La terre ne peut être considérée comme une marchandise, mais un territoire où s’enracine notre culture, nos valeurs, notre identité
Neil Crowder - CEO Chayton Africa presenting on Investing in Zambia's agriculture - Zambia Investment Forum London 2011
FAO director general-elect José Graziano da Silva discusses land grabbing in interview with IPS.
Global agricultural company Olam says the cultivation and processing of rice in Nigeria has the potential to be a lucrative industry.
"L'Afrique est victime du néo-colonialisme agricole", a souligné le porte-parole du ministère chinois des Affaires étrangères Hong Lei. "Mais absolument pas du fait de la Chine."
Ukraine may retain a ban on the sale of farmland until 2013, says Hryhoriy Kaletnyk, head of the parliamentary committee for agriculture and land.
Foreign countries which buy African farmland in order to gain food security are guilty of a "new form of colonisation," says South Africa's Minister of Agriculture Tina Joemat-Pettersson.
"Africa is victim to agricultural neo-colonialism," says Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei. "But absolutely not from China."
"The whole mess in Europe at the moment has increased demand for diversification products for the Asian markets," says Aquila CEO Roman Rosslenbroich, including farmland.
Special issue of Friends of the Earth Denmark's magazine on land grabbing
Le 7 décembre 2011 à Yaoundé, des organisations de la société civile ont décidé de créer une coalition pour lutter contre l’accaparement des terres au Cameroun.
Socialrådgivere og jordemødre skal tjene til pensionen ved køb af landbrugsjord i Afrika. Det kan fordrive fattige bønder, advarer eksperter.
