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Farmer's sit-in at FAO World Summit, Rome 16 Nov 2009
- WSF TV
- 16 November 2009
Land Grabbing, Food Sovereignty and Cimate Change are the issues expressed in front of FAO summit in Rome. Video interviews.
France urges rules on agri market and "land grab"
- Reuters
- 16 November 2009
France called on Monday for stricter regulation of agricultural markets to counter price volatility and said "predatory" farmland purchases in poor countries should be halted.
When wise investing leads to full stomachs
- The National
- 16 November 2009
Why produce a low-value crop such as wheat using expensive water when the FAO says the global wheat harvest will this year be second only to last year’s record?
GCC urged to reduce its reliance on food imports
- The National
- 16 November 2009
As the issue of global food security was being discussed yesterday in Rome by world leaders, a senior UN official here highlighted the need for GCC countries to address their dependence on food imports.
Korea seeks cheap land overseas to grow food
- Joong Ang Daily
- 16 November 2009
Local provincial governments are working hard to develop farmland in other countries -- Russia, Cambodia, Mongolia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Paraguay, Uruguay -- because it’s cheaper than relying on imports
Gov't to review Sudanese project
- Jordan Times
- 16 November 2009
"We decided to update a previous feasibility study due to the fact that the prices of food items that will potentially be grown on the project's lands, including fodder and grains, have changed drastically over the past year," Jordan's Agriculture Ministry Secretary General Radhi Tarawneh said
Land grabbing in Madagascar
- People's Food Sovereignty
- 16 November 2009
Il nuovo governo ha promesso che avrebbe cancellato l'accordo, ma recentemente ha scritto una lettera pubblica in cui spiegava che era meglio metterlo semplicemente in stand-by.
Riyad lorgne sur les terres d’Afrique de l’Est
- RFI
- 16 November 2009
Un forum Arabie Saoudite/Afrique de l’Est s’est tenu le 15 novembre à Addis Abeba auquel assistaient le ministre saoudien du Commerce et des représentants d’une cinquantaine de compagnies saoudiennes.
Land grabbing: the losers in the "win-win" situation
- This is Diversity
- 16 November 2009
Four months ago I travelled to the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines to research agriculture's new land grab phenomenon as part of my postgraduate research. I expected my findings to be a blend of arguments from both sides of the debate. However, I concluded that there was a strong case to be made against the proposition of a "win-win" situation for every stakeholder.
China continues its aggressive pursuit of Africa’s resources
- World Socialist Website
- 16 November 2009
The ministerial Forum on China-Africa Cooperation met in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, last week, attended by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and representatives of more than 300 Chinese companies.
Farmers not invited to Food Summit?
- IPS
- 16 November 2009
World farmers are not part of the official delegations at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) food summit on food security that opened here Monday. But they came anyhow to express their views, since, they say, it is their communities that are most impacted by the food crisis.
Time for attacking double speak
- Joong Ang Daily
- 16 November 2009
I propose that a protest along this line in an international court be taken up to prevent loss of family farms in Latin America and Africa to the corporate landowners.
Food producers speak out against the global hijack of their food production resources
- People's Food Sovereignty
- 15 November 2009
On Sunday 15 November 2009 over 100 people came together in Rome for a working group about control over food producing resources. At the top of the meeting's agenda was the current global farmland grab. "We need a people's politics and a people's voice to stop this landgrabbing," said a pastoralist from Gujarat.
Food industry debates fight against hunger
- AFP
- 15 November 2009
The private sector can play a key role in the fight against hunger, but humanitarian groups accuse multi-nationals of mounting an "offensive" to take over the agricultural sector in the developing world.
Al Salam to set up $100m agri investment firm
- Trade Arabia
- 15 November 2009
Al Salam Bank has announced plans to launch a new $100 million agricultural investment company in Bahrain which will focus on east Asia and Turkey.