Chinese investors to open 1,000 hectares of rice fields in Tommo subdistrict, Mamuju regency, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia
UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission met and discussed the current land grabbing trend on 26 April 2010.
Quieren reglamentar reparto de tierras de los países ricos en las naciones pobres.
"Here’s what I’m sure of: these deals will make the rich richer and the poor poorer, creating clear winners who benefit while the losers are denied their livelihoods."
- Oakland Institute
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26 April 2010
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The Agricultural Stance Coalition has rejected the government’s plan to establish a food estate in Merauke, Papua. According to them, the plan sounds reckless and letting the people of Indonesia become slaves in their own country.
The UAE will set up a strategic food stock as part of a food security strategy that includes aquiring farmland in African and Asian countries
We need to hear the results of research and case studies done by FAO, UNCTAD, IFAD and the World Bank, so we can respond as governments and organizations based on solid information and not hearsay.
- US State Dept
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25 April 2010
Contract covers the lease of 25,000 ha in the Regional State of Gambela for a period of 25 years, with option for renewal.
Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.
An equitable shared-benefits agreement can best provide the basis for responsible and sustainable agricultural development, especially in currently cultivated land areas where the yield gaps are large.
"A key obstacle to more transparent debate and informed decisions by governments and investors [involved in global land transactions] is the lack of science-based information," writes Surendra Shah in Nature magazine
Government of Singapore has set up a fund to support feasibility studies on investments in overseas food zones, overseas contract farming and other non-traditional sources of food security for the city-state.
La ruée sur les meilleures terres est une réalité au Benin. Pour nous, OPs et OSC, les principes de la Banque Mondiale sont un écran de fumée pour tenter de la légitimer.
- Synergie Paysanne
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24 April 2010
La compagnie chinoise Chongqing Grain Group vient d’annoncer son intention d’acheter 100 000 hectares de terres arables dans l’Etat de Bahia, dans le nord-est du Brésil, afin d’y cultiver du soja pour le marché chinois.
- Usine Nouvelle
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23 April 2010