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Mapuches protestam contra concessão de terras a empresa italiana
- Adital
- 09 Mar 2011
A disputa judicial entre a Companhia de Terras Sud Argentino, filial da Benetton na Argentina, e a comunidade Mapuche já segue há mais de quatro anos.
King Abdullah initiative on agricultural investment abroad discussed at forum in Khartoum
- SPA
- 09 Mar 2011
Sudan is top of the list of countries selected for Saudi investments, says Undersecretary of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture
Ukraine, Russia grain export curbs deter investors
- Reuters
- 09 Mar 2011
"Politically the (Ukraine) government wants to reassure the population that these traders are not going to export grain while the population starves," says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Investing abroad to secure food at home
- Gulf News
- 09 Mar 2011
Gulf states are following in the footsteps of China and looking beyond their shores to make heavy investments in agriculture
In Japanese Dakar Appeal against the land grab
- Dakar Appeal against the land grab
- 09 Mar 2011
Translation of Dakar Appeal against the land grab
Is palm oil a kernel of development for African countries like Liberia?
- Guardian
- 08 Mar 2011
Asian palm oil producers are being accused of cashing in on Africa in their search to expand production
Venezuela and China Form Joint Food Company
- VenezuelaAnalysis.com
- 08 Mar 2011
Venezuelan Minister for Agriculture and Land and the president of the Chinese Heilongjiang Beidahuang State Farm Business Trade Group have signed an agreement to form a joint venture food company.
New Hope asks Chinese govt to stop blocking DDGS
- Reuters
- 08 Mar 2011
Company says it is "difficult to acquire land or farms overseas" but aims to set up 15 to 20 feed mills in South Asia and Central Africa over the coming five years.
Brazil on brink of new soy boom, easing food fears
- Reuters
- 08 Mar 2011
"We don't invest in commodities; the trend is for them to fall. The value is in owning the land ... And we are not investing in land anywhere else in the world, except Brazil," says Daniel Ward of the Virginia Tech endowment
Standard Chartered takes 30 per cent stake in Afrifresh Group
- Bernama
- 08 Mar 2011
Afrifresh manages 14 farms across South Africa, with over 3,000 hectares under irrigation, in addition to its export agency business.
Clarity and UAE investors launch first agricultural project in Macedonia
- Zawya
- 08 Mar 2011
The company is currently looking at concluding another deal in Africa as well as other opportunities on behalf of regional investors for large scale production of crops in areas such as Africa, Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Parliament checking reports of Gaddafi renting farmland in Ukraine
- Interfax-Ukraine
- 08 Mar 2011
The Verkhovna Rada's committee on agricultural policy and land relations is checking reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is renting farmland in Ukraine
La soja desembarca en la Patagonia
- Página 12
- 08 Mar 2011
Se entregarían 240 mil hectáreas para el cultivo a la empresa estatal china Heilongjiang Beidahuang. Antes de cosechar soja, el acuerdo ya cosecha críticas de parte de organizaciones comunitarias y ambientalistas.
En pleine croissance, Sifca dope sa présence au Liberia
- Jeune Afrique
- 08 Mar 2011
Le géant agro-industriel ivoirien Sifca a réalisé à quelques semaines d'intervalle deux opérations majeures dans le caoutchouc (22 000 ha) et l’huile de palme (8 800 ha).
Felda in talks to buy 90,000ha land to grow rubber and oil palm
- The Star
- 07 Mar 2011
Felda Holdings, the world's largest estate owner, is in talks to buy up to 90,000ha of land across South-East Asia