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La terre roumaine, un paradis pour les étrangers
- Le Petit Journal
- 25 May 2011
L'agriculture roumaine intéresse de plus en plus les investisseurs étrangers. Les autorités sont en train de s’en rendre compte et souhaitent prendre la situation en main.
Le « sucre du sang » au Cambodge
- L'Usine Nouvelle
- 25 May 2011
En visite privée dans le Pays des Khmers, la parlementaire européenne Cecilia Wikström a constaté de nombreuses violations des droits humains et d’accaparement des terres des villageois par les sociétés sucrières
Karuturi and the conquest of the African mind space
- Financial Express
- 24 May 2011
Ram Karuturi says he is targeting to acquire up to a million hectares of land in Ethiopia and other parts of Africa to build an integrated global agri-product company.
Ukraine to lift ban on sale of farmland in 2012, Le Monde says
- Bloomberg
- 24 May 2011
Ukraine plans to lift a ban on the sale of farmland next year, Le Monde reported, citing an interview with Agriculture Minister Mykola Prysyazhnyuk.
Why the reports of Bangladesh farming mega deals in Africa sound strange
- African Agriculture
- 23 May 2011
If the early reports are anything to go by, the Bangladeshi deals already incorporate many elements that suggest they are being done in a way likely to engender fierce resentment and opposition in the African countries concerned.
Tierra mía
- Parlamentario
- 23 May 2011
El debate sobre la venta de de tierras rurales a extranjeros tiene larga data. Casi todos los bloques políticos han promovido iniciativas en el Congreso, pero ninguna ha logrado trascender y convertirse en ley. A tres semanas de que el Poder Ejecutivo enviase un proyecto propio para limitar el dominio por parte de extranjeros, la norma aguarda ser discutida en las comisiones de Legislación General y de Agricultura de la Cámara de Diputados.
Levée du moratoire sur la vente de terres agricoles
- AFP
- 23 May 2011
Mykola Pryssiajniouk, ministre ukrainien de l'Agriculture cité lundi par le quotidien Le Monde, a décidé de lever le moratoire sur la vente de terres agricoles en Ukraine.
Inversionistas de Chile incrementan adquisición de tierras agrícolas en la costa peruana
- La República
- 23 May 2011
Inversionistas chilenos han incrementado la adquisición de tierras agrícolas en la costa peruana debido a la alta productividad y rentabilidad que tiene el sector.
Way out west, another bubble is forming
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 23 May 2011
Regulators are warning that a new real estate bubble may be forming across the US grain belt -- and National Australia Bank is right in the middle.
Colombia shifts from drugs to food in farm expansion
- Reuters
- 23 May 2011
Colombia plans to nearly double agricultural land growing crops for food and biofuel, part of a new investment boom in the country as violence ebbs from a decades-long internal conflict fueled by drug profits.
Law does not prohibit leasing land if it's beneficial to Kazakhstan - Agriculture Ministry
- Kazinform
- 23 May 2011
According to the legislation, Kazakhstan has the right to lease land to foreigners for a period of 10 years says Vice Minister of Agriculture Saktash Khassenov
South American nations move to limit foreign ownership of agricultural land
- Catholic Online
- 23 May 2011
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have united to draft laws to limit acquisition by foreigners of extensive tracts of their fertile agricultural land.
Bangladesh to get 60,000 hectares for farming in Uganda
- Daily Star
- 23 May 2011
Of the produce, 20 percent will go to the government of Uganda, and the remaining will be sent to Bangladesh with a profit of 10 percent plus production cost, says Nitol-Niloy Group
Bangladesh seeks African land
- BBC
- 23 May 2011
Companies in Bangladesh are planning to lease thousands of hectares of land for agriculture in some African countries. Robert Ziegler, the Director General of the International Rice Research Institute, believes that Bangladesh's food strategy will become more widespread.
Diputados debatirá el 2 de junio el proyecto de extranjerización de tierras
- Tiempo Argentino
- 22 May 2011
Será en el primer encuentro de las comisiones que tratarán el proyecto: Legislación general, Agricultura y Asuntos Constitucionales. Podría estar también el ministro Domínguez.