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The impact of Europe’s policies and practices on African agriculture and food security: Land grab study
- FIAN
- 21 July 2010
This report focuses on the role of the EU and its member states in land grabbing in Africa.
Big push from foreign investors into PNG
- Islands Business
- 12 July 2010
"We have Indonesians and Malaysians coming in and saying we want 100,000 hectares to make PNG a rice producing country," says PNG’s Deputy Prime Minister Sir Puka Temu
Virtual land grabs and climate change
- EU Reporter
- 14 May 2010
Expanding the acreage of organically farmed land to 20% would increase the EU's virtual land importation by 30%. And policies to achieve the EU’s 10% biofuel objective would also increase the rate of EU land-grabs.
Land grabbing: is the EU the largest net importer of agricultural produce and 'virtual' land?
- Industry Today
- 12 May 2010
A new report argues that the EU has become the world's largest net importer of agricultural produce, and therefore the largest user of agricultural land that is not its own.
EU backs global code for farmland purchases - draft
- Reuters
- 27 April 2010
European Union governments want to develop a global code of conduct for foreign investments in agricultural land in developing countries, according to a draft paper on food security seen by Reuters.
EU wants to help small farmers in developing countries
- EurActiv
- 02 April 2010
The Commission plans to launch a joint initiative with the African Union that will include a roadmap for the implementation of "sustainable large-scale investments in farmland".
Hungarian MPs favor ban on sale of farmland to foreigners
- RealDeal
- 16 February 2010
Parliament yesterday approved a resolution calling on the government to get the EU to extend a ban on the purchase of farmland by foreigners for another three years. The current moratorium will end in 2011.
Hungarian candidate backs ban on foreign ownership of farmland
- DPA
- 04 February 2010
Fears of a land grab by wealthier western EU countries prompted Hungary, and most of the members that joined in 2004, to negotiate temporary derogations in the case of agricultural land. The derogation is due to expire in May 2011.
Kolonialismus oder Entwicklungschance: Der Kampf ums Essen
- Der Spiegel
- 04 January 2010
Der Spiegel video on Dominion Farms in Kenya and a Chinese farm project in Tanzania. Auf Deutsch.
European Parliament resolution of 26 November 2009 on the FAO Summit and food security
- European Parliament
- 27 November 2009
22. Stresses that farmland acquisition by foreign investors, particularly in Africa, must not have an adverse impact on local food security or lead to unsustainable land use; points out that it may also have positive effects by bringing land into productive use; urges the FAO and the Member States to work towards common rules and legislative proposals which recognise the right of local people in every country to control farmland and other natural resources vital to their food security;
European Development Days: panel on global land acquisition
- EDD
- 23 October 2009
An audio recording of the panel on global land acquisition, held on 22 October 2009 at the European Development Days 2009 in Stockholm, is available online.
Acquisition internationale de terres: tendances et défis
- EU Development Days
- 13 October 2009
À mesure que l'acquisition de terres tient de moins en moins compte des frontières, de nouveaux mécanismes et codes de conduite sont nécessaires pour régir les relations entres les investisseurs, les gouvernements et les communautés locales.