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NZ Herald24 Aug 10Olam International raised its offer for NZ Farming Systems Uruguay to 70 cents from 55 cents a day after the target company disclosed a third bidder is looking at the dairy farm develope
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NZ Herald22 Jul 10If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
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El Espectador29 Jun 10El gobierno insistirá ante el Parlamento en que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros en la frontera.
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El País29 Jun 10El Ejecutivo insistirá ante el Parlamento uruguayo para que se apruebe la ley que prohíbe la compra de tierras en la frontera a extranjeros, mientras que el gobierno de Lula prepara un proyecto similar pero para todo su territorio.
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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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Gulf Times01 Jun 10Hassad Food Company intends to invest $500mn to $700mn this year for projects across the world as part of its mission to ensure food security for Qatar, chairman and managing director Nasser bin Mohamed Mubarak al-Fuhaid al-Hajri has said.
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Hindustan Times18 May 10Since the land acquisition will be by private parties only, the chances of such purchase becoming a political issue are remote, officials feel.
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Ukrainian News07 May 10"The government will trigger lifting of the moratorium on sale of farmland. We cannot form sustainable development of the land market without this step," says Ukraine's agrarian policy minister.
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COMEX12 Mar 10Las retenciones y los continuos ruidos políticos provocaron una avanzada sin precedentes en apenas dos años. La búsqueda de negocios crece y parece no tener fin, ahora potenciada por el perfil pro empresa de Mujica. ¿En qué país se obtiene mayor rentabilidad?. Números reveladores de este fenómeno
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FIN Alternatives20 Jan 10The Lumix AgroDirect Fund, which has been incubated since June 2008, invests in the production of soft commodities and in commodity trade finance in Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
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Globe and Mail11 Jan 10Lawrence Asset Management's Ravi Sood suggests investing in food production in low-cost areas that are water-rich – Brazil, tropical Africa, Malaysia and Indonesia.
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El Polvorín21 Dec 09La adquisición de tierra en grandes superficies por extranjeros no residentes, constituye una evasión de la riqueza producida en Uruguay hacia otras economías o personas en el exterior sin la contrapartida de que la tierra y los bienes nacionales produzcan el bien social que debe y tiene derecho la República
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AltAssets07 Dec 09Agro-Ecological Investment Management, a private equity and real estate asset management company based in London, will launch its first fund in the first quarter of 2010, with a target of between $50m and $60m.
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Korea Times04 Dec 09That Korea is no longer "importing" this food that is being grown overseas implies that this land is effectively Korean. This amounts to agricultural imperialism.
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Joong Ang Daily16 Nov 09Local provincial governments are working hard to develop farmland in other countries -- Russia, Cambodia, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Paraguay, Uruguay -- because it’s cheaper than relying on imports
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Bloomberg12 Nov 09BrazilAgro owns close to 200,000 hectares of farmland in Brazil, said Elsztain. Cresud Sacifya, the biggest farmland owner in Argentina, holds 22.89 percent of BrasilAgro and operates the company.