Ethiopia

Land-Grabbing in Äthiopien: Hungern für den Export
- derStandard
- 16 September 2011
Seit drei Jahren wird verstärkt afrikanisches Land an ausländische Investoren verpachtet - Ein Äthiopier berichtet von den negativen Folgen.
Die lukrative Heimlichkeit der Landgrabber
- Wiener Zeitung
- 15 September 2011
Äthiopien-Experte Ochalla über die große Einkaufstour fremder Agrarkonzerne in Afrika.
L’Ethiopie veut devenir un exportateur majeur de sucre
- L'Usine Nouvelle
- 15 September 2011
Le projet vise à céder 3,3 millions d’hectares de terres aux investisseurs d’ici à la mi-2015. Cinq autres millions d’hectares seront destinés à la production sucrière.
Panel Discussion: Land - A global Supermarket?
- FIAN
- 15 September 2011
Video of the panel on land grabbing featuring the Anuak Survival Organisation, FIAN and the Transnational Institute.
Africa for sale
- International Rivers
- 14 September 2011
Land and water grabs spell disaster for rural people and rivers
Ethiopia builds 10 new sugar plants as it aims to become leading exporter
- Bloomberg
- 13 September 2011
Foreign investment is being sought to develop projects on 5 million hectares of land that has been identified for sugar production.
Half a million lives threatened by land & water grabs in Ethiopia's Lower Omo Valley
- Oakland Institute
- 12 September 2011
Oakland Institute report exposes how a controversial hydroelectric project in Ethiopia's Omo Valley is facilitating the take over of 350,000 ha of land for sugar cane and cotton plantations and resulting in state-sponsored human rights violations.
‘Landgrab' overseas
- Frontline
- 09 September 2011
AN extraordinary new process has been at work in the past few years: the aggressive entry of Indian corporations into the markets for agricultural land in Africa, writes Jayati Gosh
Etiopia, la rapina delle terre da parte di investitori indiani avanza nonostante la siccità e la fame.
- Il Fatto Alimentare
- 08 September 2011
Il Corno d’Africa è afflitto dalla più grave tragedia umanitaria che la sua storia ricordi. Siccità e fame, 12 milioni di persone senza cibo né acqua. Ma il “neocolonialismo agricolo” procede indisturbato.
Afrique de l'Est : terres en vue
- Jeune Afrique
- 06 September 2011
En proposant d’injecter 2,5 milliards de dollars (1,7 milliard d’euros) dans le secteur agricole du continent noir, les géants indiens de l’agroalimentaire s’apprêtent à battre le record des deals agricoles signés en Afrique au cours des cinquante dernières années.
Karuturi to plant 20,000 hectares by November
- Capital Ethiopia
- 06 September 2011
Karuturi Global plans to plant 20,000 hectares of land with Sorghum, rice, maize, sunflower and soybeans in Bako area of Oromia regional state and Gambella regional state, by November 2011
Investments in Ethiopia farming face criticism from activists
- Livemint
- 06 September 2011
As Indian businessmen bet on cash crops, it’s unclear whether food security issues are being tackled