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Chinos empezarán con trigo en Río Negro
- Río Negro
- 22 May 2011
Prevén la siembra para julio o agosto en el Valle Inferior. Después la soja. Serán pruebas experimentales y además, habrá ensayos con otras plantaciones en la estación del INTA.
10pc of PNG lost in forest land grab
- The Australian
- 21 May 2011
More than 10 per cent of Papua New Guinea's land mass has been handed over to foreign and national corporate interests over the past seven years under mysterious land deals that appear to be aimed at logging, not food or cash crop production.
Sime invests in Liberia
- The Star Online
- 21 May 2011
In 2009 Sime Darby Plantation acquired a 63-year concession covering 220,000ha in Liberia that it will developed into oil palm and rubber plantations
Estrangeiros possuem 309 imóveis rurais no Amazonas, revela Incra
- D24AM
- 21 May 2011
A área é equivalente ao município de Iranduba, que possui extensão de 2,21 mil quilômetros quadrados, ou a cerca de 228,5 mil campos de futebol.
EU parliamentarian condemns Cambodia’s “blood sugar” exports
- dpa
- 20 May 2011
A member of the European Parliament said Friday she would push for the European Union to suspend trade preferences for Cambodian sugar after meeting villagers who had been evicted to make way for huge concessions.
Sime Darby to invest $3.1 bln in Liberia project
- Reuters
- 20 May 2011
Company also in talks with the government of Cameroon on a project estimated to be worth $2.1 billion.
Mitsui to boost Brazil soy exports 50% on expansion in food commodities
- Bloomberg
- 20 May 2011
Mitsui may still add a partner to co-invest in Multigrain, as the Japanese company needs a local player to help purchase more land, says company official.
Concentración y extranjerización de la tierra en Bolivia
- ILC
- 20 May 2011
Este estudio se ha hecho por encargo de la FAO y su propósito es rastrear los orígenes de la concentración y extranjerización de las tierras en Bolivia en los últimos años.
Des terres convoitées
- La Tribune de Genève
- 20 May 2011
D’ampleur mondiale, le phénomène d’accaparement des terres est aigu en Zambie.
Lutte contre l'accaparement des terres : Vers la mise en place d’un plan d’action
- Sud Online
- 19 May 2011
Au Sénégal, les affectations réalisées auprès d’investisseurs privés nationaux et internationaux se situent entre 450 et 600 000 ha, soit 30 à 40% des réserves foncières du pays.
Accaparement des terres : Des chercheurs crient au scandale !
- Senenews
- 19 May 2011
Des milliers de familles paysannes sont déplacées de leurs terres, une situation qui provoque l’ire des chercheurs au Sénégal
Food profits to rise: Macquarie
- Financial Standard
- 19 May 2011
Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management owns 31,500sq km of Australian grazing land on which it runs cattle and sheep.
Argentina: La ley de tierras no contempla arrendamientos
- Más Producción
- 19 May 2011
La titular de la comisión de Legislación General, diputada Vilma Ibarra (Nuevo Encuentro), adelantó en declaraciones a El Parlamentario, que convocará a un plenario de comisiones para el próximo 2 de junio para tratar los proyectos de ley que limitan la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros.
Water shortages threaten growth in Gulf states
- Arabian Business
- 18 May 2011
Gulf states have opted to buy up large tracts of farmland in developing countries in a bid to safeguard their food supplies – a strategy that risks exporting their water shortages to other nations, analysts said.
Food: The hidden driver of global politics
- NPR
- 18 May 2011
In some of the countries where the land investments are being made, people will block the trucks that are hauling the grain from the fields to the ports, says Lester Brown in this interview with NPR