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CFS on landgrabbing
- FAO
- 15 October 2010
Official documents from the 36th session of the FAO Committee on World Food Security (Rome 11-16 October 2010) concerning their discussion of landgrabbing
Egypt’s conundrum over food security and the Nile’s water
- Afrik News
- 14 October 2010
The Egyptian external agricultural land deals are all the more fragile as a future government or policy change in Ethiopia or Sudan risks destabilizing their external food security strategy.
May raise Rs 450cr through PE investors: Karuturi Global
- CNBC
- 14 October 2010
Ramesh Krishnaswamy of Karuturi Global in an exclusive interview with CNBC-TV18
Fund investments in food and agribusiness: Recent trends in ECA
- EastAgri
- 14 October 2010
Presentation on farmland investment funds in East Europe and Central Asia
Mauritius could hand over 2 islands to India
- Financial Express
- 14 October 2010
India and Mauritius have resumed discussions over a proposal to hand over the twin islands of Agalega to India for tourism development and possibly agriculture.
Australia should look to its food security, before all the farm is sold
- Sydney Morning Herald
- 14 October 2010
Australians are in danger of becoming servants, not masters, of their own food resources.
Land-grabbing causes hunger! Let small-scale farmers feed the world!
- Via Campesina
- 13 October 2010
It is clear that land-grabbing is an inherent part of the agribusiness model promoted by institutions such as the World Bank, the IMF, IFAD, the FAO or the EU.
Qatar in talks to buy Argentina, Ukraine farmland
- Reuters
- 13 October 2010
Qatar is in preliminary talks with the governments of Argentina and Ukraine to buy farmland for cereals production, the head of the Gulf Arab state's national food security programme said on Wednesday.
UAE has over 2,800 sq km in Sudan farms
- Emirates Business 24/7
- 13 October 2010
The UAE controls more than 2,800 square kilometers [280,000 ha] in farms in Sudan -- more than triple the area of Bahrain -- as a result of its decision to invest in agricultural projects in fertile Arab nations to slash its soaring food import bill
Farmers urge action against global 'land grab'
- AFP
- 13 October 2010
Farmers from the developing world called on governments this week to curb a global land rush in which millions of hectares of their terrain are being taken over by foreign private investors.
Algeria seeks investment in key economic sectors
- Khaleej Times
- 13 October 2010
UAE investors are pumping huge funds into the agricultural sector given the availability of vast arable lands and water and production inputs along with a large market which can serve as a gateway to European and African markets.
Actionaid calls on UN to control land grabbing, food speculation in Africa
- APA
- 12 October 2010
“We are calling for a moratorium on land grabbing until much tougher rules are in place to safeguard the human rights of poor communities on the ground,” ActionAid says.