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Anuradha Mittal at Moana Nui
- Vimeo
- 11 Nov 2011
Anuradha Mittal of Oakland Institute speaking on land grabs at Moana Nui, November 2011
Al Jazeera: Acaparamento de terras em África
- Al Jazeera
- 25 Oct 2011
Programa The Stream exibido em 25/10/2011 pela Al Jazeera
Are foreign investors colonising Africa?
- Al Jazeera
- 25 Oct 2011
Indian author and media commentator Anand Giridharadas joins this Al Jazeera programme along with Oakland Institute’s Executive Director, Anuradha Mittal, and Christine L. Adamow, Managing Director of Africa BioFuel, a US company invested in farmland in Kenya and Tanzania.
Act now: Stop imminent land grab that threatens more than 162,000 people in Tanzania
- Oakland Institute
- 17 Oct 2011
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania
From public good to private profit: The shifting discourse on land grabbing
- Global Policy Forum
- 18 Sep 2011
Land investments displace rural populations, often without any notice, and diminish their access to land, jobs, and food.
Success at halting largest foreign land deal in South Sudan
- Oakland Institute
- 22 Aug 2011
The combined force of the US based Oakland Institute's research and advocacy on African land deals and local, democratic activism in South Sudan has effectively stalled plans for the largest land deal in the area.
Ethiopie: les locations de terres vont accroître les déplacements et la famine
- AFP
- 29 Jul 2011
Selon l'institut d'Oakland, environ 200.000 personnes pourraient être déplacées des 350.000 hectares loués dans le sud-ouest de l'Ethiopie depuis 2008.
Land ‘investment’ deals in Africa: Say ‘no way!’
- Pambazuka
- 01 Jul 2011
Pambazuka News spoke to Anuradha Mittal, Jeff Furman and Frederic Mousseau about what prompted their research on large-scale investments in land in Africa and what they discovered.
The new African land grab
- Al Jazeera
- 01 Jul 2011
African farmers do need investment and support. They desperately need decent roads and access to local markets, processing equipment to add value to their own diverse farm produce, storage and drying facilities to prevent post-harvest losses, and basic amenities such as schools and health centres and water wells to improve rural lives, so that farming communities can thrive. But foreign investors are not in business to provide any of these things.
Les universités américaines s’offrent des terres
- Courrier International
- 23 Jun 2011
Après les Etats et les entreprises étrangères, les grandes facultés d’outre-Atlantique investissent massivement sur le continent noir. Et les paysans locaux n’en bénéficient guère.
Les financiers achètent massivement des terres en Afrique
- Les Echos
- 09 Jun 2011
« Certains investisseurs racontent qu'il est très facile d'acquérir une terre, qu'ils peuvent avoir généralement ce qu'ils veulent en donnant une bouteille de Johny Walker au chef de tribu et en lui promettant des emplois et du progrès, promesses qui ne sont pas tenues » s'indigne Anuradha Mittal, directeur d'Oakland Institute.
Hedge funds 'grabbing land' in Africa
- BBC
- 08 Jun 2011
Hedge funds are behind "land grabs" in Africa to boost their profits in the food and biofuel sectors, a US think-tank says