Officials counter that they do not intend to seize productive land, and that compensation would be paid for any expropriation.
Recently vast tracts of productive land has been out of commission as floods hit farmland Australia, which exports its wheat and sugar cane around the world.
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Although big landowners are beginning to realise that they must cede some productive land, whether others can show a legal claim to it or not, almost none has been passed on as yet.
"The state will do all that it must and that is possible, to guarantee the resumption of normal life in this important and productive land of Italy, " Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Tuesday.
Her kingdom was miraculously, effortlessly fecund, the most productive agricultural land in the Mediterranean.
The extension and clarification of land rights would enable more productive use of that land and make it available as collateral to attract financing.
Juan Camilo Restrepo, the agriculture minister, wants to induce more productive use of land.
They often invade productive farms, or divide up land on the edge of towns for urban plots.
When sited strategically, such as on rooftops, parking lots and other hardscape areas, or on brownfields and landfills, DG can put existing land and infrastructure to more productive use.
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In the case of large-scale land deals, one of the primary justifications given by governments in developing countries is that they need investments in order to develop the land and make it more productive.
It causes an allocation of more capital into non-productive assets such as gold, collectibles, land, etc.
Well, back in the 1920-1935 time span land started to become vastly more productive.
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That means existing land is becoming more valuable, and must become more productive.
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Ownership of what is essentially a dead asset doesn't make us more productive, doesn't open up foreign markets, but it does land-lock us.
Even when the difficulty of registering businesses and land is overcome, entrepreneurs face other hurdles that make their productive activity riskier and less likely to succeed.
With 60% of the world's unexploited arable land in Africa, Mr Conway says it needs to become more productive.
These wealthy Romans acquired huge tracts of land at bargain prices, becoming the owners of northwestern Europe's most productive assets.
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