Pretty in tune with the issues I've been following closely in recent weeks in the newspaper today published another study on land use and control of Argentina by large international corporations and local groups . Di
a disturbing number: about 20 million hectares of the best Argentina-by natural wealth, economic potential, etc .- is in the hands of foreign businessmen the likes of Douglas Tompkins, Luciano Benetton and Joe Lewis.
Last year, in a similar survey, the figure I got was around 17 million. In other words, the transfer increased. And most worrying is that currently offered to sell another 15 million. If you add
acres sold and offered, the impact data: 20% of the best arable land in the country are in foreign hands or may be within months .
But this is not the only serious one. The fever for the land is given in a manner so stark that there are many cases fields or large tracts of land sold for soybean production in peoples.
Yes, as I say, with urban centers inside. Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero, Corrientes, Salta and Entre Ríos are some of the provinces now have this phenomenon.
forged land titles, auctions at bargain prices promoted by public officials or directly forced evictions are some elements that combine to accentuate the problem.
In parallel, the movement of large foreign capital in the local agricultural sector would be even drifting in major demographic shifts in different provinces.
A textual collected during my research: "In Santiago del Estero many businesses and even municipalities, offer properties in large villages the inhabitants of small villages. In return, stay with the land, which are then used for the production of soybeans. In this way, it encourages the disappearance of many locations "emphasized an agricultural producer in the province.
A case in these sayings: Pozo Hondo, Santiago del Estero. The population of the urban center of 1,601 inhabitants increased 2,634 in less than a decade, representing an increase of 64.5 percent in a short time and without clear evidence to explain the rise.
This case, of course, is not the only .
then let them direct access to the full investigation which saw both the batch concentration in few hands, as evictions, sales to unusual values, and the growing commercialization of land occupied by towns and locations: Half agricultural wealth is on track to be foreign and even sold to people in fields
to not get distracted.
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