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La ruée vers les terres agricoles africaines
- Les Afriques
- 20 June 2009
La ruée des investisseurs étrangers vers les terres arables est une tendance lourde du continent africain
Despite violent protests and coup, Daewoo continues to hold cropland in Madagascar
- Mongabay
- 19 June 2009
Daewoo continues to surreptitiously hold some 218,000 hectares of appropriated land in Madagascar
Savills international farmland market report
- Savills
- 19 June 2009
The best investment opportunities are most likely to be in areas where entry values are low or agricultural production is currently underperforming. Both these aspects could apply to parts of Central Eastern European Countries, South America or other developing markets.
Madagascar: Daewoo's rainforest land grab in nature's paradise
- Rettet den Regenwald
- 19 June 2009
Support our protest with a letter to Ahn Yong Nam, president and CEO of Daewoo Logistics Corp. Urge Daewoo to bring clarity and transparency to the public about the announced contract with the Madagascan government, and their contents and conditions.
La FAO alerta sobre la compra masiva de tierras
- Diagonal
- 19 June 2009
Las poblaciones afectadas no siempre permanecen expectantes. Además de la larga lucha del pueblo mapuche contra Benetton en Chile y Argentina, el caso de Madagascar es paradigmático.
La HAT signe un accord avec... Daewoo
- Malaza
- 18 June 2009
La colère suscitée par l'éventuel démarrage d'un vaste projet agricole, conclu entre l'ancien gouvernement et la société sud-coréenne Daewoo Logistics, continue d'alimenter la crise actuelle.
Philippines Congress serves as broker to EU through Chacha, 100% foreign ownership of land, group says
- KMP
- 18 June 2009
"We have our experiences about foreign ownership of land in Mindanao, where Dole and Del Monte controlled hundreds of thousands of hectares of lands, through leaseback agreements, cultivating their raw materials, thus, peasants have been transformed to mere lowly agricultural workers whose rights of their lands have been stripped off," said Antonio Flores, KMP Spokesperson.
Singapore firms aim to invest in farming
- The Phnom Penh Post
- 18 June 2009
At least six Singaporean companies want to start joint ventures with Cambodian partners to invest in the Kingdom's agricultural sector.
Don’t be so quick to sell off the farmland
- Jakarta Globe
- 18 June 2009
If Indonesia decides to go ahead with leasing farmland, it should do so with caution, keeping an eye on both the risks and the opportunities. We need to understand that we have a very strong bargaining position.
Global land grab
- Foreign Policy in Focus
- 18 June 2009
Contrary to past trends, countries in the Global South are initiating much of the investment.
Sudanese community fights land grab attempts
- Farm Radio Weekly
- 18 June 2009
Farm Radio Weekly correspondent, David De Dau spoke to people in the Madi community, who found themselves the victims of land grabbing in the post-conflict state of lawlessness.
Malawian villagers lose land to sugar plantation
- Farm Radio Weekly
- 18 June 2009
Farm Radio International writer Gladson Makowa, visited a Malawian community where small-scale farmland was transformed into a sugarcane plantation. He reports on how locals are coping with the loss of farmland and hoping to keep their houses.