El Grupo de Alto Nivel de Expertos en Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición estima que entre 50 y 80 millones de hectáreas de tierras han sido objeto de negociación por parte de inversores internacionales.
"Queremos hacer público nuestro malestar ante la información sobre el proyecto del gobierno provincia para arrendar grandes extensiones de tierras (210 mil has.) a un grupo inversor saudí con el objeto de realizar agronegocios"
“I wouldn’t define it as land grabbing. We exploit the economic opportunities which came about after the food price shock of 2007,” says Birinder Singh, the manager of Karuturi Agro Products. BBC slideshow.
Sobre la compra de extensiones enormes de terrenos de países pobres por parte de ricos inversionistas, como ocurre en África, Bill Gates considera que "el que corre más riesgos es el inversionista"
Concernant le rachat des terres dans des pays pauvres par de riches investisseurs, Bill Gates estime que "la personne la plus à risque est celle qui investit l'argent".
BASF interviews Prof. Dr. Harald von Witzke, International Agricultural Trade and Development Institute of the Humboldt University, Berlin
Olam Nigeria Limited, a Singapore based agric investor has commenced work on a $90 million rice farm investment projec covering 10,000 hectares of irrigated farmland in Ondorie area of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
Afrifresh Group, a South African agriculture group, is set to acquire a controlling stake in Ariston Holdings, as Emvest pulls out.
AAID is also setting up an agricultural land investment company, in conjunction with Saudi investors, which will start with capital of $60 million to acquire land in Egypt, Sudan and Kazakhstan.
On the issue of land investments that are referred to by their critics as "land grabbing", Gates said: "It's not actually possible to grab the land. People don't put it on boats and take it back to the Middle East."
Cette étude propose une méthode pour comprendre ce qui pourrait advenir en matière de sécurité foncière et alimentaire, de conflits portant sur les terres et de logement, si se prolongeaient ou s’amplifiaient les tendances observées aujourd’hui.
New data set documens 416 recent, large-scale land grabs by foreign investors for the production of food crops, covering nearly 35 million hectares of land in 66 countries.
