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Action pledged on soaring food prices
- The National
- 04 November 2010
UAE pursuing agriculture investments abroad to "guarantee the continuous availability of products with competitive prices."
Global Land Grab
- PANNA
- 04 November 2010
What is to be done? Obviously, we need an immediate moratorium on land grabs.
La «Faim du monde», de Genève à Ouagadougou
- swissinfo
- 03 November 2010
«Les investissements colossaux qui déferlent actuellement sur l’agriculture africaine servent avant tout les intérêts de l’agrobusiness», a déclaré Djibo Bagna, président du ROPPA, déplorant qu’une fois de plus, les paysans locaux ne soient pas davantage écoutés.
Bolivia: crece cantidad de tierras cruceñas en propiedad de ciudadanos extranjeros
- Jornada Net
- 03 November 2010
Una investigación da cuenta de la creciente extranjerización de tierras en el oriente boliviano, principalmente en manos de ciudadanos brasileros y argentinos
Mauricianos tencionam investir 1,2 biliões USD na aquacultura
- AIM
- 03 November 2010
Um grupo de empresários das Maurícias, cuja identidade não foi revelada, pretende investir 1,2 biliões de dólares num projecto de aquacultura em Moçambique.
Cadre d’échanges des organisations de la société civile sur le foncier
- IPAR
- 03 November 2010
Compte rendu d'une réunion d’échanges des organisations de la société civile sur le foncier, qui a eu lieu le 19 octobre 2010 dans les locaux d’Action Aid à Dakar.
Brasil: estrangeiros compram 22 campos de futebol por hora
- O Globo
- 02 November 2010
Do final de 2007 ao início deste ano, foram adquiridos 1.152 imóveis rurais
Land grab at Kpachaa – One more bad example in Ghana
- Daily Graphic
- 02 November 2010
“The pain to pass my lost land each day is so big that I cry,” says local chief.
Land legislation in Zambia bypasses the poor yet again
- Stiffkitten's Blog
- 02 November 2010
Government’s policies of liberalizing land markets and focusing on foreign investment are having a detrimental impact on Zambia’s rural poor.
Mriya Agro may have to pay up to 11% on its bonds
- Agrimoney
- 02 November 2010
Company with a landbank of 220,000 ha in the Ukaraine plans $300m bond issue.
UN expert urges action over rising food prices
- swissinfo.ch
- 01 November 2010
DeSchutter says he never thought it was a good idea to endorse the World Bank's proposal on landgrabs.
Funds clamour for shares in Agroton flotation
- Agrimoney
- 01 November 2010
The group currently has 151,000 hectares under management, a figure which it claims makes it the sixth-largest listed farm operator in Europe.
New rush of foreign investors, mainly Argentines, to purchase land in Uruguay
- MercoPress
- 01 November 2010
Recent business delegations from Iran and Qatar expressed strong interest in buying farmland in Uruguay to develop their own production projects.
Investors eyeing Balkan farms as long-term play
- Reuters
- 01 November 2010
"Several very powerful groups in the Middle East are seriously considering the 3.2 million hectares that Serbia has to offer."
Saudi agri investor to focus on home market first
- Reuters
- 01 November 2010
Agroinvest plans to invest 1 billion riyals overseas but is waiting for details on Kingdom's policy.