La tierra es el último eslabón que tienen por controlar teniendo en cuenta que ciertos eslabones de la cadena alimentaria exportadora ya están acaparados por multinacionales (semillas, intermediación, etc)
Ministers' Communiqué from the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture – Berlin, January 19th 2013
Foreigners will not be allowed to lease land for a period exceeding 49 years and those who fail to put their land to use will face stiff penalties, which include repossession.
The world produced 2,241 million tons of grain in 2012, down 75 million tons or 3 percent from the 2011 record harvest. The drop was largely because of droughts that devastated several major crops—namely corn in the United States (the world’s largest crop) and wheat in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, and Australia. Each of these countries also is an important exporter.
El dirigente de la organización Vía Campesina, Rafael Alegría, aseguró que continuarán los conflictos agrarios, las movilizaciones y recuperaciones de tierra en el Bajo Aguán.
¿Por qué la compra de órganos es objeto de condena internacional y la de tierras agrícolas no lo es, aún cuando supone la expulsión de los terratenientes locales y la producción de alimentos para exportación a países ricos y no para el consumo local?
Hedge fund billionaire George Soros made a fortune betting against the British pound in 1992 and was accused of doing the same against the Thai baht and the Malaysian ringitt in 1997. Today Soros is making a killing buying and selling farmland in South America.
Des femmes rurales du Sénégal affiliées à plusieurs structures agricoles ont plaidé, mardi à Diender (Thiès), pour leur accès aux terres et la fin de la spéculation foncière.
Cambodian human rights activists showed once again that they are on cutting edge of pop culture by performing a choreographed dance to a land rights themed version of the viral video "Gangnam Style" in Phnom Penn.
Almarai’s ownership of dairies, processing plants and a distribution system makes it more profitable than its peers. The operation’s earnings before interest and taxes margin is at least 30 percent bigger than Danone, Nestle and Savola.
Tanzania Investment Centre in collaboration with the Prime Minister's Office and the Southern Agriculture Corridor of Tanzania Centre recently organized a conference under the theme 'Accelerating Tanzania's Agribusiness Investment' in Dar es Salaam.
Las conversaciones entre las FARC y el Gobierno colombiano se retomaron ayer en La Habana. Entre otras cosas, la guerrilla exige "la erradicación del latifundio y la prohibición de la extranjerización de la tierra".
