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Serbian farmland to provide substantial amount of UAE's food
- The National
- 01 November 2012
A 20,000 ha tranche of Serbian farmland bought by an Abu Dhabi firm should be providing a substantial amount of the UAE's food within the next five years.
African land solutions: making the resource blessing a reality
- IIED
- 01 November 2012
Lessons need to be learned to transform Africa's ‘resource curse’ into a ‘resource blessing’ and to mitigate against the negative impacts of large land-based investments.
La concentración de tierra en América Latina vive un cambio profundo, dice un informe
- EFE
- 01 November 2012
En cuanto a los lugares donde el "acaparamiento de tierras" está creciendo, este proceso se da no tanto porque se monopolice la propiedad sino porque se están dando prácticas como el alquiler o la creación de grupos de inversores en tierras.
Foreign farmers undermine food security in Zambia
- IPS
- 01 November 2012
Increased agricultural development in Zambia will actually compromise the country’s food security as peasant farmers continue to be driven off their customary land to pave the way for large-scale local and foreign agribusiness.
Land-grabbing's global threat
- Huffington Post
- 01 November 2012
Of the many issues brought to the table at the Slow Food joint Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre event this week in Turin, Italy, one of the most pressing is land-grabbing.
Land grabbing: What has changed?
- Huffington Post
- 01 November 2012
What should be done about land grabs, and who should do it, remains a topic of intense debate on the international stage.
La loi agricole inquiète les exploitants belges actifs en RDC
- Le Potentiel
- 01 November 2012
La loi n°11/022 du 24 décembre 2011 portant principes fondamentaux relatifs à l’agriculture en RDC les inquiète parce qu’elle prévoit qu’un an après son entrée en vigueur, soit en juin 2013, les exploitations doivent être possédées à 51 % par des Congolais.
Sea intrusion takes over 2.6 million acres of fertile land
- Daily Times
- 01 November 2012
The World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) and Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) while welcoming the report designed by Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, who warned of the threat of ‘ocean-grabbing’ to food security, and urged world governments and international bodies to halt the depletion of fish stocks, and take urgent steps to protect, sustain, and share the benefits of fisheries and marine environments.
Cambodians file complaint with US government against Domino Sugar parent
- CLEC
- 31 October 2012
Two hundred and seven families have turned to the US Government to help mediate the long-running dispute with the exclusive purchaser of the sugar, New York-based American Sugar Refining (ASR).
Energy and food demands, drivers of land grab: A case of Rufiji River Basin in Tanzania
- Let's talk land Tanzania
- 31 October 2012
Land grabs are carried out today in the Rufiji River Basin through the application of both force and consent.
Hungary seeks to protect landownership
- New York Times
- 31 October 2012
“We will put an end to the possibility for foreigners to acquire farmland. With this land law, it is over, it is no more,” says Hungary's Prime Minister.
Colombia: extranjeros en zonas rurales
- El Tiempo
- 31 October 2012
"Los abusos se multiplican. Los países ricos que no producen suficientes alimentos salen a comprar tierra en donde agua y tierra son abundantes, como lo han hecho en África los países árabes, China, Corea del Sur e India."
Hongrie : La bataille pour la terre
- PressEurop
- 30 October 2012
En 2014, les étrangers pourront acheter les terres agricoles, pour l’instant réservées aux Hongrois. En attendant cette échéance fixée par l’UE, que le gouvernement tente de repousser, paysans et riches personnalités s’affrontent pour les parcelles les plus intéressantes.
Hungary: Orbán’s land war with EU
- PressEurop
- 30 October 2012
Currently reserved for Hungarians, farmlands will be available for purchase by foreigners from 2014. But as this EU imposed deadline looms, PM Viktor Orbán government is doing all it can to delay it. Meanwhile small farmers are battling with wealthy candidates, often close to sources of political power, for the most attractive lots.
The global and local land-grab
- Express Tribune
- 30 October 2012
Today's neocolonials are no longer content monopolising the output of the lands; they want the source of the produce, too — the land itself and the accompanying water supply.