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La Commission des épiscopats de la Communauté européenne souhaite que l’Europe lutte contre l’accaparement des terres cultivables et promeut des pratiques agricoles « à petite échelle ».

Les eurodéputés réclament un changement radical de cap pour la Nouvelle Alliance pour la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition, qui tend à répliquer le modèle d’agriculture intensive dans les pays africains.

Les projets sous l’égide de la NASAN doivent intégrer des garanties contre l’accaparement des terres, ont déclaré les députés du Parlement européen

Research commissioned by the EP’s human rights committee analyses the global land rush from a human rights perspective, and shows that the EU clearly needs to improve how it ensures compliance with human right obligations in projects that it funds.

Projects under the G8 New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition need to include environment protection measures and safeguards against land grabs, said EU MEPs in a resolution voted on Tuesday

The European Commission is giving five Eastern European countries two months to bring their agricultural land purchasing rules in line with the European Union standards or it may pursue legal action.

La compra de tierras agrícolas en África o Asia resultó un negocio decepcionante y los inversores miran ahora hacia países ricos como Australia, Francia o Estados Unidos.

The Polish government, which is already at loggerheads with EU institutions over its constitutional reforms, could also be in trouble over a farmland bill which was passed in parliament today.

Foreigners from EU countries may be entitled to buy farmland located in towns or villages (intravilan), as well as woodland, according to a draft bill initiated by several Romanian MPs.

A large coalition of civil society organisations, NGOs and food campaigners have been working together closely across Europe to call on the European parliament to withdraw the EU’s support from the G7's New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition

Study shows that the concentration of agricultural land in Europe constitutes a major threat to sustainable small- and medium-scale agriculture and young farmers

La concentration des terres dans les mains de grands groupes explose, notamment en Europe, au détriment des petits agriculteurs. Comment réformer un modèle aux airs d’agrobusiness ?