Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 12-May-2010
MST | 12-May-2010
Uma reportagem publicada no jornal Valor Econômico, nesta terça-feira, demonstra as diferentes faces da ação do capital financeiro sobre a agricultura brasileira, como os "fundos de investimentos de operação agrícola", que querem controlar a produção agrícola e ampliar seus lucros.
La Tribune | 12-May-2010
Le Conseil des ministres a adopté hier le projet de loi fixant les conditions et modalités d’exploitation de terres agricoles relevant du domaine privé de l’Etat. L’ouverture au partenariat étranger est exclue.
La Tribune | 12-May-2010
La nouvelle loi algérienne sur l’exploitation des terres agricoles consacre deux principes majeurs : la concession d’une durée de seulement 40 ans renouvelables et l’exclusivité de la jouissance aux Algériens.
Xinhua | 11-May-2010
Saudi Arabian Agriculture Minister Fahd Bin Abdul-rahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim said at the summit that Saudi Arabia was planning to invest in Algeria's agriculture, like Egypt and Sudan.
MBN | 10-May-2010
South Korea's Hyundai Corporation is trying to purchase 10,000 ha of farmland in Brazil to grow soybeans for the Korean market
Reuters | 10-May-2010
Cargill's private equity firm says it will set up farms in Asia where "there is a huge lack of competency in farm management practices."
ETH | 10-May-2010
The recent food crisis has triggered a rush for agricultural land overseas. We will debate this challenge at the North-South Forum, organised jointly by the NCCR North-South and the North-South Centre in Zurich on 18 May 2010
King's College London | 10-May-2010
"This workshop is the first in the world to explicitly discuss the implications of the water/food/land deals nexus," according to Martin Keulertz, Department of Geography, King’s College London
Folha de S. Paulo | 09-May-2010
Executives from the South Korean company Hyundai are negotiating with state governments for the purchase of land in Brazil, with the objective of planting and exporting soya to South Korea.
Jakarta Globe | 09-May-2010
Environmentalists are up in arms over the latest design for the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate in Papua, which they say will see more than 1.1 million hectares of forests converted into agricultural estates.
ANSA | 09-May-2010
La empresa automotriz surcoreana Hyundai anunció su intención de comprar diez mil hectáreas de tierras cultivables en Brasil para exportar soja (soya) hacia Corea del Sur
Folha de S. Paulo | 09-May-2010
Executivos da empresa sul-coreana Hyundai negociam com governos estaduais a compra de terra no Brasil com o objetivo de plantar e exportar soja para a Coreia do Sul.
Farmers Weekly | 09-May-2010
At a recent conference in Cairo, South Africa and Zimbabwe were the only African nations not considered safe havens for foreign farmland investment because of uncertainty about land-reform programmes and unfriendly labour environments.
Gulf News | 09-May-2010
GCC countries are doing the right thing by increasingly exploring investments in farmlands abroad, says Jasim Ali, Bahraini MP.
Financial Express | 08-May-2010
India should look at Latin American countries to keep its food security intact, argue public and private sector officials
Ukrainian News | 07-May-2010
"The government will trigger lifting of the moratorium on sale of farmland. We cannot form sustainable development of the land market without this step," says Ukraine's agrarian policy minister.
Bloomberg | 07-May-2010
Tareq al- Zadjali, director general of the Arab Organization for Agriculture Development, wants to see more Arabs investing in agriculture within the Arab worlds’ borders rather than buying farms abroad in Asia and Africa.
Change.org | 07-May-2010
And even though the World Bank has announced some tepid steps along with the United Nations to protect against land grabs, don't expect much out of the process.
Wall Street financiers now interested in channeling billions of new dollars into cropland include heavy hitters like UBS, Morgan Stanley, and Rabobank.
Reuters | 07-May-2010
Cargill and Bunge among firms setting up funds to buy farms in Asia and South America.
Arab News | 07-May-2010
Pakistan’s ambassador to the Kingdom has called on Saudis to invest in his country’s agricultural sector.
Pambazuka | 06-May-2010
When will governments recognise the immense potential of their own farmers and their sustainable, diverse family farming systems, that are so desperately in need of genuine 'responsible' agricultural investment to assure food and seed sovereignty, asks Joan Baxter
Bloomberg | 06-May-2010
Macquarie Group Ltd. plans to own and run 500,000 acres of soybean and grain farms in Brazil over the next three years
The Citizen | 06-May-2010
The long-term danger I foresee, in the worst case scenario, is that the debt spiral will eventually converge with the land grabs.
Manila Bulletin | 05-May-2010
AgriNurture, Inc. has signed an MoA with Far Eastern Agricultural Investment Company of Saudi Arabia for huge food crop plantations and processing plants in the Philippines.
Bisnis Indonesia | 28-Apr-2010
Serikat Petani Indonesia (SPI) mengatakan program food estate di Merauke, Papua akan memberikan empat kerugian implikasi.
Council on Foreign Relations | 27-Apr-2010
Saudi Arabia is attempting to strengthen its position in what seems certain to be a growing competition for food among the nations of the Middle East.
UNCTAD | 26-Apr-2010
I am worried. A consensus is emerging among international institutions about the need to guide investment in agriculture. But at the same time, many civil society groups and farmers’ organisations, including the most representative among them, denounce ‘land-grabbing’.
UNCTAD | 26-Apr-2010
UNCTAD's Investment, Enterprise and Development Commission met and discussed the current land grabbing trend on 26 April 2010.
IIASA | 25-Apr-2010
An equitable shared-benefits agreement can best provide the basis for responsible and sustainable agricultural development, especially in currently cultivated land areas where the yield gaps are large.
Nature | 25-Apr-2010
"A key obstacle to more transparent debate and informed decisions by governments and investors [involved in global land transactions] is the lack of science-based information," writes Surendra Shah in Nature magazine
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