Farmers mobilise to find solutions against land grabbing
- Via Campesina
- 17 November 2011
More than 250 participants from thirty different countries gather in Mali for the first International farmers’ conference to stop land grabbing.
More than 250 participants from thirty different countries gather in Mali for the first International farmers’ conference to stop land grabbing.
"Hot issue" session organsied by the FAO at the Bonn 2011 Nexus Conference focuses on ways and means to make large-scale land lease and acquisitions work for food security
Report analyses the current trend of agricultural land investments in Mali, revealing that by the end of 2010 at least 544,567 hectares of fertile land have been leased or were under negotiation for lease in Mali.
Une conférence s'ouvre dans le village de Nyéléni, au centre du Mali. Selon les organisateurs, rien qu'en Afrique, au moins 30 millions d'hectares de terres sont accaparés. Les paysans sont les premières victimes.
"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
A fierce debate is currently taking place concerning huge tracts of Tanzanian land which U.S. investors are seeking to develop. Tens of thousands of former refugees now farm the land.
Report says largescale foreign agri-investment offers 'few solutions to the poverty and hunger plaguing the country'
Minutes from the Karuturi Global Limited Q2 FY2012 results conference call.
Tianjin State Farms Agribusiness Group has rented 20 000 decares of land in Bulgaria's Northwestern Region to produce corn, forage, and sunflower for export.
Company which controls a quarter of a million acres of West African agricultural land approached by two Pan African banking groups, seeking to partner and support them in the development of their farm land in Central Guinea.
Durante tres días, del 17 al 20 de noviembre, los participantes en la conferencia están intercambiando sus experiencias y creando alianzas para detener el acaparamiento global de tierras.
La resistencia directa, poniendo en riesgo la vida ha sido hasta el momento la única vía para frenar el avance inescrupuloso de los empresarios extranjeros.