"Africa is the next destination for the world sugar industry due to huge land available in that continent," said Abinash Verma, director-general of the Indian Sugar Mills Association.
- Economic Times
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13 August 2013
Une nouvelle étude démontre que le projet de plantation de palmiers à huile d'Herakles Farm pourrait détruire l'habitat unique d'espèces menacées tels que les chimpanzés du Nigeria-Cameroun et le Drill.
- News Press
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12 August 2013
Because of difficulty in securing commercial-scale agricultural lands in the Philippines, hybrid rice producer SL Agritech Corp. said that it may shift its planned joint venture with the Manny Pangilinan-led First Pacific Co. Ltd. to Indonesia.
- Manila Times
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11 August 2013
Escribe Néstor Humberto que el gobierno o la Procuraduría podrán anular las operaciones que acumulen baldíos “siempre que estén registrados en los folios de matrícula con su respectiva restricción”. O sea que si no figura en los papeles, es legal.
El ministro de Economía y Finanzas, Fernando Lorenzo, presentará en el Consejo de Ministros el proyecto de Ley por el cual se prohibirá que los Estados extranjeros adquieran tierras en Uruguay.
India and China are pushing heavily to open new markets in Africa but how do the local people feel about the results? BBC News video report.
Al Gobierno chino y sus empresas les urge controlar un grueso de la industria de alimentos del planeta para satisfacer la demanda interna ante su acelerado crecimiento demográfico.
- El Universal
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09 August 2013
Un groupe d'ONG vient de publier un volumineux rapport pour dénoncer l'accaparement d'un quart des terres agricoles de la Sierra Leone par des entreprises privées étrangères.
Middle Eastern investors are trying to buy up prime farming land on South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Some farmers who have been offered millions of dollars said they won’t leave at any cost.
The threat posed to agriculture by environmental hazards is now so great that it could wipe as much as £5 trillion off the value of the world’s farm land, equipment and stock in any one year, a heavyweight study is warning.
- The Independent
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09 August 2013
Canadian billionaire Ned Goodman holds an 83% stake in Blue Goose Capital Corp. – the largest organic beef operator in North America that produces not only organic beef, but poultry and fish as well.
Business came to a halt at the expansive Karuturi flower farm in Naivasha, Kenya, after its over 3,000 workers downed tools demanding their July salaries.
