La Liberia si presta bene al “land-grabbing”, coi suoi tre milioni e mezzo di abitanti schiacciati tra la Costa d’avorio e la Sierra Leone. Le Nazioni unite mantengono ancora una forte presenza e il World Factbook della CIA conferma che «la sicurezza è ancora fragile». Quale migliore occasione ai più disinvolti investitori per negoziare lucrativi accordi col presidente del Paese, la lady di ferro Ellen Johnson Sirleaf?
- Il Fatto Alimentare
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28 January 2011
Shanghai Pengxin Group, a Chinese property developer and owner of agriculture and mining ventures, is seeking to buy 16 dairy farms in New Zealand after the government rejected an earlier bid by another Chinese company.
- Bloomberg
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28 January 2011
The Zambian Development Agency signed off the virgin land to a firm called Menafea Holding which will grow pineapples and produce juice
- Zambian Watchdog
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28 January 2011
¡Parar el acaparamiento de tierras, defender la soberanía alimentaria y
decir NO a la violencia contra la mujer campesina!
- Kaos en la Red
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28 January 2011
En el mercado se estima que cerca de u$s 150 millones se destinarán a la compra de campos en la Argentina y Uruguay y el resto al desarrollo de la producción de caña de azúcar en Brasil.
Le gouvernement de la Lituanie demande à Bruxelles de prolonger l'interdiction de vendre des terres agricoles aux étrangers jusqu'en 2014, afin d'éviter une éventuelle spéculation.
Deal adds to anger over decision just a week earlier to cede some 1,100 square kilometers of Tajik land to China.
- Radio Free Europe
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27 January 2011
Due to the food security issues currently plaguing Arab nations, the project is generating immense interest among GCC investors, says Malaysian official.
Shanghai real-estate mogul Jiang Zhaobai wants to buy the family farms from receivers and predicts a bright future for food producers.
También cuestiona el acaparamiento de tierras como sucede en Marruecos.
- Diario Digital Agrario
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26 January 2011
L’ Incra estime que 4,34 millions d’hectares dans tout le Brésil sont déjà aux mains de capitalistes étrangers. C’est une statistique modeste compte tenu du camouflage qu’opère le concept actuel d‘”entreprise nationale” qui tolère servilement dans sa composition sociétaire plus de 90% de capital étranger.
- La Revolución Vive
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26 January 2011
The company was granted a 220,000 ha concession in Liberia in 2009 and will begin planting oil palm on 10,000 hectares in April.
In this month's Global development podcast, the Guardian looks at land grabs, explores why they are happening, considers their implications and examines what – if anything – can be done to ensure large-scale agricultural investments are used for local development.
Adecoagro is based in Luxembourg, but it is one of the biggest farmland owners in Latin America with holdings worth about $784 million
« Puisqu’on ne peut pas faire des omelettes sans casser des œufs » faut-il donc accepter que lorsqu’un projet économique de grande envergure est lancé par un gouvernement dans le but de développer une région de son pays, certains doivent obligatoirement accepter de se sacrifier et jouer le rôle des œufs destinés à être cassés ?