Their land and means of livelihood were taken away from them, their culture trampled upon, all in the name of public-private partnerships and foreign corporate interests.
Ethiopia has made more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of “fertile and unutilized” land available for agriculture companies that meet government requirements, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said.
African governments are bringing agriculture schemes to international investors in the hope of matching investors to fertile soils
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Agriculture wants to hand over the file of foreign agricultural investments to the Saudi Company for Agriculture Investment and Animal Production.
Uganda has threatened to kick out Oxfam after the British charity accused the government of complicity in violent land grabs for commercial gains, according to the interior ministry.
Indian-listed Karuturi Global, which has leased land in Ethiopia for commercial farming, plans to export cereals, sugar and edible oil to South Sudan and Kenya upon completing cultivation in 2014.
Le premier ministre éthiopien, Meles Zenawi, a démenti mercredi que l'allocation de terres cultivables à des projets d'investissements privés se traduisait, dans son pays, par des évictions forcées d'agriculteurs.
Les paysans congolais expriment leur inquiétude devant la vague de vente à outrance des terres qui traduit une mauvaise gestion des espaces que l’on veut faire croire abandonnés.
Les terres agricoles sont devenues un produit financier au même titre qu’une action cotée en Bourse, selon le professeur Louis Hébert de HEC-Montréal
Arab states should buy land in Kurdistan and Kazakhstan to produce staple foods to secure future food resources says a senior Arab League official.
Warren Buffett said yesterday that over the next 100 years, farmland will beat gold, which surged to a record in 2011 after increasing more than sixfold in the past decade.
"Land grabbing", il nuovo libro della Ong 'Grain' accende i riflettori sui responsabili della rapina di terre
Le gouvernement du Cambodge a annoncé lundi avoir suspendu l'attribution de nouvelles concessions aux entreprises privées, alors que les tensions foncières suscitent désormais des violences inquiétantes.
Hassad Foods' farmland purchases in Australia are guided by a risk minimising strategy. The lands are distributed across different climes and water regimes over a wide geographic area.
Los carperos del Alto Paraná anuncian la invasión de 200 hectáreas, propiedad del productor brasiguayo Valdir Ruffato, quien junto a su hijo Flavio José Ruffato, están presos por sospecha de un triple homicidio registrado en el distrito de San Cristóbal.
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