En este artículo contamos con la voz de dos importantes dirigentes campesinos africanos Mamadou Cissokho del Senegal e Ibrahim Coulibaly de Mali, que siempre se han distinguido por su autonomía política como por su feroz defensa de la independencia de las organizaciones campesinas.
Avec Planète à vendre, Alexis Marant brosse le tableau des nouveaux investisseurs en quête de terres cultivables. Édifiant.
The world’s wealthiest Arab, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal of Saudi Arabia, has dismissed allegations that he had conceded land that he had bought to anyone
Existe un proyecto de ley elaborado por el Poder Ejecutivo Nacional para legislar la compra de tierras por capitales extranjeros, la normativa brasileña es una de las principales bases legales de sustentación de esta iniciativa.
La organización UNAG-Vía Campesina Costa Rica advierte que este proyecto de ley tiene mecanismos que potenciarán el acaparamiento de tierras en el país y la producción de monocultivos por parte de las grandes empresas transnacionales.
Project backed by the Libyan sovereign wealth fund wants to extend its land under cultivation to 5,000 ha so that it can undertake industrial scale production.
The richest man in the Middle East had a grand vision for turning a swath of land in southern Egypt into an agricultural marvel. Now that land has become part of a political struggle, in the wake of the overthrow of former President Hosni Mubarak.
Philippine communist rebels on Tuesday accused a Japanese subsidiary of grabbing lands from local farmers in Mindanao.
En attendant la mise en place d'un code de conduite au niveau de la CEDEAO, chaque pays devra déterminer les règles régissant de tels investissements.
Chinese group Chongqing Grain is due to launch an agri-industrial project expected to cost 4 billion reals (US$2.4 billion) in the state of Bahia, Brazil, the state’s secretary for Agriculture said.
Participants find that land grabbing is occurring at a scale and speed as never before, resulting in widespread displacement and dispossession of local communities.
Australia is "asleep at the wheel" when it comes to foreign companies buying important agricultural land and greater scrutiny is needed, farmers say.
Pengxin International of Shanghai, which already has farmland holdings in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Cambodia, has offered to buy the 16 North Island Crafar farm properties in New Zealand
It is shameful that the Ethiopian Ambassador to the UK would claim that the areas targeted for foreign investment have no adequate social and economic infrastructures such as education, health facilities and roads.
A cada dia que passa, o mundo inteiro precisa consumir toneladas de recursos naturais e grãos. Assim, se torna cada vez mais grave a falta de alimentos, e é mais clara a urgência que muitos países demonstram em adotar, em larga escala, o biocombustível, como fonte alternativa importante em suas matrizes energéticas – afirmou.
