Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 25-Aug-2010
The Citizen | 25-Aug-2010
As large-scale investors' interest in acquiring vast swathes of land for commercial agriculture in Africa intensifies, farmers believe the time is ripe for the government to press investors to allocate shares to villagers as a corporate social responsibility.
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20 Minutes | 25-Aug-2010
Seules des initiatives nationales, telles que celle du Brésil, pourront freiner l’appétit pour la terre des pays développés.
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Correio Brasilienze | 25-Aug-2010
O parecer da Advocacia-Geral da União que impõe limite de tamanho e maior controle à aquisição de terras por estrangeiros tem efeitos somente a partir da última segunda-feira.
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Financial Standard | 25-Aug-2010
The news of BHP's recent bid for Potash Corp has brought the issue of investing in food security to the forefront, with CFSGAM, H3 Global and WLM Financial hot on the sector's trail.
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AFP | 24-Aug-2010
Le gouvernement brésilien a révisé une loi qui limitait l'achat de terres par des étrangers mais dont une brèche a permis à beaucoup d'entreprises étrangères d'acheter des milliers d'hectares de terres pendant plus de dix ans
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Oxfam | 24-Aug-2010
Includes incidences of land grabbing in the region, land grabbing from the supply and demand sides, community resistance to land grabbing, what should be done on land grabbing, way forward.
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O Globo | 24-Aug-2010
Para evitar uma guerra jurídica, a Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) garantiu nesta terça-feira que o novo parecer impondo limites à compra de áreas rurais por empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros não terá validade para negócios já formalizados.
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Reuters | 24-Aug-2010
Brazil's essential role as a provider of food for the world's expanding population is at risk if the government makes good on threats to curtail foreign investment in farmland.
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Reuters | 24-Aug-2010
The Brazilian government has tightened restrictions on unfettered land purchases by foreigners, authorities said on Tuesday, renewing concerns among investors.
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EFE | 24-Aug-2010
As empresas controladas por estrangeiros não poderão adquirir a partir de agora propriedades rurais no Brasil com mais de 50 módulos de exploração, uma área que varia entre 250 e 5.000 hectares dependendo da região do país.
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Le Monde | 24-Aug-2010
Le revers de la médaille, c'est la ruée sur les terres arables de certains Etats et groupes privés qui mettent à mal le développement d'une agriculture paysanne, pourtant seule à même de répondre aux problèmes de la faim et de pauvreté des pays du Sud.
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Reuters | 24-Aug-2010
African governments need to raise their level of accountability and ensure that they improve and protect their own food security through quid pro quo side-agreements negotiated when they lease or sell their arable land to foreign interests, says Keith Mullin of Thompson Reuters
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Democracy Now! | 24-Aug-2010
Since the food crisis of 2008, food justice activists have warned that governments in concert with multinational corporations have accelerated a worldwide "land grab" to buy up vast swaths of arable land in poor countries.
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ABC | 24-Aug-2010
Un collectif d’hommes d’affaires néo-zélandais a lancé une campagne médiatique contre l’achat des terres kiwis par des investisseurs étrangers.
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NZ Herald | 24-Aug-2010
Olam International raised its offer for NZ Farming Systems Uruguay to 70 cents from 55 cents a day after the target company disclosed a third bidder is looking at the dairy farm develope
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NZ Herald | 24-Aug-2010
The creation this week of the 'Save our Farms' campaign to block foreign ownership of New Zealand farm land has fired up a debate that needs to be had.
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ABC | 24-Aug-2010
An inquiry into food production in Australia has recommended an audit of foreign-owned agricultural land and water
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Baltic Reports | 23-Aug-2010
In an extraordinary shareholder’s meeting Lithuanian agribusiness conglomerate Agrowill agreed to increase the company’s share capital by €18 million to fund new projects.
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NZPA | 23-Aug-2010
Auckland lawyer Tony Bouchier says his telephone has been ringing red hot with support for a campaign to stop New Zealand farms being sold to overseas owners
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Terra | 23-Aug-2010
O presidente da República e o Advogado-Geral da União aprovaram nesta segunda-feira um parecer da Consultoria-Geral da União que limita a venda de terras brasileiras a estrangeiros ou empresas brasileiras controladas por estrangeiros.
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ONE News | 22-Aug-2010
Nationwide advertisements have been placed in newspapers today, calling for an end to foreign ownership of New Zealand farmland.
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El Argentino | 22-Aug-2010
El oficialismo trabaja en una nueva Ley de Arrendamiento, que haría eje sobre la diversificación productiva y la consolidación de los pequeños y medianos productores.
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Estado de S. Paulo | 22-Aug-2010
Benjamin Steinbruch, dono da CSN e presidente da Fiesp, diz que chineses podem 'tirar os competidores do jogo' e defende restrições à compra de terras e reservas minerais
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Die Linke | 20-Aug-2010
„Weltweit hungern mittlerweile über eine Milliarde Menschen – ein Grund dafür sind großflächige Landnahmen. Deshalb stellen diese für die Menschen in den armen Ländern dieser Welt eine große Bedrohung dar. Doch die Bunderegierung ist nicht nur uniformiert, sondern auch desinteressiert “, stellt Niema Movassat, Mitglied im Ausschuss für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung für die Bundestagsfraktion DIE LINKE mit Bedauern fest.
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IANS | 20-Aug-2010
As India looks at avenues beyond its shores to deal with food security, Uganda, which has nearly half the arable land in east Africa, has laid the red carpet for inward investment from India Inc.
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Maclean's | 19-Aug-2010
Africa, where one in three people is malnourished, is now growing tomatoes and butter lettuce for export.
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