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Reuters24 Aug 10Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.
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O Correio02 Aug 10MT, SP e MS são os estados que cederam mais área para não-brasileiros
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El Espectador24 Jun 10Le gouvernement du Brésil est en train d’étudier la possibilité d’interdire aux étrangers d’acheter de la terre brésilienne. Un échange avec le journaliste qui a dévoilé l'histoire.
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El Espectador24 Jun 10The government of Brazil is studying the possibility of prohibiting the purchase of land by foreigners. A discussion with the journalist who broke the news, Mauro Zanatto.
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El Espectador24 Jun 10Sólo en Mato Grosso, grupos argentinos como Los Grobo o El Tejar tienen más de 1 millón de hectáreas.
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Valor Econômico22 Jun 10“We are going to prepare a PEC [Proposal for a Constitutional Amendment] to make it clear to investors that they can invest in any sector except land”, Guilherme Cassel, Brazil's Minister for Agrarian Development says
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Valor Econômico22 Jun 10"Vamos fazer uma PEC [Proposta de Emenda Constitucional] para deixar claro aos investidores que podem investir em qualquer campo, mas não em terras", informou o ministro do Desenvolvimento Agrário, Guilherme Cassel.
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US, Japan, AU19 May 10Participants agreed on the importance of an open and inclusive dialogue to continue encouraging responsible agricultural investment by various parties.
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Japan Times29 Apr 10Recently, Kanayo Nwanze, head of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, told a news conference: "It is the wrong language to call them land grabs. They are investments in farmland--like investments in oil exploration."
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Japan Times18 Apr 10I personally know of the efforts of a leading Japanese company that is cooperating with African farmers to create sustainable systems that blend technology with traditional African lore
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US and Japanese Governments12 Apr 10Event aims to support “win-win” arrangements whereby investors and host countries can both benefit from international investment, supporting national or regional food security aims.
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Japan Times11 Apr 10Rebuttal from Ethiopia's ambassador to Japan against the article "Japan, please don't go grabbing Ethiopians' land," insisting that the government is only leasing out "unutilized land and some other land holdings by government-owned enterprises".
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Japan Times04 Apr 10Japan should shun this new kind of colonization like a plague, no matter what well-paid city-based officials may say.
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Jakarta Post06 Feb 10The government is aiming to attract less than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.6 billion) in investment through the development of three special economic zones (SEZs) producing agricultural products this year.
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NHK08 Jan 10Programme aired on NHK World presenting a documentary by Kohei Tsuji filmed in Ethiopia and Tanzania - in Japanese only - 35 minutes
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Radio Mundo Real18 Nov 09Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur
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Chatham House22 Oct 09Japan is leading an international effort to define a new set of 'investor principles' to govern such deals. These efforts are gaining support but will need to involve investors, many of whom are far removed from the donors, global banks and multinational corporations that are used to working with such initiatives.
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Tempo Interactive05 Oct 09Several companies like Mitsubishi Corporation are interested in promoting Merauke as a new rice barn in Asia.
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MOFA29 Sep 09The Government of Japan, with the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, try to initiate a coordinated global response to the growing land grabbing trend at the UN
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Capital News15 Sep 09Casi 20 millones de hectáreas en África, Asia o América Latina han pasado a manos de gobiernos o inversores privados extranjeros