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Cottoning on to foreign investors
- The Courier-Mail
- 24 January 2011
Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.
New Studies explore large-scale investment in land
- ILC
- 24 January 2011
ILC leads development of 30 studies on large-scale international and domestic land acquisitions and the factors that are driving demand for investments in land.
Jean-Philippe Audinet : "Les États africains n'investissent pas assez dans l'agriculture"
- Jeune Afrique
- 24 January 2011
"Nous remarquons une aggravation de la fragilité des petits exploitants agricoles africains dûe principalement à une compétition accrue pour l'accaparement des terres agricoles"
Piauí, a última fronteira agrícola do Brasil
- Estadão
- 23 January 2011
"Tem muita gente que comprou fazendas aqui pelo preço de uma carteira de cigarro (o hectare)", comenta Ribamar Mateus, da empresa imobiliária JRM.
"Llegaremos a las 100 mil hectáreas con inversión de US$ 400 millones"
- El País
- 23 January 2011
No hay extranjerización de la tierra porque "somos uruguayos" dice Óscar Costa
Oxfam cherche de nombreux signataires pour contrer les pillards de la terre
- La Voix du Nord
- 23 January 2011
« Soldes ! Soldes !, glapit un pseudo-commercial dans un mégaphone. Les terres du Sud sont à vendre . »
Zenawi heading to Swiss ski-resort town for land grab and GDP talks
- Gadaa.com
- 21 January 2011
Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, will make scheduled appearances at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 27
World Agriculture Investment Conference
- FC Bus Intel
- 21 January 2011
Conference will bring together institutional and private investors with top Ag fund managers, to debate strategies for participating in agriculture investments, including farmland.
Concession Agreement Between the Republic of Liberia and Cavalla rubber corporation
- Scribd
- 21 January 2011
Signed on January 21, 2011
Biofuel wonder-crop jatropha fails to deliver
- FOE
- 21 January 2011
The much-touted biofuel crop jatropha is neither a profitable nor a sustainable investment, according to a new report released today.
L'accaparement des terres en Afrique, une nouvelle forme de colonisation
- ENDA
- 21 January 2011
Mariam Sow nous livre dans cette interview exclusive les dangers et les conséquences de cette nouvelle rué vers les terres de l' Afrique en général et du Sénégal en particulier.
Political dynamics of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia: Understanding Europe's role
- TNI
- 20 January 2011
The European Union is a significant player in the widespread occurrence of land-grabbing in Southeast Asia; both through its corporate sector and public policies.