As mudanças na legislação brasileira que restringiram a compra de terras por estrangeiros no país foram apresentadas como motivo principal para a gigante portuguesa Portucel Soporcel suspender um projeto de investimento.
"Com a crise climática e ambiental, biodiversidade, terra e água assumem significados cada vez mais estratégicos em escala global. O Brasil, em especial a Amazônia, é abundante nesses recursos, cujos controles passam pelo controle da terra."
At least 21 investors from famous US firms who were in Tanzania to scout for business opportunities for 10 days have acquired, among other things, land for production of food crops in East Africa’s second largest economy.
Análise Preliminar do Fenómeno de Usurpação de terras em Moçambique. Casos de Estudo
"We request that the US government recognize that simply trying to make land grabs more 'responsible' is not enough to address the problems of growing hunger in the Global South."
Selon lui, la « nouvelle équation agricole » oblige à recourir à « une meilleure logistique agricole pour être plus efficient » et améliorer la productivité des terres.
Sécurité foncière et alimentaire versus développement énergétique, la polémique est (r)ouverte.
Not only collecting sweet potatoes in Vietnam, Chinese have also been coming to Vietnam, leasing land to grow sweet potatoes to export to third countries.
New Zealand’s relative isolation and high-priced property means the nation has missed out on a global grab for land, especially farms, despite rising public disquiet about such sales, the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research says.
Corporate Chinese interest in Australian rural land assets is gaining momentum and there are several players on the hunt across a wide spectrum of sectors: sugarcane, cotton, wool, tomatoes and grapes for wine.
Overseas buyers may boost investment in agriculture assets in Australia, the fourth-biggest shipper of wheat, as they seek to secure supply to meet surging food demand, said Queensland Sugar Ltd. Chairman Alan Winney.
Korea wants to secure a total of 380,000 hectares of overseas farmland by 2018, the agriculture ministry said in an e-mailed statement today. Priority countries include the Philippines, Cambodia, Ukraine, Indonesia and Russia.