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Karuturi tractors make big splash On Bole Road
- Horizon Ethiopia
- 28 October 2010
Karuturi is perhaps the poster child for the big land grabs that have characterized large scale agricultural investment in Ethiopia
Près de 30 millions ha de terres agricoles en Afrique acquises par des investisseurs étrangers
- MAP
- 27 October 2010
Près de 45 millions d'hectares de terres agricoles dans le monde, dont les deux tiers en Afrique (30 millions d'hectares), ont été vendues à des investisseurs étrangers, entre octobre 2008 et août 2009, indique un rapport d'Oxfam Grande-Bretagne rendu public mercredi à Dakar.
Africa's great land grab
- BBC
- 27 October 2010
Recent years have seen an increasing number of foreign governments acquiring vast tracts of land in Africa for their own use - some say with little or no benefit to Africa.
Land grabbing – a killing blow to the fight against poverty in Africa
- APA
- 27 October 2010
Oxfam concerned that land grabbing not being addressed adequately and with enough of a sense of urgency.
The 40-year food outlook
- Daily Reckoning
- 27 October 2010
Farmland is a compelling way to capitalize on the coming bull market in agricultural commodities, but it’s a high-risk proposition.
Agriculture/Mali : les investissements gagnent du terrain
- Jeune Afrique
- 27 October 2010
Le rêve d’Amadou Toumani Touré de « faire du Mali une puissance agricole » est-il en train de se réaliser??
Ethiopia plans to rent out Belgium-sized land area to produce cash crops
- Bloomberg
- 26 October 2010
“If we get money [from renting out our land] we can buy food anywhere. Then we can solve [Ethiopia's] food problem,” says Abera Deressa, minister of state for agriculture
Defending the commons, territories and the right to food and water
- LRAN
- 26 October 2010
LRAN briefing paper series, October 2010
L'accaparement de terres au Cameroun
- Alternatives Economiques
- 26 October 2010
Entretien avec Camille Bethoux, de Peuples solidaires, en partenariat avec la Semaine de la solidarité internationale, du 13 au 21 novembre 2010
Uruguay: La venta de grandes extensiones de tierra a extranjeros
- Espectador
- 26 October 2010
La venta de tierras a extranjeros, ya sean personas, empresas o estados, ¿es un problema para el país? ¿Debería estar limitada? ¿Cómo afecta la estructura social del sector productivo? ¿Corre riesgos la soberanía?
Argentina: Río Negro planea alquilar los campos para la soja
- Río Negro
- 26 October 2010
Se acordó con una de las mayores empresas chinas de alimentos, la estatal Beida Yuang, alquilar a los productores de su provincia campos para que allí la firma instale sistemas de irrigación que permitan la plantación de soja, trigo y colza, entre otros cultivos
La corsa planetaria all'acquisto delle terre - Ma i "cattivi" non hanno tutti lo stesso volt
- La Repubblica
- 25 October 2010
Per evitare danni maggiori, occorre che una moratoria internazionale agli investimenti per l'acquisto di terre per migliaia di ettari sia decisa subito dalle istituzioni finanziarie internazionale