Some of the major factors drawing companies from India to Africa in addition to the fertile land and natural resources are the exemption from taxes/duties, along with ample government assistance.

A proibição de compra de terras por estrangeiros começou em 2010, após parecer da Advogacia-Geral da União, em relação a Lei 5.709/71, que regula este assunto.

GRAIN examina lo que hay detrás de la fiebre por las tierras en África y revela que hay una lucha mundial por algo que, cada vez más, es considerado una mercancía más preciosa que el oro o el petróleo: el agua.

Ces soi-disant « investissements » ne sont rien de plus que le vol des territoires des peuples indigènes, des paysans et des paysannes, des pêcheurs, des éleveurs et d’autres communautés locales.

Passive indices have been replaced by new sophisticated active indices and pension fund managers like APG are investing in natural resources assets, including farmland.

En abril la Presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner anunció que el Parlamento nacional iba a tratar el proyecto de Ley sobre arrendamiento, que le iba a poner un límite a la extranjerización de la tierra y está llamada a ponerle un freno al éxodo rural.

"Los atropellos se han sucedido sin parar y aquellos maravillosos beneficios que gozarían los pueblos que se amoldarían a la nueva inversión agrícola, se han quedado en papel mojado”.

The Canadian company Stevia Nutra Corporation announced that it has entered into a “Services Provision Agreement” with Ecologica Co. Ltd, a Cambodian agro-development company, to develop largescale stevia plantations in Cambodia

“The destruction and grabbing of resources from peasants and poor people have intensified and if we are to succeed in defending our land, territory and our very future, we need to come together and identify clearly the kind of Agrarian Reform we are looking for and the strategy for which we achieve it.”

The Indonesian government’s long-discussed plan to launch a massive food estate in Merauke, Papua, in a bid to boost the nation’s food production is facing uncertainty amid land acquisition problems, a top ministry official says.

The UAE is eying lands overseas in order to provide ongoing food supply to face the increase in the country’s population as the UAE imports steadily soared in the past few years, Ministry of Economy official said.

Ariovaldo Umbelino acredita que ruralistas vão derrubar vetos de Dilma a mudanças no projeto do Código Florestal para continuar 'vivendo uma situação de terra arrasada'.

Según informó el presidente de la Comisión Especial Investigadora de Transferencia de Tierras Rurales de la Legislatura de Río Negro, el legislador César Miguel (FpV), se han analizado ya unos 35 casos desde que ésta comenzó a funcionar.

Selon Henry Saragih, “la destruction et l’accaparement des ressources des paysans, des paysannes et des pauvres s’intensifient, et si nous voulons réussir à défendre nos terres, nos territoires, notre futur même, nous devons nous rassembler et identifier clairement le modèle de réforme agraire que nous voulons, ainsi que les stratégies nécessaires à sa mise en œuvre.”

Academics and business figures gave a grim warning at the Resource 2012 conference, but defended the Rio+20 outcomes