloomberg | 11 May 2018
Harvard's portfolio is still vast, including farms in Australia, South Africa and Brazil, as well as vineyards in California and timberland in Eastern Europe and throughout Central and South America, according to tax documents and other filings.
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Could a U.S.–China trade war lead to a new wave of land grabs? IISD | 10 May 2018
If soybean imports from the US are disrupted China could be forced to search for new frontiers to secure its soybean demand and protect its supply chains, leading to another wave of so-called “land grabs.”
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On Piñol’s idea to rise with rice in Papua New Guinea Business Mirror | 27 Mar 2018
Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister instantly offered 100,000 hectares for planting even starting tomorrow, but can develop easily 2 million hectares in government lands for rice farming with irrigation
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Papua New Guinea rice-planting deal expected this week Business World | 07 Mar 2018
The Philippines will sign this week a government-to-government agreement with Papua New Guinea allowing Filipino companies to produce rice on an area of about 1 million hectares within five years.
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Korchid réfute l’appropriation par les étrangers de terres agricoles Gnet | 14 mai 2018
Le ministre des domaines de l’Etat et des affaires foncières, Mabrouk Korchid, a réfuté ce lundi les informations attestant de la possibilité pour les étrangers de prendre possession du foncier agricole en Tunisie
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Doit-on lutter contre l’accaparement des terres ? La Croix | 14 mai 2018
Pour Dominique Potier, député Nouvelle Gauche de Meurthe-et-Moselle, l’État doit avoir les moyens de contrôler l’accaparement des terres. Pour Yves Petit, professeur de droit public à l’Université de Lorraine, la concentration des terres entraîne une concentration des aides, ce qui va contre la politique agricole commune.
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Ces Chinois qui viennent dans nos campagnes La Croix | 14 mai 2018
« Les achats de terres par les Chinois sont un épiphénomène qui a servi de révélateur à une question bien plus vaste : celui de la montée du phénomène sociétaire dans le monde agricole et de la financiarisation sans contrôle qui l’accompagne », souligne Jean-Baptiste Millard, du groupe de réflexion Saf agr’iDées.
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Pays tropicaux: lancement des premières directives volontaires pour la concession forestières APS | 11 mai 2018
L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a lancé les premières directives volontaires pour les concessions forestières dans les pays tropicaux afin de rendre ces concessions plus transparentes, responsables et inclusives
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Argentina: Estadounidenses, italianos y españoles: los inversores extranjeros con más tierras en el país La Nación | 11 may 2018
Son casi tres millones de hectáreas o, por ofrecer una equivalencia, 24 veces la superficie total de Nueva York, con sus cinco condados.
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Terras da Harvard sob escrutínio, em disputa por títulos no Brasil GRAIN | 12 May 2018
A Procuradoria Geral do Estado (PGE) da Bahia afirma que está investigando se terras atribuídas a uma empresa vinculada a um fundo patrimonial (endowment) de Harvard estão em situação irregular.
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