Brazil

Before you go and buy the farm
- Bain & Co
- 01 November 2016
Bain & Company analysis has identiied four approaches that public companies are taking to invest in agriculture.
"Terres à vendre" : un tour du monde de l'accaparement des terres agricoles
- TV5Monde
- 16 October 2016
Le livre-reportage Terres à vendre est une minutieuse enquête sur les rachats de terres agricoles par l'agroindustrie, de partout sur la planète. Un ouvrage édifiant et inquiétant sur un phénomène mondial en pleine expansion.
Brazilians flee drought-ravaged land once touted as frontier
- Bloomberg
- 11 October 2016
Weather challenges in the region, called Matopiba after the first two letters of Maranhao, Tocantins, Piaui and Bahia states, shouldn’t have flabbergasted farmers and investors. What’s been surprising is the voracious appetite for planting there.
Brasil: “Cardápio” da bancada ruralista traz venda de terras a estrangeiros como prioridade
- MST
- 06 October 2016
Frente Parlamentar Agropecuária (FPA) pauta em seu “cardápio” a aprovação do Projeto de Lei (PL) 4059/2012, que pretende liberar no território brasileiro.
Fundo americano de professores passa a controlar 270 mil hectares no Brasil
- Outras Palavras
- 06 October 2016
TIAA tinha metade da Radar, mas Cosan vendeu parte de sua fatia; relatório de 2015 diz que empresa adquiriu terras griladas e que compra de terras era ilegal
South America's farm operators lure another top investor
- Agrimoney
- 03 October 2016
Ruane, Cunniff and Goldfarb has bought a 5.1% stake in BrasilAgro, which has a total landbank of more than 250,000 hectares - an area about the size of Luxembourg - in Brazil and Paraguay.
TIAA increases stake in joint venture with Cosan
- TIAA
- 30 September 2016
TIAA pays R$1.1 billion to increase its stake in Radar Propriedades Agrícolas S.A, a joint-venture established in partnership with Cosan in 2008 which owns and manages rural properties in Brazil.
Expansion into palm oil's 'new frontier' snags on land muddles
- Agrimoney
- 26 September 2016
Expansion of palm oil producers into Latin America, the "new frontier for global expansion" is snagging on confusion over land rights – which is encouraging some groups to expand into rainforest.
Déclaration conjointe et questions ouvertes sur ProSAVANA par la société civile du Mozambique, du Brésil et du Japon
- Non à ProSavana
- 27 August 2016
ProSAVANA continue à favoriser les investissements dans le Corridor de Nacala sans aborder le problème de l’accaparement des terres.
Comunicado conjunto e questionamentos da sociedade civil de Moçambique, Brasil e Japão sobre o ProSAVANA com relação aos documentos do governo recentemente vazados
- Não ao ProSavana
- 27 August 2016
Condenamos fortemente esta intervenção e manipulação da sociedade civil feita pelo governo como parte de um programa de cooperação internacional.
Joint statement and open questions on ProSAVANA by the civil society of Mozambique, Brazil and Japan in response to newly leaked government documents
- No to ProSavana
- 27 August 2016
The ProSAVANA program intentionally weakens and creates division among peasants while there is an increased risk of even more peasants losing their land.
Brasil: Governo volta a discutir liberação de venda de terras a estrangeiros
- IHU
- 24 August 2016
A venda de terras agrícolas para investidores estrangeiros, um tema considerado fora de questão na gestão da presidente afastada Dilma Rousseff, voltou a ser discutida no governo.