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بروكسل ـ مؤخراً قام البنك الدولي، ومنظمة الأمم المتحدة للأغذية والزراعة (الفاو)، والصندوق الدولي للتنمية الزراعية (إيفاد)، وسكرتارية مؤتمر الأمم المتحدة للتجارة والتنمية (الأونكتاد)، بتقديم “سبعة مبادئ للاستثمار الزراعي المسؤول”. وتسعى هذه المبادئ السبعة إلى ضمان استفادة كافة الأطراف من الاستثمارات الواسعة النطاق في الأراضي، فيستفيد المستثمرون وتعود الفائدة على المجتمعات بشكل مباشر. ولكن على الرغم من النوايا الحسنة فإن هذه المبادئ غير كافية إلى حد مفجع.

World Bank and UN's seven Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment are "woefully inadequate" says UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.

World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.

Abu Dhabi is preparing to launch a large-scale agricultural project in Sudan to develop more than 70,000 acres of land as part of the oil-rich Gulf emirate's efforts to secure food supplies.

Lists titles and authors of papers on land grabbing presented at the World Bank conference

South Africa, which became a net importer of food two years ago after two decades of net exporting, is developing African agricultural ambitions of its own.

Un rapport accablant, produit par un « think tank » américain, accuse la SFI, filiale de la Banque mondiale, de faciliter « l’accaparement des terres » en Afrique

Chayton Capital, a UK-based company, is to invest US$20 million in the purchase and expansion of six irrigated farms in various parts of Zambia to enhance growth in the agriculture sector

Participants agreed on the importance of an open and inclusive dialogue to continue encouraging responsible agricultural investment by various parties.

Groups issue sign-on letter calling on the World Bank to stop funding oil palm plantations.

MIGA, the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank, will support up to $50 million of Chayton's agribusiness investments in Zambia and Botswana

And even though the World Bank has announced some tepid steps along with the United Nations to protect against land grabs, don't expect much out of the process.