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Grobocopatel invierte en agroquímicos
- La Nación
- 03 June 2013
Compró la firma Agrofina con un plan por $ 400 millones para desarrollar productos de alto valor; vendió su participación en una empresa en Brasil a la japonesa Mitsubishi Corporation.
Investeerders Verenigde Arabische Emiraten in Suriname
- Investeerders Verenigde Arabische Emiraten in Suriname
- 02 June 2013
PARAMARIBO, 21 mei –
Des activistes crient victoire comme Herakles suspend ses opérations
- IPS
- 01 June 2013
"Cela envoie un message fort selon lequel les pays africains sont ouverts aux affaires, mais qu’ils ne sont pas ouverts au vol", a indiqué à IPS, Anuradha Mittal, directrice exécutive de 'Oakland Institute'.
Mitsubishi to control grain company Los Grobo Ceagro do Brasil-Nikkei
- Reuters
- 01 June 2013
Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp plans to acquire a majority stake in Brazilian grain company Los Grobo Ceagro do Brasil in a deal worth about 50 billion yen (US$495 million)
Karuturi debacle prompts Ethiopia to review land policy
- The Hindu
- 01 June 2013
The slow progress of Karuturi Global and similar projects has prompted the Ethiopian government to reassess its policy of leasing vast tracts of land to single investors.
The Philippines offers Indonesia to open palm oil plantation
- Republika
- 01 June 2013
Government of Philippines offers Indonesian state-owned plantations company BUMN to develop palm oil plantations in Mindanao on an area of 120,000 ha.
Chinese farms go global
- The Diplomat
- 31 May 2013
If the Chinese government is to achieve its goal of accelerated urbanization, one issue it must deal with is food security. As China has developed more of its land, concerns have developed over whether enough arable land will be available to produce enough food to feed its massive population.
Algeria to open up farmland to foreign investors
- Reuters
- 31 May 2013
Algeria is to open up its farming sector to foreign investors for the first time to try to help cut food imports and also diversify its economy.
Mozambique seeks additional funding for ProSavana project
- Macauhub
- 31 May 2013
With a view to reproducing in Mozambique Brazil’s success in transforming its “cerrado” region into arable land, ProSavana is expected to have a direct effect on 4 million Mozambicans living along the area of the Nacala Corridor.
Malaysia’s Wah Seong to invest $744 million in Congo palm oil
- Bloomberg
- 31 May 2013
ATAMA Plantation Sarl, a unit of Wah Seong, will initially plant palm trees on 180,000 hectares.
LDPI working papers
- LDPI
- 31 May 2013
The Land Deal Politics Initiative provides a global platform to generate solid evidence on the 'global land grab' phenomenon through detailed, field-based research.
Mozambique farmers seek halt to aid project
- Kyodo
- 31 May 2013
Farmers in Mozambique are calling on the governments of Japan, Brazil and Mozambique to halt a project aimed at supporting agricultural development there, saying it will result in land grabs.
Our man in Sudan
- AJE
- 30 May 2013
An ex-Wall Street banker jets off to South Sudan to show how investors are rushing to Africa in a modern-day land-grab. Watch Al Jazeera 'Witness'.
Analyse 39: Large-scale land acquisitions in Liberia
- BfdW
- 30 May 2013
More and more African governments give away land to companies as they wish, even if occupied by local smallholders. New report from Brot für die Welt looks at legal aspects in the palm oil sector .
The bitter taste of Liberia’s palm oil plantations
- IPS
- 30 May 2013
Bah and his kinsmen were not consulted in the leasing of their land to EPO. He says the company used bulldozers to clear the land, including ancestral land and sacred sites, without any remorse or respect for their local culture.