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Accaparement des terres?
- La Terre
- 08 February 2013
Il n’y a pas de phénomène d’accaparement des terres agricoles au Québec, conclut l’étude du Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO)
Los Estados más frágiles, en el punto de mira de los inversores en tierras
- OXFAM - CRECE
- 07 February 2013
Con motivo del día internacional contra el acaparamiento de tierras, Oxfam publica hoy un nuevo informe de análisis en el que advierte de que los países con los Gobiernos más frágiles del mundo están en el punto de mira de los inversores en tierras.
Investir dans les terres agricoles a des conséquences, avise l'UPA
- La Presse
- 07 February 2013
Les gestionnaires de fonds de retraite ont soif de revenus, et les terres agricoles, qui ont connu une hausse de valeur de 400 % en 20 ans, apparaissent fort alléchantes. Mais attention, de tels investissements ne sont pas sans conséquence, avertit l'Union des producteurs agricoles au Québec.
Government invests in Sudan farming plan
- Today's Zaman
- 07 February 2013
The Turkish Ministry of Food and Animal Husbandry purchased 5,000 square kilometers of farmland in the country's fertile south, where it secured land rights for the next 99 years
New Era of Food Scarcity Echoes Collapsed Civilizations
- 07 February 2013
The world is in transition from an era of food abundance to one of scarcity. Over the last decade, world grain reserves have fallen by one third. World food prices have more than doubled, triggering a worldwide land rush and ushering in a new geopolitics of food. Food is the new oil. Land is the new gold.
Indian investors are forcing Ethiopians off their land
- Guardian
- 07 February 2013
Thousands of Ethiopians are being relocated or have already fled as their land is sold off to foreign investors without their consent.
Les actualités foncières ouest-africaines. Bulletin n°85
- Le Hub Rural / Commission de l'UEMOA
- 07 February 2013
Le dernier bulletin d'information du Hub Rural sur les actualités foncières ouest-africaines vient de sortir
Paraguay: Grupo empresarial anuncia importante inversión en el sector agropecuario y forestal
- Nanduti
- 06 February 2013
Rioforte, sociedad de inversiones del Grupo Espíritu Santo y la DEG, parte del KfW Bankengruppe, institución financiera alemana anunciaron que invertirán unos 25 millones de Euros en “Paraguay Agri-cultural Corporation” (PAC) destinados a proyectos agropecuarios y forestales
Indian companies' investments in Ethiopia displace people: Activists
- Business Standard
- 06 February 2013
Indian companies that have invested in agriculture in Ethiopia are under fire from civil society groups. The companies have been accused of large-scale land grabbing, which has led to displacement of the tribal population there.
Cairns Mayor open to Chinese farmland investment
- ABC
- 06 February 2013
The Cairns Mayor says he would support the sale of agricultural land to Chinese investors if it was good for the far north Queensland region of Australia.
Charts: The top 5 land-grabbing countries
- Mother Jones
- 06 February 2013
Of the countries that lost the highest percentages of their cultivated land to land grabs, nine out of 10 have malnourishment rates of 5 percent or more.
Landowners or laborers: What choice will developing countries make?
- RRI
- 06 February 2013
Would developing countries choose a development path built on inclusiveness, respect for the rights of their citizens, and the rule of law? Or would they seek a short-cut to development and opt to hand over community land and natural resources to international investors and national elites?
Investir dans les terres des autres, un pari à haut risque
- AFP
- 05 February 2013
Blocages de routes, émeutes aux portes, image écornée: les achats de terres peuvent tourner à la catastrophe pour les investisseurs quand les droits de propriétés des paysans sont bafoués, selon des travaux publiés mardi.
AFD : agence française du dépouillement foncier
- Survie
- 05 February 2013
A travers l’African Agriculture Fund (AAF), l’Agence française de développement (AFD) et PROPARCO, sa filiale pour le développement du secteur privé, investissent dans l’accaparement des terres en Afrique sub-saharienne.
The global farmland rush
- New York Times
- 05 February 2013
Over the last decade, food-importing nations and private investors have been securing land abroad to use for agriculture. Poor governments have embraced these deals, but their people are in danger of losing their patrimony, not to mention their sources of food.