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André Simard a rapporté que des brochures d'une société en commandite incitent les investisseurs à mettre de l'argent dans les terres québécoises. (Stevens Leblanc / Archives / Agence QMI)
La Caisse investira dans les terres agricoles par le biais du gestionnaire de retraite TIAA-CREF, qui en gère pour 2 G$ dans le monde.
Following GRAIN and Land Matrix, the French firm Trendeo is now tracking land grabs in real time. They say 10 million ha are changing hands each year and that 52% of the deals so far are for food purposes, following by biofuels (20%) and livestock (8%). Source: Les Echos 14-May-2012
Having land has made all the difference to Zar Bibi, a 60-year-old widow in Pakistan (centre). / Credit:Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS
Au Vietnam, les paysans se lèvent contre l'accaparement de leur champs de riz pour la construction d'un parc écotouristique à Van Giang (Reuters, 2 mai 2012)
According to Oxfam’s research released in September 2011, at least 22,500 people, have lost their homes and land to make way for a timber company in Uganda. (Photo: Oxfam)
Au cours des cinq dernières années, l'Éthiopie a donné en concession à des investisseurs privés 300 000 hectares de terres arables. (Photo : International Rivers Network)
Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., tours the vendor floor during the Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, on May 5, 2012. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Raby Station at Warren, bought by Qatar Investment Authority’s Hassad Food in 2010 after earlier buying Clover Downs at Cunnamulla from Clyde for $18.5 million and “Kaladbro Estate” in western Victoria for about $25m in late 2009. Hassad also bought 6800 hectares around Canowindra.
Cambodian protesters chain their hands as they block the road in front of the National Assembly in Phnom Penh on 1 May 2012. (AP photo)
