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IFC backs ETG Group again
- Indian Ocean Newsletter
- 01 Mar 2013
The private investment arm of the World Bank, is going to back the medium-term expansion of ETC Group (ETG), incorporated in Mauritius and specializing trading in food and drink products.
N. Korea to farm land in Russian Far East
- Asahi Shimbun
- 01 Mar 2013
North Korea will dispatch dozens of laborers this spring to grow corn, beans and vegetables on 1,000 hectares of farmland in the Russian Far East, local government sources said
Liberia: Sime Darby's slave camp is another face of corporate evil
- New Democrat
- 01 Mar 2013
A Malaysian company that came to Liberia and acquired huge land space, promised to plant about 20,000 hectares to do Liberia proud by investing in oil palm is today embroiled in controversy and internecine conflict.
Ethiopia: displacement, intimidation and abuse
- Redress Information & Analysis
- 01 Mar 2013
With the coming of big industrial farms in Ethiopia, local people, villagers and pastoralists are being threatened, intimidated, forcibly displaced and herded into camps by the military, their homes destroyed.
China intends to invest in an agricultural land irrigation system in Bulgaria
- Balkans.com
- 01 Mar 2013
Tianjin Agribusiness Company, which is handling large plots in northwestern Bulgaria, plans to build a factory for processing Bulgarian waste constituents of milk production and to export it to China in the form of dried derivatives.
Clash of concerns over foreign ownership of Australian agriculture
- ABC
- 01 Mar 2013
There's been considerable disquiet over the presence of foreign buyers in the farmland market place, but the stats on the extent of foreign ownership and the emerging trends are far from clear.
Parlementaires suisses et Conseil fédéral interpellés
- APIC
- 28 February 2013
Les œuvres d’entraide suisses demandent aux autorités suisses de s’assurer que les fonds publics versés par la Confédération ne financent pas l’accaparement des terres par les multinationales dans les pays du Sud, notamment en Afrique.
Límites legales a la compra de tierras: ¿refrenan a los acaparadores de tierra o adormecen el debate?
- GRAIN
- 28 February 2013
Los gobiernos de varios países han estado tratando de dar respuesta a las preocupaciones sobre el acaparamiento de tierras cerrando las fronteras a los inversionistas extranjeros. ¿Son efectivas estas restricciones? En realidad no, señala GRAIN. Dan la apariencia de que se está haciendo algo al más alto nivel y apelan a sentimientos nacionalistas o pro soberanía.
First-ever profit sends Black Earth shares soaring
- Agrimoney
- 28 February 2013
The Russian farm operator - which controls a landbank of more than 3,000 square kilometres - underlines importance of 3-yr supply deal with PepsiCo, to grow beet for sugar and potatoes for making crisps.
Joint statement between UNAC and the TPP Citizen’s Network (Japan)
- UNAC/
- 28 February 2013
We commit ourselves to opposing the ProSavana Programme so that neo-colonial land grabs will come to an end.
Budget provision to lift ban on foreign ownership of land criticized
- Wisconsin State Journal
- 28 February 2013
US Governor Scott Walker's budget proposes lifting a longtime prohibition on foreign ownership of large tracts of land in Wisconsin — a change that some legislators believe will allow other countries to gain too much control over some of the world's best farmland.
Reining in land grabbers or dumbing down the debate?
- GRAIN
- 28 February 2013
Governments in a number of countries are trying to address concerns about land grabbing by closing their borders to foreign investors. Are these restrictions effective? Not really, says GRAIN.
Senators fear Australia losing control of farmland
- ABC
- 27 February 2013
There are renewed calls for tighter limits on foreign investment in agricultural land, with new figures showing 4.6 million hectares of Australian land is now owned by overseas interests.
CHS and Adecoagro form sunflower joint venture in Argentina
- PR Newswire
- 27 February 2013
Located in the heart of sunflower country about 350 km from the Buenos Aires port, CHS AGRO will grow and process sunflower kernel and in-shell products for global marketing and distribution by CHS. Each company will hold 50 percent ownership in CHS AGRO.
Six companies investing in African agribusiness, and what we can learn from them
- HowWeMadeItInAfrica
- 27 February 2013
Africa’s agriculture and food industries are attracting increasing interest from investors. This trend is largely fuelled by the fact that the continent has 60% of the world’s uncultivated arable land, with favourable weather conditions in many countries.