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Principles for responsible agricultural investment that respects rights, livelihoods and resources
- World Bank
- 25 January 2010
A discussion note prepared by FAO, IFAD, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group to contribute to an ongoing global dialogue.
Interview-Foreigners buying African farms a good thing
- Reuters
- 10 December 2009
The outsourcing of food production in Africa by some Asian and Middle-Eastern countries will boost global stocks and may help stave off of future food crises, the World Bank says.
Wall Street fait main basse sur les terres agricoles
- La Terre
- 30 November 2009
Sous l’œil bienveillant de l’ONU, les grands noms de la finance s’accaparent des régions agricoles entières.
IFC lends a hand in great "land grab"
- Bretton Woods Project
- 20 November 2009
As the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank, announces plans to increase investment in agribusiness by up to 30 per cent in the next three years, NGO reports shed light on the IFC's role in the 'land grab' movement and flaws in its approach to the food crisis.
FAO and World Bank back food pirates
- Ground Reality
- 18 November 2009
And now the bad news. FAO has taken a U-turn in its clear position on the race by food-importing countries and private companies to buy land overseas for domestic food and agriculture needs.
Up for grabs: Deforestation and exploitation in Papua’s plantations boom
- EIA
- 11 November 2009
The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately suspended and reviewed amid concerns over massive deforestation and widespread exploitation of local communities, environmentalists warned today.
The great land grab: Rush for world's farmland threatens food security for the poor
- Oakland Institute
- 08 October 2009
A new report from the Oakland Institute lays bare the insidious role played by international financial institutions like the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank and Foreign Investment Advisory Service, as well as rich nations, in promoting and facilitating this widespread land reappropriation--all in the name of promoting food security through foreign investment in agriculture.
Promoting responsible international investment in agriculture
- MOFA
- 29 September 2009
The Government of Japan, with the World Bank, FAO, IFAD and UNCTAD, try to initiate a coordinated global response to the growing land grabbing trend at the UN
COPAGEN : Déclaration liminaire sur l'agriculture familiale face à l’accaparement des terres en Afrique
- COPAGEN
- 16 September 2009
La COPAGEN mobilise pour arrêter la course effrénée vers l’expropriation « légalisée » des terres avec la complicité de certains décideurs
Agricultural FDI: Global land grab or good business?
- World Bank
- 31 August 2009
The World Bank Group’s Investment Climate Advisory Service is developing a new set of indicators called the Investing Across Borders project.
World Bank hails investment in Ugandan farming
- Reuters
- 14 August 2009
A group of Saudi-based investors announced earlier this monthy a seven-year plan to develop and plant 700,000 hectares to produce 7 million tonnes of rice in countries like Uganda.
World Bank: Toward a global consensus on land-extensive agro-enterprise in developing countries
- World Bank
- 31 July 2009
The World Bank wants to "assert leadership within the donor community to shape the global response" to land grabbing