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Atelier sur "l'accaparement des terres"
- APS
- 26 July 2010
Enda Pronat organise du 3 au 4 août un atelier sur’’ l’accaparement des terres et l’avenir de l’agriculture paysanne’’ à l’’hôtel Ndiambour
Group wants state-led agribusiness firm abolished
- GMA News
- 26 July 2010
A group of food security advocates wants a Philippine government-led corporation that identifies new land suitable for local and foreign agricultural businesses abolished.
Overseas Investment (Restriction on Foreign Ownership of Land) Amendment Bill
- Green Party NZ
- 26 July 2010
This Bill is designed to retain ownership and control of sensitive land within New Zealand.
Brasil prepara plebiscito sobre limite da terra
- IHU On-Line
- 26 July 2010
"Nenhuma propriedade de estrangeiro vem aqui para produzir comida para o povo brasileiro," explica Gilberto Portes, secretário executivo do Fórum Nacional pela Reforma Agrária e Justiça no Campo
A wide open land
- ABC
- 25 July 2010
As the world's available farming land shrinks in the face of population growth, climate change and soil degradation, Australia's vast tracts of land are going to be increasingly important for global food security. Is the sell-off in Australia's long term interests?
Selling the farm
- ABC
- 25 July 2010
Foreign interests including state-owned companies from China and the Middle East are increasingly looking to Australia to secure their food production by purchasing key agricultural assets.
Michel Juvet: «Je recommande l’Afrique aux investisseurs patients, c’est le nouveau marché émergent»
- Les Afriques
- 24 July 2010
"Le fait de donner à un pays étranger une partie de son propre territoire n’est pas nécessairement néfaste. C’est surtout une question de prix et de conditions."
Empresas nacionais com capital estrangeiro terão restrições para comprar terrenos no país
- Diario de Pernambuco
- 24 July 2010
O Conselho Nacional de Justiça determinou que os cartórios de registro de imóveis passem a informar trimestralmente às corregedorias dos tribunais de Justiça nos estados as aquisições de propriedades por companhias brasileiras controladas por pessoas ou grupos de outros países.
UAE company to invest in Bulgarian agriculture
- Standard News
- 23 July 2010
UAE-based investment company Al Barakah has shown interest in developing agriculture and farming projects in Bulgaria.
Africa-ME 'agricultural tie-up ideal'
- Trade Arabia
- 22 July 2010
Africa's untapped agriculture potential make it an ideal partner for resource-constrained Middle Eastern countries that seek to improve their food security, a new report from Standard Chartered Bank said.
Production sucrière : Gros plan sur le projet de Markala
- 22 septembre
- 22 July 2010
Le projet -- un partenariat entre Illovo Sugar, entreprise sud africaine, et le gouvernement malien -- concerne l'aménagement d'une zone irriguée de 14,132 ha pour la création des plantations de la canne à sucre
Mauritanie : le plus grand scandale foncier sous l’ère Ould Aziz
- GPS
- 22 July 2010
50 000 hectares de terrain dans la commune de Boghé pourraient être octroyés à la société saoudienne Tabouk-Eziraiya si le président mauritanien signait un décret dans ce sens.
Algeria allows farmland leases for first time
- Reuters
- 22 July 2010
Algeria adopted a law on Wednesday which will allow private firms to lease state-owned farmland but it also imposed restrictions on foreign investment.
Takeover bid may struggle after 50.1pc, says broker
- NZ Herald
- 22 July 2010
If the offer is successful, Singapore's Olam will either hold 100 per cent or between 50.1 per cent and 90 per cent of NZ Farming Systems Uruguay
Out of Africa
- Business Today
- 21 July 2010
Indian floriculture companies are moving into other agri-products in the world's second-largest continent.