An Egyptian model farm is to be created in Ethiopia on an area of some 500 feddans [210 ha] with the potential for expansion in the regional state of Afar some 600 kilometres north of Addis Ababa.
- Egyptian Gazette
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14 June 2012
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir.
- Le Hub Rural
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14 June 2012
A Comissão de Agricultura da Câmara dos Deputados aprovou relatório que dá às empresas brasileiras com capital estrangeiro liberdade para adquirir grandes extensões de terras. Atualmente, isso é proibido.
Adecoagro, the agricultural company that counts George Soros as its biggest investor, is giving potential buyers the chance to get a hold of farms in Brazil and Argentina at a 36 percent discount to its net assets.
Under a new proposal from the Agricultural Committee of Brazil's Congress, any company established in Brazil, even if controlled by foreigners, would be considered Brazilian and not subject to restrictions on farmland ownership.
- Farmland Investor Centre
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13 June 2012
The company has approached the African Development Bank, the African Export-Import Bank and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank to raise another $100 million for a sugarcane estate.
Varias ONG afirman que esta práctica está exponiendo a la esclavitud y a la explotación laboral a gran parte del campesinado de estos países
- Crónica de Aragón
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13 June 2012
Large-scale soy monoculture is expanding rapidly in Latin America. Boosted by dubious investment from multi-national corporations, it has moved well beyond the southern states and into the Amazon area.
- TheWaterChannel
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13 June 2012
D’un côté, l’acharnement avec lequel certains dirigeants africains s’organisent en toute opacité pour vendre ou mettre en concession la terre africaine contre la volonté des populations et, d’un autre côté, le rapport de l’institut Oakland qui tente d’apporter, avec beaucoup de brio, les conditions qui prévalent lors d’un investissement d’une entreprise multinationale en Afrique sont édifiants.
- Afriques en lutte
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13 June 2012
La controverse sur l' accaparement des terres n'empêche pas l'arrivée massive des grands investissements étrangers pur l'exploitation agricole en Afrique, un continent disposant d'environ 22 millions d'hectares de terres arables encore en friche.
Perusahaan manufaktur makanan ini rajin mengakuisisi sejumlah perusahaan di sektor pertanian dan perkebunan
Foreign ownership of farm land is a sensitive issue in Australia and "across the ditch" in New Zealand.
- Wall Street Journal
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12 June 2012
Islamic Development Bank and Rabobank team up to launch fund that intends to invest 5-10% of its funds in global farmland.
Special issue of Water Alternatives
- Water Alternatives
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12 June 2012
En los últimos 10 años de burbujas especulativas reventadas, una nueva fórmula de inversión está expandiéndose. El capital más capitalista está acaparando toda la tierra fértil que le cabe en sus bolsillos.
- Palabre-Ando
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11 June 2012