Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 28-Apr-2010
Reuters | 28-Apr-2010
Saudi Arabian investors are looking at opportunities to buy into farmland in Algeria, says the Saudi Agriculture Minister.
Bahama Pundit | 28-Apr-2010
After trumpeting Chinese investment in "a very large agricultural project" in the Bahamas that would be up and running by September, senior government officials are now backing off the subject.
IDN | 28-Apr-2010
Friends of the Earth International warns that voluntary principles on land acquisitions announced by the World Bank and supported by the UN will legitimize and promote land grabbing in Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Saudi Gazette | 27-Apr-2010
Le Bénin offre à l’Arabie Saoudite des possibilités d’investissement dans divers domaines agricoles, comme le riz, le coton, l’huile végétale et la production d’oléagineux.
Reuters | 27-Apr-2010
European Union governments want to develop a global code of conduct for foreign investments in agricultural land in developing countries, according to a draft paper on food security seen by Reuters.
La Jornada | 27-Apr-2010
La lucha contra el acaparamiento de tierras tiene en México una larga historia. El rechazo al Procede en las comunidades indígenas, la ocupación de latifundios en Chiapas a raíz del levantamiento zapatista, la resistencia de los campesinos de Atenco y tantos otros conflictos muestran que la iniciativa del Banco Mundial en nuestro país no pasará.
Saudi Gazette | 27-Apr-2010
"Our country has rich agricultural resources, which could provide steady food security to Saudi Arabia," said Akinde Rene Robert
Oman Daily Observer | 27-Apr-2010
The Omani government is weighing options for securing part of the country's requirement of strategic staples through offshore farming
The New (Pakistan) | 27-Apr-2010
An upcoming World Bank (WB) report aims at giving legitimate cover to agricultural land grabbing in Pakistan.
LC2 | 26-Apr-2010
Reportage sur la conférence de presse organisée par Synergie Paysanne, le 26 avril 2010 à Cotonou, Bénin
Le Vif | 26-Apr-2010
Des associations environnementales, d'agriculteurs et des organisations de solidarité ont lancé lundi un appel pour un arrêt immédiat de l'accaparement des terres par des Etats et des investisseurs privés, à l'occasion de la conférence annuelle de la Banque Mondiale sur le foncier.
UN | 26-Apr-2010
Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, says that while foreign investment in agriculture is increasing, “We have to recognize that potential risks, such as land grab, may pose serious threats to developing country farmers.”
Professional Adviser | 26-Apr-2010
The fund aims to deliver long-term returns by investing in agribusiness companies (those involved in the production, processing, distribution and marketing of agricultural products).
Global Arab Network | 26-Apr-2010
"Future agriculture hectares for Saudi Arabia will be outside of the country," says president of agricultural services company ARASCO.
Oakland Institute | 26-Apr-2010
New report by Oakland Institute exposes the role of the World Bank’s private sector branch, International Finance Corporation, in fueling land grabs.
NFFC | 26-Apr-2010
We, the peasants and small farmers of the world, do not need agribusiness and international investment schemes to eat.
La Nación (Chile) | 26-Apr-2010
Quieren reglamentar reparto de tierras de los países ricos en las naciones pobres.
INKOTA | 26-Apr-2010
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Gulf News | 26-Apr-2010
The UAE will set up a strategic food stock as part of a food security strategy that includes aquiring farmland in African and Asian countries
La Jornada | 25-Apr-2010
Más de cien organizaciones de todo el mundo exigen frenar la ola de acaparamiento de tierras de inversionistas oficiales y privados que se están apoderando de millones de hectáreas de cultivos de comunidades rurales de África, Asia y América Latina.
AFP | 25-Apr-2010
Government of Singapore has set up a fund to support feasibility studies on investments in overseas food zones, overseas contract farming and other non-traditional sources of food security for the city-state.
Synergie Paysanne | 24-Apr-2010
La ruée sur les meilleures terres est une réalité au Benin. Pour nous, OPs et OSC, les principes de la Banque Mondiale sont un écran de fumée pour tenter de la légitimer.
Usine Nouvelle | 23-Apr-2010
La compagnie chinoise Chongqing Grain Group vient d’annoncer son intention d’acheter 100 000 hectares de terres arables dans l’Etat de Bahia, dans le nord-est du Brésil, afin d’y cultiver du soja pour le marché chinois.
Global Policy Forum | 23-Apr-2010
On Earth Day plus one, we need to ask: what can stop this speculative juggernaut? And how can we support the rural farm communities – half of our humankind - who are fighting for sustainable food production.
FUGEA-Info | 23-Apr-2010
Des paysans et des organisations de la société civile, en Belgique comme ailleurs, demandent à la Banque mondiale de ne pas cautionner l’accaparement des terres
Talib Murad | 23-Apr-2010
A publication (82 pages) entitled ‘Agro-Neocapatilism and Land grab’ featuring Arabic and Kurdish translations of the various articles on this subject is now available
Weekly Times | 23-Apr-2010
China may set up large pork and chicken operations in Australia as it strives to keep up a burgeoning demand for meat among Chinese consumers.
IPS | 23-Apr-2010
Un año después de la controvertida compra irregular de vastas extensiones de tierra en África, las empresas trasnacionales se resisten a respetar un código de conducta que puede asegurar la transparencia.
Le Monde | 23-Apr-2010
Les espaces agricoles sont devenus des actifs convoités : les Nations unies cherchent à encadrer ces investissements.
LVC-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN | 22-Apr-2010
The World Bank's principles, which would be entirely voluntary, aim to distract from the fact that today's global food crisis, marked by more than 1 billion people going hungry each day, will not be solved by large scale industrial agriculture, which virtually all of these land acquisitions aim to promote.
LVC-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN | 22-Apr-2010
Les principes de la Banque mondiale, qui seraient totalement volontaires, visent à détourner notre attention du fait que la crise alimentaire actuelle, marquée par un milliard de personnes en manque de nourriture, ne sera pas resolue par l'agriculture industrielle à grande échelle, ce que toutes ces acquisitions foncières cherchent à promouvoir.
LVC-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN | 22-Apr-2010
Los principios del BM, que serían totalmente voluntarios, intentan distraer del hecho de que la crisis alimentaria global de hoy en día con la cifra récord de más de mil millones de personas sufriendo hambre, no será resuelta por la agricultura industrial a gran escala que van a aplicar prácticamente todos los inversionistas que están adquiriendo tierra.
LVC-FIAN-LRAN-GRAIN | 22-Apr-2010
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PBS | 22-Apr-2010
In Ethiopia, farms backed by foreign investors are growing with abundance, while native farmers subsist on food aid.
IPS | 22-Apr-2010
Domestic and international investors are taking over increasing amounts of arable land in Mali.
Slow Food | 15-Apr-2010
The Slow Food Foundation for Biodiversity has joined forces with a coalition of organizations to protest against the recent increase in land grabbing - transferring rights over agricultural land in developing countries to foreign investors - and to denounce its support by the World Bank (WB).
Cafés Géographiques | 15-Dec-2009
Café géo animé par Michel Sivignon, avec pour invités Jean-Paul Charvet (professeur de géographie à l’Université Paris X) et Sophie Moreau (maître de conférences à l’Université Paris-Est) le mardi 15 décembre 2009 au Café de Flore.
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