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If words were food, nobody would go hungry
- The Economist
- 19 November 2009
Investment in agriculture is soaring. So, worryingly, is distrust of markets and trade.
Fome: multinacionais são acusadas de controlar terras ricas do Terceiro Mundo
- Correio Braziliense
- 19 November 2009
Segundo as ONGs "Grain" e La Via Campesina, "alguns governos, como o da Arábia Saudita e Coreia do Sul pressionam essa forma de agir, como estratégia comercial.
ONGs denuncian compra masiva de tierras en la FAO
- El Espectador
- 19 November 2009
Unos 400 delegados provenientes de 70 países de América Latina y África, que participan en la cumbre paralela organizada frente a la FAO y autorizada por la entidad de Naciones Unidas, protestan desde el lunes en denuncia por "la compra masiva de tierras" por parte de grandes firmas agro-alimentarias con la complicidad de la FAO.
Investing, not grabbing
- Globe and Mail
- 19 November 2009
International farmland-investment standards of the kind being worked upon are much needed. But agricultural agencies such as the FAO are not equipped to establish good property-rights regimes in the developing world, writes the Globe and Mail
Riz Khan: Africa investment or land grab?
- Al Jazeera
- 19 November 2009
More and more of Africa's farmland is being bought up by private companies and countries. But should this trend be welcomed as much-needed foreign investment or is it a new form of colonialism? Join the Riz Khan show on Al Jazeera Thursday 19 November 2009.
To grab, or to invest
- IPS
- 18 November 2009
The 450 civil society organisations taking part in a parallel forum were not won over by FAO's optimism about a code of conduct. "Land grabbing by external capital must stop," read a declaration by participants at the forum.
Multinacionales acusadas de controlar ricas tierras del tercer mundo
- AFP
- 18 November 2009
Varias ONG acusaron a las multinacionales del sector alimentario de intentar hacerse con millones de hectáreas de tierras de buena calidad pertenecientes a pequeños campesinos del Tercer Mundo, durante la cumbre de la FAO sobre la seguridad alimentaria que se celebra en Roma.
Las ONG exigen que se dé voz a los hambrientos
- Público.es
- 18 November 2009
El Foro Alternativo a la FAO clama contra los países ricos que acaparan las tierras de las naciones en vías de desarrollo
Faut-il risquer son argent dans les terres maliennes?
- Défis Sud
- 18 November 2009
"Personnellement je ne vois pas ce que les petits producteurs peuvent gagner avec des investissements privés étrangers de masse." Un entretien avec Moussa Djiré.
'Land-grab' for food security
- Al Jazeera
- 18 November 2009
The French farming minister warned these "predatory investments" prevented countries from feeding themselves. Al Jazeera reports.
Was the global summit on food security worth the effort?
- Deutsche Welle
- 18 November 2009
Across the street from the conference, human rights and farmers' groups protested sporadically throughout the three days. Small farmers' groups put on street theatre, re-enacting scenes of land-grabbing by foreign companies, with thugs bearing sticks pretending to threaten the small land owners.
UN to regulate farmland grab deals
- Financial Times
- 18 November 2009
The UN and the World Bank are walking a tightrope in drawing up a code of conduct for farmland deals as they do not want to undermine investor confidence. Campaigners call such "win-win" codes "a nonsense".