In un viaggio che va dagli uffici di Washington della Banca Mondiale fino a una rivolta contadina nel cuore dell'Africa Occidentale, la puntata di domenica 18 dicembre cerca di percorrere i fili intrecciati di finanza, politica e modelli di sviluppo economico che stanno muovendo una corsa globale all'accaparramento di terra.
Neil Crowder - CEO Chayton Africa presenting on Investing in Zambia's agriculture - Zambia Investment Forum London 2011
"There's a lot of money chasing the grow-out of agricultural land right now," says Gary Thien of Thien Farm Management.
"Il y a certainement des abus, j'en suis concient," dit Olivier Combastet, le directeur de Pergam Finance qui investit sur les terres argentines via sa structure Campos Orientales
Gwen Schulman, de la radio communautaire montréalaise CKUT-FM, parle à Sidy Ba Secrétaire général du Cadre de concertation des producteurs d'arachides au Sénégal, de l'accaparement des terres par des pays et des compagnies étrangères.
Anuradha Mittal of Oakland Institute speaking on land grabs at Moana Nui, November 2011
As the global financial downturn pushes investors into finding alternative business ventures, land investment has become an attractive proposition.
Pension funds and other corporate owners have spent only a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars they could invest in farmland, but they are definitely kicking the tires on potential purchases.
Dans le cadre du sommet de l'ONU sur les objectifs du Millènaire, une équipe de la RTBF s'est rendue au Mali.
Programa The Stream exibido em 25/10/2011 pela Al Jazeera
Indian author and media commentator Anand Giridharadas joins this Al Jazeera programme along with Oakland Institute’s Executive Director, Anuradha Mittal, and Christine L. Adamow, Managing Director of Africa BioFuel, a US company invested in farmland in Kenya and Tanzania.
BBC film looks at large-scale industrial farming investments in Zambia.
