World Bank officials say they will further support the county in the development of staple crop processing zones, while a US company indicates interest in 25,000 ha rice project in Rima irrigation scheme, Sokoto.
La Banca mondiale sta svolgendo un ruolo centrale nell'accaparrameto globale di terre, dicono i movimenti contadini ed i loro alleati internazionali.
Nous nous joignons aux mouvements des paysans dans la lutte contre l’accaparement des terres et pour contrer les tentatives de la Banque mondiale et de ses alliés de présenter l’expropriation des terres des paysans comme une opération responsable.
The World Bank is playing a leading role in a global land grab, says farmers' movement and its international allies.
According to worldbankpresident.org, Nigeria's finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala - not exactly a foe of land grabbing - may be in the lead to become the next president of the World Bank.
Economistas del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y el Banco Mundial (BM) manifestaron su preocupación por la creciente extranjerización de tierras en países con alto potencial de producción agrícola.
Neil Crowder of Chayton Capital tells the BBC that farming in Africa can be very profitable - just wait till you hear how much he expects investors will make. But will it also benefit Africans?
The bottom line is that it is the responsibility of the host governments to set policies and a legal framework that protect their citizens’ interests – by encouraging investment, and protecting the rights of affected individuals.
IMF/World Bank paper looks at how foreign investors are buying up farmland in developing countries.
The demonstrators say the global lender’s principles of responsible agricultural investment, known as RAI, fail in their stated objective to protect rights of small farmers.
In un viaggio che va dagli uffici di Washington della Banca Mondiale fino a una rivolta contadina nel cuore dell'Africa Occidentale, la puntata di domenica 18 dicembre cerca di percorrere i fili intrecciati di finanza, politica e modelli di sviluppo economico che stanno muovendo una corsa globale all'accaparramento di terra.
Los movimientos sociales que representan a los campesinos, los pequeños agricultores y los trabajadores agrícolas no coinciden en que la racionalización de las inversiones a gran escala sea la respuesta al problema global del acaparamiento de tierras.
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