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Felda in talks to buy 90,000ha land to grow rubber and oil palm
- The Star
- 07 Mar 2011
Felda Holdings, the world's largest estate owner, is in talks to buy up to 90,000ha of land across South-East Asia
Agribusiness boom threatens key African wildlife migration
- Yale e360
- 07 Mar 2011
Karuturi's 15 John Deere tractors plough 500 hectares a day on its 300,000 land concession in the Gambella region of Ethiopia. This is land clearance on a gigantic scale.
'Accaparement des terres' à la mode péruvienne
- ILC
- 07 Mar 2011
L‘accaparement des terres dans certains pays, y compris le Pérou, est mené par les investisseurs domestiques, encouragés par les marchés agricoles internationaux avec le soutien de leurs propres gouvernements.
'Accaparement des terres' à la mode péruvienne
- ILC
- 07 Mar 2011
L‘accaparement des terres dans certains pays, y compris le Pérou, est mené par les investisseurs domestiques, encouragés par les marchés agricoles internationaux avec le soutien de leurs propres gouvernements.
Al wok. China saltó al tercer puesto en la inversión extranjera en la Argentina
- La Nación
- 06 Mar 2011
En 2010, China pasó de ser el 29° inversor extranjero en Argentina a ubicarse posiblemente como el tercero.
Who's really buying the farm?
- The Age
- 06 Mar 2011
Foreign investment in Australia's food chain is increasing at a rate that is causing concern, and not just for people on the land.
Empresa mixta China-Venezuela afianza la soberanía alimentaria
- PSUV
- 06 Mar 2011
La creación de empresa mixta entre Venezuela y China (Beidahuang), permitirá aumentar la producción de alimentos en Venezuela.
Brazil plans curbs on farmland speculators
- African Agriculture
- 06 Mar 2011
Brazil is preparing rules that will block foreign governments, state-owned companies and speculators from buying agricultural land while allowing in “genuine” private sector investors.
Gulf investors eye Philippines agro sector
- Emirates 24/7
- 05 Mar 2011
Investors from UAE, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain are currently planning to inrease investment in the agriculture sector of the Philippines as part of their government’s food security programmes.
Menafea eyes pineapple farm, housing units
- Saudi Gazette
- 05 Mar 2011
Saudi company Menafea Holding intends to invest $125 million in a 5,000-hectare farm in Zambia.
HipoKresías: La propiedad de la tierra como deuda K
- Urgente 24
- 04 Mar 2011
En el Congreso hay mas de una decena de proyectos que limitan la compra de tierras argentinas. Los kirchner miraron hacia otro lado y de 170 millones de hectáreas agropecuarias de todo el país, 74,3 millones se encuentran concentradas en 4.000 dueños, la mayoría de ellos extranjeros.
Farm Lands of Guinea completes reverse merger and investment valuing the company at USD$45 million
- 04 Mar 2011
Farm Lands of Guinea Limited controls nearly a quarter of a million acres of underutilized West African agricultural holdings under an agreement with the Ministry of Agriculture of Guinea.