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Global land grabbing: Eroding food sovereignty
- PAN AP
- 14 January 2011
Land deals, whether as direct purchases or long-term leases, are being brokered in poor countries by advanced capitalist countries and their TNCs
¿Están los inversionistas saudíes a punto de asumir el control de la producción de Senegal y Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
Un nuevo informe de GRAIN muestra como hombres de negocios saudíes están llevando a cabo ofertas en África que les daría el control sobre algunas de las tierras agrícolas más productivas del continente.
Saudi investors poised to take control of rice production in Senegal and Mali?
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
New report by GRAIN shows how Saudi businessmen are pursuing deals in Africa that would give them control over some of the continent's most productive farmlands.
Des investisseurs saoudiens seraient prêts à prendre le contrôle de la production de riz au Sénégal et au Mali
- GRAIN
- 29 November 2010
Un nouveau rapport de GRAIN révèle que des hommes d'affaires saoudiens sont en train de mener des négociations en Afrique qui leur donneraient la mainmise sur les terres parmi les plus fertiles du continent.
Korean investor wins permit for Papua food estate
- Tempo Interaktif
- 10 February 2010
As many foreign and local investor are seeking to win a license to invest in the giant agriculture project in Papua, Indonesia, one unnamed South Korean investor has obtained a permit. Mitsubishi is also bidding. Binladin Group has been rejected.
Indonesian govt gives green thumb-up to plant Papua ‘food estate’
- Jakarta Globe
- 17 January 2010
The development, under which many residents will be forced to sell their land, has met opposition from locals and non-government organizations. The Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) has said that it will lead to a “land grab” by big businesses at the expense of locals.
Rattling the resource chain
- ISN Security Watch
- 22 December 2009
Forecast reports on scarcity predict global actors will move in on dwindling resources. Governments are taking notice, and so should the public, Vivian Fritschi writes for ISN Security Watch.
Up for grabs: Deforestation and exploitation in Papua’s plantations boom
- EIA
- 11 November 2009
The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately suspended and reviewed amid concerns over massive deforestation and widespread exploitation of local communities, environmentalists warned today.
Indonesia says land acquisition stalls Binladin rice investment
- Reuters
- 26 October 2009
The Saudi Binladin Group's $4.3 billion planned investment in Papua, east Indonesia, to develop rice fields has stalled because of problems acquiring land from local people.
Call for GCC 'land grab' policy to stop - experts
- Arabian Business
- 07 September 2009
Agricultural experts have called for a halt to moves by Gulf investors to snap up foreign land, amid claims that poor nations are losing much-needed farmland in a calculated land grab.
Food security: We need a strategy for rice
- Jakarta Post
- 17 June 2009
Singapore's Temasek is seeking to buy land in North Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, where they plan to grow high-quality rice.
L'Arabie saoudite vise une autosuffisance alimentaire délocalisée
- Le Monde
- 17 April 2009
En janvier, le premier riz “saoudien” produit à l’étranger a été présenté au roi Abdallah. Le consommateur saoudien ne goûte pas la différence. En dépit du renversement de conjoncture, il continue à payer son alimentation à un prix élevé, correspondant au niveau en vigueur pour les achats massifs effectués en 2008 afin de prévenir toute crise alimentaire.