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Concernant les politiques foncières, « la France et le Brésil considèrent que l'achat de terre à visée spéculative doit être empêché et que les investissements étrangers aux fins de production alimentaire et d'exportation vers les pays investisseurs doivent être encadrés ».

Presentation on farmland investment funds in East Europe and Central Asia

It is clear that land-grabbing is an inherent part of the agribusiness model promoted by institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, IFAD, the FAO or the EU.

Representantes de agricultores de África y Asia y América Latina se congregaron en Roma para pedir a la comunidad internacional que cese el acaparamiento de tierras por parte de inversionistas privados y países que buscan aprovisionarse de materias primas y alimentos.

Farmers from the developing world called on governments this week to curb a global land rush in which millions of hectares of their terrain are being taken over by foreign private investors.

La réunion de la FAO doit « proposer des mesures concrètes » pour freiner l'accaparement des terres, a demandé le mouvement paysan Via Campesina.

“We are calling for a moratorium on land grabbing until much tougher rules are in place to safeguard the human rights of poor communities on the ground,” ActionAid says.

"I look forward to watching the [CFS] evolve and address issues such as land acquisition," says UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

African governments should avoid rushing into big land lease deals with foreign investors or risk deepening poverty and ramping up social tensions, an official at the UN's Food and Agriculture Office said

Farmers from La Via Campesina will be at meeting of the FAO Committee on World Food Security next week to demand concrete measures to tackle the problem of land-grabbing.

The agenda of the upcoming session of the FAO Committee on World Food Security, on 11-14 October 2010, includes a policy roundtable on land tenure and international investment in agriculture.