Hassad Food seeks Turkish farmland, invests $500 million in 2010
    Qatar’s Hassad Food, a unit of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, plans to purchase farmland in Turkey to grow crops and raise livestock, the company’s chairman said.
    • Bloomberg
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Le Congo cède des terres aux fermiers sud-africains
    Congo-Brazzaville a cédé 80.000 hectares de terres agricoles à 14 fermiers sud-africains, propriétaires d'une société, 'Congo Agriculture'.
    • IPS
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Journée mondiale de l’eau : l’Ethiopie aux prises avec un scandale international
    Le gouvernement éthiopien a par ailleurs affecté 180 000 hectares de terres de la vallée de l’Omo à l’investissement agricole dont certaines se trouvent sur les territoires des tribus nyangatom, karo et mursi.
    • Survival
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Fears of foreigners buying up farmland are growing in Latin America
    With nations such as China eyeing property all over the world, and with worries over food security growing, Brazil is discussing tightening laws that would make it harder for foreigners to purchase land.
    • National
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush
    Locals move out as international contractors seize opportunities offered by government to lease farmland at knockdown rates
    • Guardian
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Terras em poder de estrangeiros
    Já vão longe os tempos em que a posse de terras em áreas diversas do território nacional poderia ser considerada como reserva de valor por pessoas físicas ou jurídicas, transferindo-se do presente para o futuro o potencial produtivo de uma propriedade rural.
    • O Estado de S.Paulo
    • 21 Mar 2011
    Limite de terras para estrangeiro é obstáculo
    Os limites impostos para a compra ou o arrendamento de terras por estrangeiros no País são apontados pelo grupo de trabalho coordenado pela Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos (SAE) como o principal obstáculo à captação de dinheiro para plantar florestas no Brasil.
    • O Estado de S.Paulo
    • 20 Mar 2011
    Argentina: Colonización en tiempos de soja
    El gobierno de Río Negro firmó un convenio con una empresa estatal china en el que compromete 250.000 hectáreas de tierras para la plantación de soja, trigo, viñas y maíz.
    • Comunicación Ambiental
    • 20 Mar 2011
    Suelo argentino
    Una ley que limite la venta de tierras a inversionistas extranjeros fue la promesa de Cristina Kirchner. Existen 9 proyectos de ley en Diputados que prevén un régimen de la propiedad privada. Sin embargo, durante 2010 no llegó a debatirse en el recinto por decisión del oficialismo.
    • Parlamentario
    • 19 Mar 2011
    South Korea’s global food ambitions: Rural farming and land grabs
    How did this country turn from being one of the poorest post colonial states in the world to one of the largest land grabbers in recent years?
    • Conducive
    • 19 Mar 2011
    Qatari company eyes Turkish agricultural land
    Hasat Hud, a state-supported Qatari company, wants to buy vast swaths of public land in Turkey to invest in agriculture and husbandry.
    • The Hurriyet
    • 18 Mar 2011
    AGU quer que Ministérios fiquem atentos a estrangeiros
    A Advocacia-Geral da União enviou avisos aos Ministérios da Fazenda e do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio para que a Comissão de Valores Mobiliários e as juntas comerciais apliquem um parecer do órgão que limita a venda de terras brasileiras a estrangeiros ou a empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros.
    • Conjur
    • 18 Mar 2011
    How 'land-grabbing' is wrecking lives
    What happens when you are forced to leave the land that has fed your family for generations? What is the impact of wealthy foreigners having access to the best agricultural land in a very poor country? These questions addressed in new Guardian film.
    • Guardian
    • 18 Mar 2011
    Zuellig Group to secure it’s own feed milling requirement with corn production
    Zuellig Group will set up a 30,000-hectare corn plantation in the Philippines to ensure that its own feed milling requirements are met.
    • All About Feed
    • 18 Mar 2011
    Cession des terres de l’Office du Niger : chronologie d’une bataille des chiffres et de la transparence
    Le Parti pour la renaissance nationale (PARENA) adresse au président de la République malienne un mémorandum en 24 points sur la cession des terres de l’Office du Niger aux investisseurs nationaux et étrangers.
    • Le Hub Rural
    • 18 Mar 2011

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