Fome: multinacionais são acusadas de controlar terras ricas do Terceiro Mundo
    Segundo as ONGs "Grain" e La Via Campesina, "alguns governos, como o da Arábia Saudita e Coreia do Sul pressionam essa forma de agir, como estratégia comercial.
    • Correio Braziliense
    • 19 November 2009
    ONGs denuncian compra masiva de tierras en la FAO
    Unos 400 delegados provenientes de 70 países de América Latina y África, que participan en la cumbre paralela organizada frente a la FAO y autorizada por la entidad de Naciones Unidas, protestan desde el lunes en denuncia por "la compra masiva de tierras" por parte de grandes firmas agro-alimentarias con la complicidad de la FAO.
    • El Espectador
    • 19 November 2009
    Investing, not grabbing
    International farmland-investment standards of the kind being worked upon are much needed. But agricultural agencies such as the FAO are not equipped to establish good property-rights regimes in the developing world, writes the Globe and Mail
    • Globe and Mail
    • 19 November 2009
    Riz Khan: Africa investment or land grab?
    More and more of Africa's farmland is being bought up by private companies and countries. But should this trend be welcomed as much-needed foreign investment or is it a new form of colonialism? Join the Riz Khan show on Al Jazeera Thursday 19 November 2009.
    • Al Jazeera
    • 19 November 2009
    To grab, or to invest
    The 450 civil society organisations taking part in a parallel forum were not won over by FAO's optimism about a code of conduct. "Land grabbing by external capital must stop," read a declaration by participants at the forum.
    • IPS
    • 18 November 2009
    Multinacionales acusadas de controlar ricas tierras del tercer mundo
    Varias ONG acusaron a las multinacionales del sector alimentario de intentar hacerse con millones de hectáreas de tierras de buena calidad pertenecientes a pequeños campesinos del Tercer Mundo, durante la cumbre de la FAO sobre la seguridad alimentaria que se celebra en Roma.
    • AFP
    • 18 November 2009
    Las ONG exigen que se dé voz a los hambrientos
    El Foro Alternativo a la FAO clama contra los países ricos que acaparan las tierras de las naciones en vías de desarrollo
    • Público.es
    • 18 November 2009
    Faut-il risquer son argent dans les terres maliennes?
    "Personnellement je ne vois pas ce que les petits producteurs peuvent gagner avec des investissements privés étrangers de masse." Un entretien avec Moussa Djiré.
    • Défis Sud
    • 18 November 2009
    'Land-grab' for food security
    The French farming minister warned these "predatory investments" prevented countries from feeding themselves. Al Jazeera reports.
    • Al Jazeera
    • 18 November 2009
    Was the global summit on food security worth the effort?
    Across the street from the conference, human rights and farmers' groups protested sporadically throughout the three days. Small farmers' groups put on street theatre, re-enacting scenes of land-grabbing by foreign companies, with thugs bearing sticks pretending to threaten the small land owners.
    • Deutsche Welle
    • 18 November 2009
    UN to regulate farmland grab deals
    The UN and the World Bank are walking a tightrope in drawing up a code of conduct for farmland deals as they do not want to undermine investor confidence. Campaigners call such "win-win" codes "a nonsense".
    • Financial Times
    • 18 November 2009
    Acaparando desde el Sur
    Arabia Saudita, Corea, China, Japón y otros concentran tierras “baratas” en países del sur
    • Radio Mundo Real
    • 18 November 2009

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