We support the position adopted by the Ha Nim indigenous people and their sympathisers who reject the MIFEE project on their land because it poses a threat to the right to life of the local communities and urge the Indonesian state – SBY – to repeal the MoU about MIFEE.
Please support our demands that the Norwegian Government stops import of commodities from grabbed land, takes initiativ to international cooperation to control investment deals in the agricultural sector, and make sure that Norwegian investments never happens at the expence of peoples food security or participation.
Investment managers in the US report rising interest from pension schemes and retail investors in funds that buy and run farmland in developed countries.
50 ans après les indépendances, l’Occident et les pays émergents font main basse sur le sol et le sous-sol du continent: l’on estime à des millions d’hectares, les superficies déjà acquises dans plusieurs pays. L’Union africaine en ordre de bataille pour faire barrage.
Representatives of Saudi group Agro invest, a public-private agricultural investment company, are now in Brazil seeking partnerships for producing and exporting grain and poultry.
Byn Kikundi är inte ensam. Det kommer många investerare både från utlandet och hemlandet för att bruka mark som inte är deras.
Los intentos por imponer restricciones a la compra de tierras y recursos estratégicos locales por parte de extranjeros comienzan, poco a poco, a transformarse en una auténtica cruzada en toda la Argentina.
Farmers from La Via Campesina will be at meeting of the FAO Committee on World Food Security next week to demand concrete measures to tackle the problem of land-grabbing.
The rights and wrongs of global agricultural investment examined on Business Daily of the BBC
A necessidade de garantir a segurança alimentar da Arábia Saudita trouxe ao Brasil uma delegação de governo e empresários, liderada pelo ministro da Agricultura, Fahad Abduralhaman Bal Ghunaim.
Uma Proposta de Emenda Constitucional (PEC) que regulamente a aquisição de terras por estrangeiros e se adeque a este novo cenário, seria muito bem-vinda.
TIAA is among the largest institutional investors in agriculture, with investments in more than 400 farms in North America, South America, Australia, and Eastern Europe as part of its General Account.
