leading experts in Canadian farmland investment and agri-business investment will meet at the Canadian Farmland & Agri-Business Investment Seminar.
As the G20’s agriculture ministers arrived in Paris for a two-day meeting, more than 500 non-governmental organisations from around the world have delivered a petition calling for a halt to land grabbing under the guise of “responsible agricultural investment”.
The movement towards acquiring agricultural land in low-income countries will intensify and Thailand will be of interest to investors, as it is well-endowed with good land, a lot of rain and largely uninterrupted, warm sunshine all year.
Pidamos a los legisladores de Río Negro que sean responsables de sus actos, ya que entre hoy jueves 23 y la semana que sigue debatirán sobre este asunto. La carta se envía a 41 legisladores.
Some pension funds are beginning to question their investments in commodities after accusations that massive flows into the sector have distorted markets, fuelled food inflation and hurt poor nations.
A short article on the land grab phenomenon: What are the drivers? Who is doing the grabbing? What are the main issues? What implications for the future ?
Des milliers de paysannes et paysans ont marché pendant plusieurs heures, le mardi 21 juin 2011, dans plusieurs rues de la ville de Hinche sous le thème « L’accaparement des terres du pays, un danger pour la souveraineté agricole »
Près de 290.000 hectares de terres agricoles ont été retirés à des investisseurs étrangers défaillants par le gouvernement du Mali, a indiqué mardi à la PANA une source proche du gouvernement malien.
At the III International Islamic Business and Finance Summit in Tatarstan, Russia representatives of Saudi Arabia's Foras Investments requested 10,000 ha of land in Tatarstan for agricultural projects.
Mientras la Unión Europea sigue atascando la liberalización del comercio agrícola con el Mercosur y el Senado de Estados Unidos pone mil trabas a nuevos acuerdos de libre comercio, China viaja, invierte y compra ingentes cantidades de materias primas en América del Sur.
Un nuovo rapporto del think tank californiano Oakland Institute rivela i nomi degli investitori europei e americani che partecipano in silenzio all’usurpazione delle terre in Africa.
Denmark's PKA has invested DKK250m (€33.5m) in African agriculture via the Silverland private equity fund (a SilvertStreet Capital fund)