This policy brief gives a brief overview of the available evidence of large-scale Chinese investment in agriculture, then discusses the extent to which the purpose of such investment is to export produce back to China.
A l’issue de la dernière visite du Président de la République du Niger au Qatar, le Qatar a réitéré son vieux rêve «d’investir environ 300 millions de dollars dans le secteur de l’agriculture au Niger».
Face à la caméra, Olivier Combastet, le gérant de Pergam Finance explique avec candeur que « spéculer, c’est espérer ». Son aplomb a fait de lui la cible des associations qui dénoncent un « accaparement des terres ».
Some CSOs are using the media to paint an inaccurate and distorted picture of the World Bank Group’s work and they are questioning the motives of the conference, says the World Bank's Klaus Deininger.
Casi dos tercios de tierras para cultivo de alimentos adquiridas por gobiernos o empresas foráneas son destinadas a biocombustibles.
Convergencia : CNOP, UACDDDD, CAD, LJDH, AOPP contra los acaparamientos de tierras
Gérard Louis-Dreyfus, l'ancien président du groupe de négoce du même nom, et son neveu Peter Mann ont créé une société avec la holding russe Sistema afin d'investir dans les terres agricoles en Russie où ils visent « 150.000 à 250.000 hectares à moyen terme »
The processes of concentration, foreign ownership and land degradation came to be a central concern of supranational bodies and NGOs that warn of the “negative effects of these phenomena on food security, agricultural employment and the development of family farming.”
Senator believes a revision of foreign investment rules must adequately consider the changing nature of national sovereignty, in the face of a mounting global food security task.
When the peasants of Sanamadougou and Saou began preparing their lands on 23 April 2012, they were very surprised when four of their leaders, including the village chief, were arrested and taken to the Brigade de gendarmerie in Markala.
Conferencia del Banco Mundial sobre Tierra y Pobreza - del 23 al 26 de abril en Washington
Family that sold Australia's biggest water licence in history has been selling its NSW farming operations and is setting up a new agricultural empire in the Blue Nile state in Sudan
