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Nouvel accord agricole en Argentine : Le « guide » du parfait accapareur de terres
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
Cet accord cède des milliers d’hectares à une société appartenant à l’État chinois pour y produire, entre autres, du soja, du blé et du colza.
Acaparamiento de Tierras en Argentina: Un “manual de Instrucciones” para entregar el territorio
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
De esta forma designó al Acuerdo que el gobernador de la Provincia firmó hace pocas semanas durante su viaje a China.
New agricultural agreement in Argentina: A land grabber's "instruction manual"
- GRAIN
- 25 January 2011
What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China?
Acuerdo UE-Marruecos: Tres mitos y un destino
- Rebelion
- 25 January 2011
Desde hace años, el propio gobierno marroquí está promoviendo por diferentes vías el arrendamiento de tierras al percibir suculentos ingresos y con la excusa de modernizar el sector y atraer la inversión foránea.
O Brasil é uma economia agrícola subalterna
- Jornal Sem Terra
- 25 January 2011
O Incra estima que 4,34 milhões de hectares em todo o Brasil já estejam em mãos de capitalistas de outros países. Essa é uma estatística modesta devido à camuflagem que a concepção vigente de ‘empresa nacional’ proporciona, ao tolerar servilmente na sua composição societária a participação de mais 90% de capital estrangeiro.
Saudi Arabia invests in food to help restrain prices
- Bloomberg
- 24 January 2011
“Our king has asked that the government and the private sector go and invest in countries that have high agricultural production potential,” says Saudi central bank governor.
Cottoning on to foreign investors
- The Courier-Mail
- 24 January 2011
Olam executive sees good side to overseas investment in Australian farming.
New Studies explore large-scale investment in land
- ILC
- 24 January 2011
ILC leads development of 30 studies on large-scale international and domestic land acquisitions and the factors that are driving demand for investments in land.
Jean-Philippe Audinet : "Les États africains n'investissent pas assez dans l'agriculture"
- Jeune Afrique
- 24 January 2011
"Nous remarquons une aggravation de la fragilité des petits exploitants agricoles africains dûe principalement à une compétition accrue pour l'accaparement des terres agricoles"
Piauí, a última fronteira agrícola do Brasil
- Estadão
- 23 January 2011
"Tem muita gente que comprou fazendas aqui pelo preço de uma carteira de cigarro (o hectare)", comenta Ribamar Mateus, da empresa imobiliária JRM.
"Llegaremos a las 100 mil hectáreas con inversión de US$ 400 millones"
- El País
- 23 January 2011
No hay extranjerización de la tierra porque "somos uruguayos" dice Óscar Costa
Oxfam cherche de nombreux signataires pour contrer les pillards de la terre
- La Voix du Nord
- 23 January 2011
« Soldes ! Soldes !, glapit un pseudo-commercial dans un mégaphone. Les terres du Sud sont à vendre . »
Zenawi heading to Swiss ski-resort town for land grab and GDP talks
- Gadaa.com
- 21 January 2011
Mr. Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, will make scheduled appearances at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday, January 27
World Agriculture Investment Conference
- FC Bus Intel
- 21 January 2011
Conference will bring together institutional and private investors with top Ag fund managers, to debate strategies for participating in agriculture investments, including farmland.
Concession Agreement Between the Republic of Liberia and Cavalla rubber corporation
- Scribd
- 21 January 2011
Signed on January 21, 2011