Abu Dhabi finalises scheme to purchase 29,400 hectares of land in Sudan
- Bahrain Tribune
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07 September 2010
Là où le bât blesse, c’est dans le prix de la transaction : dans la plupart des pays, il n’y a pas – ou pas encore – de marché du foncier rural. Comment, alors, établir le prix d’un hectare de terre ?
- Les Afriques
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06 August 2010
Global Witness proposes how the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on responsible governance of land tenure can best address the macroeconomic impacts of corruption and governance failures in large scale land acquisitions.
- Global Witness
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15 July 2010
Opponents of land grabbing say the capital, technology and expertise from large land investments are unlikely to trickle down to poor farmers.
The Asian Development Bank is warning the region's rural sector could be expoited by international investors as concerns about global food and fuel security intensify.
- Radio Australia
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12 July 2010
A two-day “Investment Forum for Food Security in Asia and the Pacific” opened in Manila on 7 July to look at overseas leases or purchases of farmland in developing countries.
ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
Quieren reglamentar reparto de tierras de los países ricos en las naciones pobres.
Les espaces agricoles sont devenus des actifs convoités : les Nations unies cherchent à encadrer ces investissements.
Presentations from a meeting organised by the Global Donor Platform on Rural Development and FAO/SDC/IFAD, where today's largescale farmland acquisitions figured high on the agenda
- Global Donor Platform
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04 February 2010
US government cable discusses 24 January 2010 meeting organised by Swiss Development Corporation, UN Food and Agriculture Organization and International Fund for Agricultural Investment on "Land, Investment, and Development," attended by many of the key players working on responsible international agro-industrial and land investment principles
- Wikileaks
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04 February 2010
US government mission in Rome discusses FAO's work to develop principles for international farmland "investments"
- Wikileaks
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28 January 2010