Ethiopia

Discussion about Indian companies grabbing land for food production in Africa

Indian companies are among the biggest land holders in the African country through deals concluded in dubious circumstances

If there is “blood diamond”, there is also such a thing as “blood maize”, “blood soya” and “blood pulses”.

Video of the seminar on global land grabs and food sovereignty featuring Alexandra Spieldoch, Jim Harkness of IATP and Redwan Hamaza of the Oromia Human Rights and Justice Council.

Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off their ancestral land that the government's selling without their consent to foreign investors buying up vast swathes of farmland, a U.S. watchdog reports.

Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent.

Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.

Indigenous Ethiopians demand a stop to human rights abuses stemming from agricultural investment policies

Faced with reports of land grabbing by Indian companies in some African countries, especially Ethiopia, the government says the Indian companies have taken land on lease as per rules of the country concerned.

En définissant comme "intérêt national" ou "bien national" des projets de développement liés à la terre, qui ne respectent pas la notion du droit au développement, qui génèrent des migrations et aboutissent à des violations inextricables des droits fondamentaux de la population et des communautés locales, les Etats abusent du pouvoir qui leur est octroyé aussi bien par la communauté nationale qu’internationale.

Des paysans éthiopiens, chassés de leurs terres au profit de grands projets agricoles, attaquent en justice la Coopération au développement britannique.

A day-long conference will be held on Feb. 6, 2013 at the India International Centre, New Delhi to deliberate on the ongoing land takeover in India and in African countries like Ethiopia by Indian companies.