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UK and African farmland increasing in value, says TW Hammerson
- PR Web
- 01 July 2011
Land Investment Firm, TW Hammerson sees soaring values for farmland in the UK, with an increasing demand for farmland in Africa.
Mali, Victoire des mouvements sociaux sur l’entreprise chinoise COVEC
- IAI
- 30 June 2011
Histoire de la lutte victorieuse de l'Union des Associations et des Coordinations d’Associations pour le Développement et la Défense des Droits des Démunis au Mali contre pour récupérer les terres de cultures ayant fait l’objet de bornage unilatéral par l'entreprise chinoise COVEC sans qu’ils en soient informés ou associé
Les fonds de pension : des acteurs clés dans l’accaparement mondial des terres agricoles
- GRAIN
- 30 June 2011
Les fonds de pension sont peut-être l’une des rares catégories d’accapareurs de terres auxquelles les gens peuvent couper l’herbe sous le pied, pour la bonne et simple raison que c’est de leur argent qu’il s’agit.
Fondo de pensiones: actores claves en el proceso de acaparamiento de tierras agrícolas
- GRAIN
- 30 June 2011
Los fondos de pensiones pueden ser uno de los pocos tipos de acaparadores de tierras que los trabajadores pueden desbaratar, por el sólo hecho que ellos son los dueños del dinero
Fresh fears over farmland foreign investment
- ABC
- 30 June 2011
Politicians throughout the Parliament united this week to raise concerns about the level of foreign investment throughout Australia.
年金ファンド、世界のランドグラブの主役へ
- CADE
- 30 June 2011
Japanese translation of article of GRAIN, "Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab"
AgroGeneration détaille son augmentation de capital
- Reuters
- 29 June 2011
Le producteur français de matières premières agricoles AgroGeneration a lancé une augmentation de capital de 10 millions d'euros afin de financer l'acquisition de silos en Ukraine et le développement du groupe en Argentine.
Sierra Leone opposition urges scrapping of land deals
- AFP
- 29 June 2011
A leading Sierra Leone opposition party has called on the government to cancel major land deals signed with international investors, saying they were taking away the livelihood of peasant farmers.
$53B food basket
- Zawya
- 29 June 2011
The GCC's food import bill stood at $25.8-billion in 2010, and will more than double to reach $53.1-billion in 2020, according to an Alpen Capital report.
Who’s who in $4.4 trillion foreign farmland spending spree
- Crikey
- 29 June 2011
As controversy continues to bubble in Australia over the latest big local farmland buy-up and what it means for food production, it’s worth looking to see where these foreign raiders are coming from, who’s backing them and how other countries are tightening their regulations to stop them.
Chinese miner's land buyout passed national interest test, says Bill Shorten
- The Australian
- 29 June 2011
The buy-up of prime agricultural land by Shenhua has sparked a furious political debate in Australia
Pension funds: key players in the global farmland grab
- GRAIN
- 29 June 2011
Pension funds may be one of the few classes of land grabbers that people can pull the plug on, by sheer virtue of the fact that it is their money.