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モザンビーク市民社会から農業大臣宛の請願書（抄訳）
- 12 December 2014
prosavana, mozambique, JICA
Ethiopia: Large scale killing and deportation of Somali-Issa people in the Awash River
- Hiraan
- 11 December 2014
More than 300,000 people were asked to clear an area the size of Belgium to pave the way for a program with the prime purpose of leasing or selling lands to foreign investors.
The corporate takeover of Ukrainian agriculture
- Oakland Institue
- 11 December 2014
Today, on the heels of Ukraine’s new cabinet appointments, the Oakland Institute is releasing a new brief detailing western agribusiness investments in the country.
Peru: Olmos irrigation project sparks development debate
- SciDevNet
- 11 December 2014
A tunnel through the Andes will carry water to irrigate the dry Olmos region. But large land plots are being auctioned, favouring big firms over local farmers.
Argentina: Communities protest foreign land grabs in Iberá
- Cultural Survival
- 11 December 2014
Organizations representing local farmers, Indigenous communities, and environmentalists gathered in Corrientes to demand an end to the land-grabbing by foreign investors in the province.
Africa ‘must rethink approach to agriculture investment’
- WSJ
- 11 December 2014
For Africa’s agriculture to realize its full potential the continent’s governments need to rethink their approach to encouraging investment, Morocco’s Agriculture Minister Aziz Akhannouch says.
Algeria starts maize production, seeks foreign investors
- Reuters
- 11 December 2014
Algeria started its first commercial maize production this year and will soon approve applications from foreign investors to boost output and reduce reliance on imports, the head of the country's farmers' union said.
Principes pour un investissement responsable dans l'agriculture
- IIDD
- 11 December 2014
IIDD pense que les nouveaux principes du CSA représentent un cadre normatif important pour les investissements dans l'alimentation et l'agriculture
Japan Solutions Food lance une usine de transformation de fruits en Egypte
- Ecofin
- 11 December 2014
JSF créera également de nouvelles unités de production horticole pour exportation vers le marché japonais
Flash Atelier de lancement Rapport Ndiael
- Youtube
- 10 December 2014
"L'accaparement des terres c'est peut-être pire que l'Ebola actuellement au Sénégal."
European Union agrees to investigate Cambodian sugar industry
- Guardian
- 10 December 2014
Booming industry faces allegations of human rights abuses such as land grabs, forced displacement and child labour.
Mujeres latinoamericanas piden a la COP20 asegurar la alimentación mundial
- La República
- 10 December 2014
Las mujeres centroamericanas relataron que los campos no solo están siendo afectados por las sequías y las inundaciones, sino también por el monocultivo, la industria extractiva y el acaparamiento de tierras.
Medio centenar de gallegos denuncia el acaparamiento de tierras en el PE
- El Correo Gallego
- 10 December 2014
El mismo consiste en la adquisición de terreno agrícola para destinarlo a fines comerciales como la producción de alimentos a escala agroindustrial, los agrocarburantes, las infraestructuras energéticas, la minería o las grandes estructuras.
Robar alimentos a los que pasan hambre
- El Huffington Post
- 10 December 2014
Se trata de empresas que invierten vendiendo desarrollo cuando en la mayor parte de los casos producen justo lo contrario: expulsiones de tierras de cultivo, abusos laborales, cambios en los precios de los alimentos de mercados locales, erosión de sus medios de vida, etc.
Foreign companies buying Africa's fertile land
- World Bulletin
- 10 December 2014
According to the Association of Researchers in Middle East and Africa(ORDAF), political events and terror news are deliberately kept in the headlines to hide African land grabs by Western countries.