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Affaires Daewoo, Varun et autres : Redoublons de vigilance !
- L'Express de Madagascar
- 27 July 2009
L’affaire Daewoo, comme le dossier Varun, ne représente que la partie immergée de l’iceberg.
Peasant groups launch Asia-wide actions against global land grabbing
- Asian Peasant Coalition
- 25 July 2009
One of the objectives of the caravan is to send the Asian peasants’ strong message against global land grabbing and inspire other peasants worldwide.
Large land deals, outsourcing, and responsible development
- Vox
- 24 July 2009
If the host state and foreign investors act in conformity with these suggestions, they will maximise the prospects that any large-scale land transaction benefits all stakeholders and minimise the chances of concluding harmful deals.
Outsourcing agriculture to poor countries
- Public Radio International
- 24 July 2009
"The big fear I have and which many people have is that these foreign investments shall increase the gap between the happy few large-scale producers who will benefit and the vast majority of small-scale producers who will be further marginalized," says Olivier de Schutter
David Stevenson: Farmland looks dirt cheap
- Financial Times
- 24 July 2009
While everyone from the Rothschild’s – via the Agrifirma Brazil fund, run with Jim Slater – through to Nicola Horlick and UBS are snapping up farmland in Brazil, I’m fascinated by another niche: Canada and New Zealand.
Increasing commercial pressure on land: Building a coordinated response
- ILC
- 24 July 2009
This paper takes stock of current understandings of, and responses to, commercial pressures on land by organisations within and beyond ILC’s membership.
India: Edible oil industry eyes offshore cultivation
- Economic Times
- 24 July 2009
India's edible oil industry, which has been trying over the past couple of years to venture into oilseeds cultivation in Paraguay and Uruguay, but could not make much headway due to high cost of finance, is charged up again to take fresh initiatives to realise the dream project.
Aménagement de 100 000 hectares à l’Office du Niger : La crainte des exploitants locaux
- Nouvel Horizon
- 23 July 2009
C’est la déception et le regret qui animent aujourd’hui bon nombre de petits exploitants maliens expropriés de leurs domaines par le projet libyen
Global land grab, agricolonialism
- Philippine Daily Inquirer
- 23 July 2009
In the Philippines, who is monitoring & regulating these deals? Are they violating people’s rights enshrined in our laws? Will communities succumb to vague promises of jobs & infrastructures? Will the deals really trigger economic growth?
Investors see growing fields of opportunity across Africa
- NZ Herald
- 23 July 2009
The Confederation of Indian Industry disagrees with critics of India's foreign landgrabbing for agriculural production
Worry over 'land-grabbing colonialism'
- The Nation
- 23 July 2009
Thai exporters are concerned about the "land-grabbing colonialism" strategy being used by developed nations such as South Korea to reap benefits from agricultural goods grown in a second country and exported to other nations.
L'Afrique, dernier Far West
- Jeune Afrique
- 22 July 2009
Professeur de géographie politique et du développement à l’université Bordeaux-III et spécialiste des questions foncières en Afrique, Christian Bouquet nous livre sa réflexion sur l’évolution de ce phénomène inquiétant.