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Corne de l'Afrique : pour une agriculture souveraine et durable
- Le Monde
- 12 August 2011
Les terres africaines doivent être protégées de l'accaparement croissant par des investisseurs étrangers.
Les nouveaux accapareurs de terres agricoles
- Le Paysan Breton
- 12 August 2011
Le mot « accapareur » était déjà utilisé avant la Révolution Française de 1789. Il désignait ceux qui entretenaient la famine pour s’enrichir par le marché noir, un des éléments déclencheurs de la Révolution.
Meles Zenawi says no land grab in Ethiopia—not today, not tomorrow
- tramnsformingethiopia
- 11 August 2011
The government has not presented satisfactory and truthful explanations about its actions, let alone credible defense of its role as agency and facilitator of the abominable practices of farmland grabbing.
Nigerian farmer leader talks about resistance to land grabs
- GRAIN
- 11 August 2011
Interview with Olaseinde Makanjuola Arigbede of the United Small and Medium scale Farmers' Associations of Nigeria (USMEFAN)
Land registry law published
- UKRINFORM
- 11 August 2011
The law on the state land cadastre was published in the parliamentary newspaper Holos Ukrainy and will take force on 1 January 2012.
Grantham says farmland will outperform all global assets
- Bloomberg
- 10 August 2011
Farmland and forestry will outperform the average of all global assets long-term, according to Jeremy Grantham, chief investment strategist for Boston-based Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.
China ready to fight for its pound of flesh
- NZ Herald
- 10 August 2011
Two issues are bound to feature in New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser's talks in Beijing next week: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra’s market power in the China domestic market and Chinese investment intentions within New Zealand.
Being like Soros in buying farmland lets investors reap 16% annual gains
- Bloomberg
- 10 August 2011
Investors are pouring into farmland in the US and parts of Europe, Latin America and Africa as global food prices soar.
Brazil: Government hints at more foreign investment in rural property
- Mondaq
- 10 August 2011
To attract foreign capital into the agricultural sector, but still maintain control of the amount of land held by overseas interests, the Government is considering establishing a new administrative path towards the granting of land sale to foreigners.
Quantum co-founder bullish on commodities
- Top1000Funds
- 10 August 2011
Jim Rogers, the co-founder with George Soros of the Quantum hedge fund, is particularly bullish about agriculture saying that shortages in a range of agricultural products will produce strong prices not only in those commodities but also in farm land.
Green Advocates threatens to sue GoL over Sime Darby human rights abuses
- FPA
- 10 August 2011
The Key campaigner of Green Advocates, Cllr. Alfred Brownell has threatened a lawsuit against the government for allowing Sime Darby, an oil palm production company to operate in Cape Mount and Bomi Counties in violation of the citizens’ rights under the constitution of Liberia.
US firm to invest in $100 mln Tanzania farms JV
- IB Times
- 09 August 2011
AgriSol Energy LLC, and its joint venture partner in Tanzania will invest more than $100 million over the next 10 years to develop a large-scale commercial farming project.
Uruguay: Extranjerización de la Tierra
- Youtube
- 09 August 2011
Senador Ernesto Agazzi, Senador Eber da Rosa, Ing. Diego Piñeiro y Daniel Marsiglia en La sed y el agua
Investissement d’AIM dans Farm Lands of Guinea
- StockmarketWire.com
- 09 August 2011
AIM Investments investit 1 million de dollars US dans Farm Lands of Guinea qui de son côté va investir 500 000 dollars dans AIM.
Land policy: A key factor in combating hunger - The role of African regional organisations
- SEF
- 09 August 2011
The report of the Potsdam Spring Dialogues 2011 on "Land Policy: A Key Factor in Combating Hunger - The Role of African Regional Organisations" held on 15-16 April 2011 in Germany has just been released.