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Videos from the International Conference on Global Land Grabbing, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK, 6 - 8 April 2011
El Ministro de Defensa reconoció que la titularidad de tierras de Chubut, Santa Cruz y Río Negro fueron parte de los motivos para impulsar la ley
Chubut y Santa Cruz "son las provincias con mayor incumplimiento", dice el proyecto de ley que pondrá límites a la "extranjerización" de tierras en Argentina.
Company's chief operating officer expected to return next month to look at agriculture investments.
Other countries believe their agricultural expertise can kickstart an agrarian revolution across the African continent
Empresarios y gobiernos extranjeros no necesitan comprar tierras de Argentina para explotarlas según su necesidad. El gobierno de Río Negro firmó en octubre de 2010 un acuerdo con China para sembrar 240 mil hectáreas, el doble de la actual superficie rionegrina dedicada a la agricultura, considerada por el oficialismo provincial como “la iniciativa más importante de la historia provincial”.
Hunting grounds and forests will be handed over for nothing unless development promises are translated into compensation that provides remedies for the economic, social, cultural and environmental impacts of the MIFEE project on local people, according to Sawit Watch in Indonesia
Southeast Asian palm oil firms like Malaysia's Sime Darby and Singapore's Golden Agri Resources are backpacking to Africa, in what could be the planet’s next trend-setter in inter-continental resource trade.
Rural MPs, especially those from NSW and Queensland, have been fielding increasing complaints from constituents in recent months about the level of foreign ownership of Australian farms and agricultural businesses.
"It's criminal that available land that can be properly irrigated and cultivated in a modern sense, where new techniques are tried and taught to local farmers, is not yet put into production," says Bob Geldof.
"Brazil has the land and the technology to produce 50 percent of the world's (exported) food in the future. It's right that we stop and debate how best to exploit this opportunity to create wealth and jobs for Brazilians," said Fabio de Salles Meirelles, vice president of CNA, Brazil's largest farmer group.
Richer countries that are investing in land abroad for food cultivation should also educate the poor about agricultural methods, so that food production can be increased to a level at which poor people can produce enough for investing countries as well as themselves, says Bob Geldof.
A new report from the Samsung chaebol advocates a Korean domestic and international food revolution
La présidente argentine Cristina Kirchner souhaite contenir à 20% la part de propriétaires terriens étrangers en Argentine en limitant la taille des propriétés agricoles.
