• Acaparando desde el Sur
    • Radio Mundo Real
    • 18 November 2009

    Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur

  • Tierras agrícolas en peligro
    • RFI
    • 18 November 2009

    Los efectos de la apropiación de tierras agrícolas por corporaciones y capitales extranjeros bajo la lupa, en vísperas de la conferencia mundial de la FAO sobre soberanía alimentaria

  • 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.

  • Declaration from Social Movements/NGOs/CSOs Parallel Forum to the World Food Summit on Food Security
    • People's Food Sovereignty
    • 17 November 2009

    Land grabbing by transnational capital must stop.

  • UAE to look at farmland deals in Ukraine
    • Maktoob
    • 17 November 2009

    "Already we have received a lot of interest from the UAE to invest in Ukraine's agriculture sector, and we are offering all kinds of projects such as leasing of 100,000 hectares of land to the creation of animal farms with 3000 cows," Ukraine's agriculture minister said.

  • Saudi farms turn soil for seeds of change
    • Financial Times
    • 17 November 2009

    Jannat has a target of securing 100,000 to 215,000 hectares of land abroad, including $100m in African investments, says Mohammed Abdulla al-Rajhi, chairman of Jannat and deputy chairman of Tadco.

  • Declaración de GRAIN para la Conferencia de Prensa conjunta de GRAIN - Vía Campesina
    • GRAIN
    • 17 November 2009

    El actual acaparamiento global de las tierras cultivables, donde la inversión extranjera toma el control de la tierra y el agua en los países en desarrollo, no tiene nada que ver con el fortalecimiento de la agricultura familiar y los mercados locales, que a nuestro juicio es la única manera de avanzar para lograr sistemas alimentarios que alimenten a la gente. Debe ser inmediatamente detenido.

  • Le monopoly des terres agricoles
    • France 24
    • 17 November 2009

    Alors que 45 millions de Pakistanais - soit un quart de la population du pays - se trouveraient en situation d'insécurité alimentaire, Islamabad s'apprête à louer des terres cultivables à l'Arabie saoudite. Une décision qui fait polémique...

  • Landgrab issue dominates summit
    • Euronews
    • 17 November 2009

    At the UN hunger summit in Rome wealthy food-importing nations are being accused of grabbing land from small farmers in developing countries and ignoring the plight of starving people.

  • Buying of developing countries' farmland slows: UN
    • Reuters
    • 17 November 2009

    The bad publicity farmland acquisitions generated is putting off buyers, especially short-term investors, UN food and farm agencies experts said at an international food security forum.

  • Almarai aims at half of Egypt dairy market
    • Reuters
    • 17 November 2009

    Saudi-based Almarai Co says it plans to take a 50 percent share of the dairy market in Egypt, the Arab world's most populous nation, by 2013, a report said.

  • Au Sommet de la FAO, ONG et paysans dénoncent l’accaparement des terres
    • Univers Nature
    • 17 November 2009

    Pour Nettie Wiebe, une paysanne canadienne, membre dirigeante de La Via Campesina : « La véritable solution à la crise alimentaire passe par une reprise du contrôle des moyens de production alimentaire tels que la terre, les semences, l'eau et les marchés locaux par les paysans et les paysannes, et non par les multinationales ».

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