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Rice Production or Investment in Gambela region, Ethiopian government's propaganda video
- ASO
- 10 July 2010
Anywaa Survival Organisation's critique of the Ethiopian government's video presentation of rice land grab in the Gambela region.
A Debate on Geoengineering: Vandana Shiva vs. Gwynne Dyer
- Democracy Now!
- 08 July 2010
"The land rights of the poor defenseless indigenous person is the biggest peace initiative of today and it’s the biggest climate issue of today," says Vandana Shiva
Rapport : Les cessions d’actifs agricoles à des investisseurs étrangers dans les Pays en Développement
- CAS
- 27 June 2010
Le gouvernement français vient de publier un rapport sur les cessions de terres agricoles, dans les pays du Sud, aux investisseurs étrangers
Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 16 June 2010
Sai R Karuturi, founder and MD of Karuturi Global, says the company has acquired a very large piece of land in Ethiopia and has started agricultural production from it.
Hope grows in former killing fields as it seeks to become bread basket again
- The National
- 07 June 2010
“We plan to have invested $1bn in farms within five years,” says Petrus du Toit of Ridge Solutions, which is acquiring farmland in Angola with backing from foreign investors.
Karuturi Global on Ethiopian plans
- NDTV
- 07 June 2010
"Personally, I believe that in five years or in ten years time I would like to be seen and compared with peers such as Cargill or the Archer Daniels of the world or the Bunges of the world."
Unlocking Sub-Saharan Africa’s agricultural potential
- World Bank
- 04 June 2010
World Bank's MIGA provides political risk insurance for Chayton Capital's $50 million farmland investments in southern Africa.
Donors open the door for land grab in PNG
- GRAIN
- 13 May 2010
Foreign donors are promoting land registration in Papua New Guinea to facilitate a farmland grab, under the guise of agricultural development.
Zenawi "very comfortable" with farmland grabs by foreign investors in Ethiopia
- World Economic Forum
- 06 May 2010
Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi talks about the leasing of large areas of Ethiopian farmland to foreign investors during a panel on African agriculture at the World Economic Forum
Ethiopia: Ask WEF on Africa about land grabs in Oromia and other states
- Gadaa.com
- 01 May 2010
Question - via video - to the 2010 World Economic Forum on Africa in Dar es Salaam on land grabbing in Ethiopia
Agribusiness opportunities in South America
- IndusLatin
- 29 April 2010
Video of a speech by Dave Ramaswamy of Allied Venture about the opportunities for India to outsource its agriculture to Latin America.
Organisation paysanne du Bénin dénonce l'accaparement des terres
- LC2 (Bénin)
- 26 April 2010
Reportage sur la conférence de presse organisée par Synergie Paysanne, le 26 avril 2010 à Cotonou, Bénin