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Splash and grab: The global scramble for water
- New Scientist
- 04 Mar 2013
What we call land-grabbing is often more about access to irrigation. We urgently need to know how much is being purloined
Africa’s agriculture and agribusiness markets set to top US$1 trillion in 2030
- World Bank
- 04 Mar 2013
"In the rush to allocate land for agribusiness, care needs to be taken so that acquisitions are conducted according to ethical and socially responsible standards, including recognizing local users’ rights, holding consultations with local communities, and paying fair market-rate compensation for land acquired," says the World Bank.
China scales back WA farm plans
- The West Australian
- 04 Mar 2013
The Beidahuang Group has been dismayed by what it regards as negative media coverage of its investment in agricultural land in Australia and plans to scale back while it still purchases more farms.
US NGO slams city rose grower’s Ethiopia venture
- Bangalore Mirror
- 04 Mar 2013
It alleges that the dealings of Karuturi Global, one of India’s largest flower growers, in the African nation do not smell as sweet as what it grows
Liberian women impacted by expansion of Sime Darby’s oil palm plantations
- WRM
- 04 Mar 2013
The report “Uncertain Futures. The impacts of Sime Darby on communities”, produced by SDI and WRM, gives a deeper insight in how industrial oil palm plantations affect women in a differentiated way.
Agrarian problems emerge as corporations use MIFEE project for capital accumulation.
- awasMIFEE
- 02 Mar 2013
People in Indonesia consider the food crisis as an excuse, deliberately created so that corporations could assert control over the necessary business which is central to most people’s lives.
Argentina: Denuncian presencia “destructiva” de Harvard en el Iberá
- Momarandu
- 02 Mar 2013
Ecologistas acusan a la universidad norteamericana de Harvard de ser una de las principales responsables de la destrucción de miles de hectáreas en el Iberá.
Bolivia: Campesinos denuncian que empresarios extranjeros están tomando tierras de Bolibras
- EJU
- 02 Mar 2013
Exigen a las autoridades pronta solución antes que corra sangre.
IFC backs ETG Group again
- Indian Ocean Newsletter
- 01 Mar 2013
The private investment arm of the World Bank, is going to back the medium-term expansion of ETC Group (ETG), incorporated in Mauritius and specializing trading in food and drink products.
N. Korea to farm land in Russian Far East
- Asahi Shimbun
- 01 Mar 2013
North Korea will dispatch dozens of laborers this spring to grow corn, beans and vegetables on 1,000 hectares of farmland in the Russian Far East, local government sources said
Liberia: Sime Darby's slave camp is another face of corporate evil
- New Democrat
- 01 Mar 2013
A Malaysian company that came to Liberia and acquired huge land space, promised to plant about 20,000 hectares to do Liberia proud by investing in oil palm is today embroiled in controversy and internecine conflict.
Ethiopia: displacement, intimidation and abuse
- Redress Information & Analysis
- 01 Mar 2013
With the coming of big industrial farms in Ethiopia, local people, villagers and pastoralists are being threatened, intimidated, forcibly displaced and herded into camps by the military, their homes destroyed.