Después de su aplastante triunfo, Cristina Fernández aprovechó para pedirle al Congreso que, en medio de la crisis mundial, acelere la aprobación de la ley que pone barreras a la extranjerización de la tierra, "un recurso estratégico y no renovable"
- TV Pública
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16 August 2011
Victims of land disputes nationwide are being encouraged to unite, as figures released yesterday highlighted the magnitude of what is often referred to as an “epidemic of land grabbing” in Cambodia.
- Phnom Penh Post
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16 August 2011
Fact sheet on FLGI, filed with US government. Points out that Guinea's Ministry of Agriculture has granted the firm exclusive marketing rights, with a commission of 15% payable on closed sales, to the 1.5 million ha of farmland FLGI agreed to survey.
Le président Bongo a visité lundi les 5.000 hectares de pépinières de palmeraies de la région de Kango, gérées par le groupe singapourien Olam. Ces 5.000 ha constituent la première phase d'un projet de palmeraie de 200.000 ha à l'horizon 2017.
Le projet mené par Olam en partenariat avec l’Etat gabonais portera à 200 000 hectares la superficie des plantations de palmiers à l’horizon 2016 – 2017
- Senego.com
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15 August 2011
After two years with little progress, the government is considering shifting the location of its planned food estate to East Kalimantan from Papua because of the availability of land.
- Jakarta Globe
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15 August 2011
Under the agreement, China's Complant International Sugar Industry Co. Ltd. will be leased roughly 18,000 hectares of cane fields for the next 49 years.
"The Big Banana" shows the effects of an export banana plantation on the Mungo area of Cameroon
The government of Bangladesh has taken a fresh move to re-evaluate the proposed contract farming agreement for food-grain production in Africa to meet the country's demand.
- Financial Express
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15 August 2011
Mozambique invites Brazilian soy, corn and cotton growers to plant on its savanna and introduce their farming know-how to sub-Saharan Africa, the head of Mato Grosso state's cotton producers association Ampa said on Monday.
Así lo solicitó Cristina Kirchner a la oposición en una sorpresiva conferencia de prensa que brindó este mediodía.
En Bolivia “hay un progresivo acaparamiento extranjero de las mejores tierras agrícolas, especialmente por parte de ciudadanos brasileros y argentinos”, según un estudio elaborado por la Fundación Tierra.
El Gobierno de Mozambique ofreció una gran extensión de tierras baratas a agricultores brasileños para que cultiven soja, maíz y algodón, informó hoy una fuente oficial del país africano citada por el diario Folha de São Paulo.
O governo de Moçambique está oferecendo uma área de 6 milhões de hectares - equivalente a três Sergipes- para que agricultores brasileiros plantem soja, algodão e milho no norte do país.
Disputed land rights, food insecurity and pollution caused by large-scale export-based agriculture are main themes of the Cameroonian-made movie "The Big Banana".
