• Las ONG exigen que se dé voz a los hambrientos
    • Público.es
    • 18 November 2009

    El Foro Alternativo a la FAO clama contra los países ricos que acaparan las tierras de las naciones en vías de desarrollo

  • Faut-il risquer son argent dans les terres maliennes?
    • Défis Sud
    • 18 November 2009

    "Personnellement je ne vois pas ce que les petits producteurs peuvent gagner avec des investissements privés étrangers de masse." Un entretien avec Moussa Djiré.

  • 'Land-grab' for food security
    • Al Jazeera
    • 18 November 2009

    The French farming minister warned these "predatory investments" prevented countries from feeding themselves. Al Jazeera reports.

  • Was the global summit on food security worth the effort?
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 18 November 2009

    Across the street from the conference, human rights and farmers' groups protested sporadically throughout the three days. Small farmers' groups put on street theatre, re-enacting scenes of land-grabbing by foreign companies, with thugs bearing sticks pretending to threaten the small land owners.

  • UN to regulate farmland grab deals
    • Financial Times
    • 18 November 2009

    The UN and the World Bank are walking a tightrope in drawing up a code of conduct for farmland deals as they do not want to undermine investor confidence. Campaigners call such "win-win" codes "a nonsense".

  • Acaparando desde el Sur
    • Radio Mundo Real
    • 18 November 2009

    Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur

  • Tierras agrícolas en peligro
    • RFI
    • 18 November 2009

    Los efectos de la apropiación de tierras agrícolas por corporaciones y capitales extranjeros bajo la lupa, en vísperas de la conferencia mundial de la FAO sobre soberanía alimentaria

  • FAO and World Bank back food pirates
    • Ground Reality
    • 18 November 2009

    And now the bad news. FAO has taken a U-turn in its clear position on the race by food-importing countries and private companies to buy land overseas for domestic food and agriculture needs.

  • Declaration from Social Movements/NGOs/CSOs Parallel Forum to the World Food Summit on Food Security
    • People's Food Sovereignty
    • 17 November 2009

    Land grabbing by transnational capital must stop.

  • UAE to look at farmland deals in Ukraine
    • Maktoob
    • 17 November 2009

    "Already we have received a lot of interest from the UAE to invest in Ukraine's agriculture sector, and we are offering all kinds of projects such as leasing of 100,000 hectares of land to the creation of animal farms with 3000 cows," Ukraine's agriculture minister said.

  • Saudi farms turn soil for seeds of change
    • Financial Times
    • 17 November 2009

    Jannat has a target of securing 100,000 to 215,000 hectares of land abroad, including $100m in African investments, says Mohammed Abdulla al-Rajhi, chairman of Jannat and deputy chairman of Tadco.

  • Declaración de GRAIN para la Conferencia de Prensa conjunta de GRAIN - Vía Campesina
    • GRAIN
    • 17 November 2009

    El actual acaparamiento global de las tierras cultivables, donde la inversión extranjera toma el control de la tierra y el agua en los países en desarrollo, no tiene nada que ver con el fortalecimiento de la agricultura familiar y los mercados locales, que a nuestro juicio es la única manera de avanzar para lograr sistemas alimentarios que alimenten a la gente. Debe ser inmediatamente detenido.

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