The Agriculture Investment Summit Americas is a three-day senior-level conference for US, Canadian, and Latin American investors to access global agribusiness and farmland opportunities.
The Chinese Embassy in Wellington wheeled out a government spokesman today in a rare move, to tell New Zealanders they have nothing to fear from Chinese farmland investments.
Farmers have urged the state government to establish a register that would list Victorian farms that have been bought by foreign owners. The call comes as concerns grow over the level of foreign ownership of Australian farms and over the control of productive food resources.
O Ministério da Agricultura (Mapa) avalia que a atual legislação sobre compra de terras por estrangeiros no país "não está clara", dificulta a vinda de investidores e traz "insegurança jurídica".
Outback Australian farmers - hardened from dealing with extreme weather, fires and pests - now have to wrestle with modern trading tools and technology after a tough day tilling the land as they adapt to the rigors of a deregulated market.
Mr Daniel Amelorku, District Chief Executive of South Tongu District in the Volta Region of Ghana said his district has provided 1,000 hectares of land to Global Agri-Development Company (GADCO) and would be expanded to 4,000 hectares within four years to achieve the target.
Chinese companies could be encouraged to invest in Australian agricultural businesses instead of buying up farms under a new foreign investment model based on the practice in the mining sector.
Le collectif Nopalme commence à avoir des contacts au Libéria, là où Sime Darby implante des palmiers à huile, à ce jour 10 000 hectares sur les 220 000 qu'il a reçus en concession.
La loi de l'Ukraine "Sur le cadastre des terres domaniales" a été signée aujourd'hui par le président, jetant les bases de levée de l'interdiction de l'achat et de vente de terrains dans le pays.
Organizaciones campesinas han elaborado un proyecto de ley agraria que permitiría la recuperación económica del sector agropecuario y una reversión de la concentración de la propiedad de la tierra.
Global Economic Symposium, to be held 4-6 October in Kiel, Germany, will have a special session on land grabbing.
Qui n’a pas récemment entendu à la radio une publicité vantant les mérites de placements agricoles en Argentine ou en Ukraine de tel ou tel fond d’investissement ?
Who has not recently heard a radio advertisement from one investment fund or another extolling the virtues of agricultural investments in Argentina or the Ukraine?
Review of US farmland prices from an investor perspective
Summary report of the conference hosted June 17, 2011 in Geneva, Switzerland
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