Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 01-Sep-2010
HedgeWeek | 01-Sep-2010
AgCapita's Stephen Johnston says Brazil's "sudden hostility to foreign farmland ownership" should make "developed markets such as Canada" more attractive to investors
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Business Report | 01-Sep-2010
45 new private equity funds are planning to invest US$2 billion in African agriculture in the next 3-5 years, according to participants at the Africainvestor Agribusiness Project Summit taking place in Durban
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Arab News | 31-Aug-2010
Saudi and UK investors will travel to the Philippines in October to discuss "the possibility of food production in southern Philippines, with the government providing them the needed land".
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Mas Producción | 30-Aug-2010
En un esfuerzo por proteger a su sector agropecuario, considerado clave para su desarrollo económico, el gobierno de Brasil endureció ayer las limitaciones a la compra de tierras por parte de extranjeros.
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CONTAG | 30-Aug-2010
A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura – Contag – considera a importante à publicação do parecer da Advocacia Geral da União, que restabelece condições para limitar à compra de terras no Brasil por estrangeiros.
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Business Day | 30-Aug-2010
Fonterra says it is having a "very close look" at relaunching a processing business in China as it faces a rapidly growing competitive threat from Chinese manufacturing startups with their own large-scale dairy farms.
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Friends of the Earth | 30-Aug-2010
Studies suggest that a third of the land sold or acquired in Africa is intended for fuel crops - some 5 million hectares. Friends of the Earth has looked at cases of land grabbing in 11 countries across Africa, from Ethiopia to Mozambique
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Reuters | 29-Aug-2010
Hassad Food, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, plans to acquire a sugar project in Brazil with a capacity to produce 25 million tonnes per annum, 70% of which will be shipped to Qatar.
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The Peninsula | 29-Aug-2010
The Qatari company is about to bring home the first shipment of its own wheat produced overseas, and to start producing its own sugar in Brazil
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Agrimoney | 27-Aug-2010
Black Earth Farming a Swedish firm which controls more than 300,000 hectares of Russian farmland, has reported yields of some crops down by more than a half thanks to Russia's "scorching" heat
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Guardian News & Media | 27-Aug-2010
UNCTAD believes pension funds, with their apparent focus on reputation, accountability, and the long term, could set new best-practice standards as they join the farmland investment trend.
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Ouest France | 27-Aug-2010
5,5 millions d'hectares seraient passés aux mains d'intérêts étrangers. Une loi voulue par le président Lula devrait mettre un sacré coup de frein à ces acquisitions.
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Correio do Estado | 27-Aug-2010
A lei que regulamenta a compra de terras por estrangeiros no Brasil - da qual o governo agora lança mão para ampliar o controle sobre o mercado imobiliário rural - é objeto de dois projetos em tramitação no Senado.
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MST | 26-Aug-2010
Os dados apresentados na discussão sobre o limite para compra de terras por estrangeiros demonstra que está em curso uma contra Reforma Agrária no Brasil, praticada pelo capital, que concentra cada vez mais as nossas terras
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Afrik News | 26-Aug-2010
Gambela’s new tag as a land grabbing hub comes as BHO Agro Plc becomes the third Indian firm to begin operations in the region after two other Indian companies, Karuturi and Ruchi Group, moved into Gambela in 2008 and early 2010, respectively.
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Emirates 24/7 | 23-Aug-2010
New study urges Kingdom to forge strategic alliances with global food giants to facilitate access to land or to final products.
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