Act now: Stop imminent land grab that threatens more than 162,000 people in Tanzania
- Oakland Institute
- 17 October 2011
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania
This is a call to action to stop imminent land grabs in Tanzania
El acaparamiento de tierras es uno de los ejemplos más patentes y escandalosos de cómo el sistema industrial que domina el ámbito de los alimentos está empujando a la pobreza a un número creciente de campesino/as y consumidores.
With 75% of the world's population making their living from farming, buying land in foreign countries to feed your country's growing population is not always welcome by the locals. Are land grabs good business or is it morally questionable?
Global food price volatility will be the focus of World Food Day celebrations in Rome on Monday which will also address the issue of massive farmland purchases by rich countries in the developing world
For Gambellans who live as pastoralist and subsistence farmers, massive dispossession and auctioning off their land for pennies will inevitably destroy the very fabric of their society and way of life and threaten them with extinction.
Mwanza regional commissioner Evarist Ndikilo has advised Kilombero district residents in Morogoro region not to fear investors as they boost development in the district.
Report by HighQuest Partners for the OECD, October 2011, features 6 case studies of land grabbers: Agrica, CalyxAgro, Cazanae, Jantzen, NFD Agro and Quifel
Au cours des cinq dernières années, des statistiques font état de l'intérêt croissant des investisseurs pour les terres, révèle le rapport d'un groupe d'experts établi sous l'égide du Comité de sécurité alimentaire mondial (FAO).
La FIDH dénonce les impacts d'une filiale du groupe Bolloré sur la communauté des Bonong au Cambodge. Un exemple des conflits fonciers qui se multiplient aujourd'hui dans le pays autour de concessions accordées par le gouvernement.
A U.N. intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up agricultural land.
Hassad Food Company is keen to secure food supplies for Qatar at reasonable prices through local and international investments in various countries, according to an article in the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry memorial book ‘40 Years of Excellence and Achievement.’
The Ministry of Agriculture has signed a 23.7 million Br land lease contract with Toren Agri Plc, a Turkish company, for large scale production of cotton at its head quarters at Asmera road