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Foreign buyers grinding out mill deals
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 08 November 2011
Two of the last big Australian-owned sugar mills, Maryborough and Proserpine, could soon be sold to foreign buyers in takeover deals worth more than $350 million.
Kiwis against farms to foreigners - poll
- Waikato Times
- 08 November 2011
A survey shows New Zealanders are overwhelmingly opposed to foreign ownership of New Zealand farmland – but three weeks out from the election there is no sign the main political parties will make a fight of defending our turf.
Cambodia: Contract for acacia and sugar cane plantation with Heng Yue International (China)
- 08 November 2011
Contract between the Government of Cambodia and the Chinese company Heng Yue International for a 8,959 ha concession for the production of acacia and sugar cane.
Call for papers: International workshop on large-scale agricultural investments
- GIGA
- 08 November 2011
The German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) invites submissions for an international conference on large-scale agricultural investments on 11 May 2012 in Hamburg, Germany.
Agriculture investment: Solid ground for unstable times
- CNBC
- 08 November 2011
As the global financial downturn pushes investors into finding alternative business ventures, land investment has become an attractive proposition.
El control de los alimentos está en juego
- ABC
- 08 November 2011
Cada vez más firmas invierten en compra de tierras africanas, asiáticas e iberoamericanas
Seminar: Analysis and measures to prevent land grabbing in Tanzania
- ITC
- 07 November 2011
Ardhi University (Tanzania) and its partners, the UNU School for Land Administration Studies of the University of Twente (Netherlands) and MKURABITA (President’s Office, Tanzania), are organizing a one day national seminar on Land Grabbing in Tanzania.
Brazil thwarts Macquarie crop move
- Stock & Land
- 07 November 2011
Group's $700 million international crop fund has been dealt a serious blow with new foreign investment restrictions on rural property in Brazil stalling its expansion.
Dubai firm invests $500m in Tanzania
- Business Week
- 07 November 2011
City Energy & Infrastructure will be involved in the development of a sugar plantation and sugar processing plant in an area of 100,000 hectares.
Rapina delle terre: per capire il land grabbing, un libro di Stefano Liberti
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 07 November 2011
A reportage investigating the land grabbing crossing four continents
Agriculture : La Chine deviendra le premier importateur mondial
- Reuters
- 07 November 2011
Pour faire face à une demande croissante de produits agricoles, la COFCO, première société de négoce publique chinoise, consacrera plus de 10 milliards de dollars à des fusions et acquisitions à l'étranger dans les cinq années à venir
Se nourrir : droit ou luxe en terre africaine au XXI siècle ?
- Afrik.com
- 07 November 2011
Les premières mesures pourraient consister soutenir les petits agriculteurs ruraux, non pas dans le but de viser l’exportation, mais dans celui de développer un marché local qui permettrait à ces derniers de nourrir à moindre coup les villes africaines de plus en plus peuplées.
Appel des mouvements sociaux sur l’accaparment des terres
- Forum des Peuples
- 07 November 2011
Nous nous joignons aux autres mouvements sociaux d’Afrique et d’ailleurs pour dire NON à la Directive pour les « investisseurs responsables » de la Banque Mondiale et alliés, qui n'est qu’un moyen de légitimation de la privatisation des ressources naturelles et de fabrication des « paysans sans terre » au Mali et en Afrique.
South Sudanese fear impact of farming deals
- Sudan Net
- 06 November 2011
Egyptian private equity firm Citadel Capital, which has leased 259,500 acres for farming in Unity state, is among dozens of foreign entities to have struck large land deals in the new country.
Déclaration finale du Forum des Peuples en contrepoint du G20 de Cannes
- le Post
- 05 November 2011
"Nous exigeons l’expropriation, sans indemnisation, des grands propriétaires fonciers (nationaux comme étrangers) en vue d’une réforme agraire permettant aux paysan-ne-s de disposer de leurs ressources."