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The new land rush in Africa: An interview with Michael Taylor of the ILC
- SID
- 07 June 2010
ILC is actually trying to promote some sort of dialogue between the different proposals for principles for responsible farmland investment
Destruir responsablemente el campesinado del mundo
- Project Syndicate
- 06 June 2010
Es lamentable que, en lugar de desarrollar la agricultura de un modo que sea social y medioambientalmente más sostenible, actuemos como si se pudiera acelerar responsablemente la destrucción del campesinado mundial.
Comment bien détruire les paysans du monde
- Project Syndicate
- 06 June 2010
Il est regrettable que, au lieu d’encourager une agriculture durable d’un point de vue social et environnemental, nous agissions comme si accélérer la destruction du monde paysan devait se faire de manière responsable.
تدمير طبقة الفلاحين في العالم بطريقة “مسؤولة
- Project Syndicate
- 04 June 2010
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.
Responsibly destroying the world’s peasantry
- Project Syndicate
- 04 June 2010
World Bank and UN's seven Principles for Responsible Agricultural Investment are "woefully inadequate" says UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food.
Unlocking Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural potential
- World Bank
- 04 June 2010
World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.
Abu Dhabi looks to Sudan to secure food supply
- Financial Times
- 03 June 2010
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.
A Note on Papers relating to Land Grabbing in Africa at the Annual World Bank Land Conference
- World Bank
- 30 May 2010
Lists titles and authors of papers on land grabbing presented at the World Bank conference
African land interest is opportunity and threat
- Business Report
- 25 May 2010
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.
La Banque mondiale accusée de favoriser l’accaparement des terres africaines par des groupes étrangers
- Ouestafnews
- 25 May 2010
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
British firm to invest $20m in agri-business
- Times of Zambia
- 21 May 2010
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
Co-chair’s summary of the Roundtable on Responsible Agricultural Investment
- US, Japan, AU
- 19 May 2010
Participants agreed on the importance of an open and inclusive dialogue to continue encouraging responsible agricultural investment by various parties.