http://farmlandgrab.org/cat Food crisis and the global land grab http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 14 May 2013 | Estadao<br>O reino das fazendas corporativas está sendo conhecido por Mapitoba, acrônimo extraído das duas primeiras letras de Maranhão, Piauí, Tocantins e Bahia. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 07 May 2013 | Agrimoney.com<br>BrasilAgro flagged the buoyancy of Brazil's farmland market by selling off part of its holding for the equivalent of $6,000 an acre – more than four times the price it paid six years ago. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 03 May 2013 | afrika süd<br>Mosambik lockt kommerzielle Farmer, um die vernachlässigte Landwirtschaft zu modernisieren. Mega-Projekt ProSavana: Dem Agrobusiness wird ein riesiges Gebiet im Norden zur Erschließung überlassen. Brasilien exportiert mit Finanzmitteln aus Japan sein Agrarmodell samt der Widersprüche nach Afrika. Doch formiert sich Widerstand. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 30 Apr 2013 | Justiça Ambiental et al<br>Civil society groups warn secretive plan paves the way for a massive land grab in northern Mozambique. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 22 Apr 2013 | Responsible Investor<br>Sweden’s SEK227.3bn (€26.7bn) state buffer fund Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has been accused of a lack of transparency and snapping up cheap agricultural land in Brazil by campaign group Swedwatch. AP2 denies the allegations. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 18 Apr 2013 | Blogs El País<br>Argentina, Brasil y Bolivia han reaccionado al fenómeno adoptando restricciones a la propiedad extranjera de la tierra, sin embargo Grain advierte de que las barreras que están creándose contra la inversión extranjera resultan endebles. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 16 Apr 2013 | Swedwatch<br>A new Swedwatch report shows a lack of transparency and inadequate auditing of ethics and environmental impacts in AP2’s investment in farmland in Brazil. For business reasons, the investment is surrounded by a high level of secrecy, which makes scrutiny from the outside impossible. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 14 Apr 2013 | Portal Vermelho<br>Se você quiser encontrar um brasileiro com motivos para estar feliz com a última década, e otimista quanto ao futuro, procure entre os proprietários de terras. Entre 2003 e 2012, o preço médio do hectare no Brasil pulou de R$ 2.280 para R$ 7.470. Foi um crescimento de 227%, o dobro da inflação registrada no mesmo período. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 11 Apr 2013 | ProSavana - críticas e esclarecimentos<br>Desde seu lançamento, o ProSavana é acusado de tentar destruir a agricultura moçambicana por meio de uma “invasão de megaprodutores brasileiros”, que “se utilizariam de financiamento japonês”, em uma “repetição do processo que destruiu o Cerrado brasileiro”. A lista de acusações é infindável, e, obviamente, há equívocos que devem ser esclarecidos. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 05 Apr 2013 | The Zimbabwean<br>It covers about 700,000 hectares in Mozambique, and is based on a project that Japan implemented in Brazil in the 1970s, which revolutionised agricultural production in an area now regarded as the most productive in Brazil. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 04 Apr 2013 | MST<br>Programa agrícola de investimentos entre Brasil, Japão e Moçambique para desenvolver a agricultura numa área de aproximadamente 14,5 milhões de hectares no país africano, o ProSavana está gerando polêmica. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 28 Mar 2013 | Pambazuka News<br>BRICS states, except Russia, are enhancing and facilitating land grabs abroad in a way that is inconsistent with their proclamations of sustainable development, cooperation solidarity, and respect of national sovereignty. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 26 Mar 2013 | Future Agricultures<br>Report examines Brazil’s programme to transform Mozambique’s Nacala corridor, the Chinese Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre, and a private Chinese rice investment project in the Xai-Xai irrigation scheme. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 13 Mar 2013 | Ghana Web<br>The African agriculture sector is showing signs of improvements attributed to BRICS investment flows in smaller agricultural projects, reversing the trend triggered by the global food crisis in 2008. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 28 Feb 2013 | GRAIN<br>Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN. http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12 27 Feb 2013 | This is Africa<br>Brazil is helping develop Mozambican agriculture by promoting large-scale farming and supporting smallholders. Can it do both at once? http://farmlandgrab.org/cat/show/12