Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 22-Apr-2010
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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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.
Reuters | 21-Apr-2010
Indonesia will require investors in food crop production to get local government permission before developing farms or estates in order to prevent land disputes.
HighQuest Partners | 21-Apr-2010
Conference developed to respond to the growing interest in farmland asset management.
Agriculture Outlook | 21-Apr-2010
Agriculture is suddenly on every end investor’s radar, and many are dipping their toes in the water through pure farmland investment.
Yale | 21-Apr-2010
The supposed win-win formula raises many problems, doubts and concerns.
UKZambians | 21-Apr-2010
Saudi Arabia is interested in investing in Zambia's agriculture sector in order to improve the food security of the two countries. Zambia says they have plenty of land for this.
Tribune (Bahamas) | 20-Apr-2010
Chinese investors interested in cultivating Bahamian land could be interested in exporting what they produce as well as supplying the local market, the executive chairman of the Bahamas Agriculture and Industrial Corporation said yesterday.
Frontline | 20-Apr-2010
The global rush to acquire agricultural land in bountiful Africa evokes concern and protests.
Le Matin (Maroc) | 19-Apr-2010
Une campagne de promotion qui vise à offrir des informations aux investisseurs étrangers sur l'appel à manifestation d'intérêt international lancé dernièrement pour une exploitation de longue durée sous forme de partenariat de terrains agricoles relevant du domaine privé de l'Etat marocain sera menée en Europe.
Pensions & Investments | 19-Apr-2010
European pension funds are investing in global farmland, with a focus on emerging markets. If political problems arise, “You'll have the World Bank on your side,” SilverStreet's chief investment officer said.
IPS | 19-Apr-2010
The recent large-scale acquisition of land in Kenya and in Africa in general happens on murky terrain as governments negotiate behind closed doors.
La Tribune | 19-Apr-2010
«Les investisseurs provenant de pays frères et amis qui ont manifesté l’intention de s’engager dans la production agricole dans notre pays seront les bienvenus,» dit le président de l'Algérie, qui propose un nouveau régime foncier.
Financial Times | 18-Apr-2010
FIDP has launched a Cambodia and Laos fund, “an extended China play” that will focus largely on agriculture, seeking to benefit from China’s desire for food security.
The National | 18-Apr-2010
Such huge transfers of agricultural power must surely come with consequences that are worthy of closer regulatory inspection.
FIAN | 16-Apr-2010
Un nuevo informe publicado hoy por FIAN Internacional documenta las conclusiones de dos misiones investigadoras sobre el acaparamiento de tierras en Kenia y Mozambique, y concluye que éste viola los derechos humanos.
FIAN | 16-Apr-2010
A new report by FIAN International documents land grabbing in Kenya & Mozambique and concludes that land grabbing violates human rights.
Joon Ang Daily | 16-Apr-2010
Korean investors are nervous about trusting African governments’ guarantees, and about complex and frequently arbitrary regulations.
Arabian Business | 15-Apr-2010
The head of a 19-state African trading bloc has denied the Gulf’s policy of snapping up cheap farmland across the continent is tantamount to a ‘neo-colonialist’ land grab.
Reuters | 15-Apr-2010
Morocco is inviting bids from foreign and domestic investors to lease 21,000 hectares of farmland as part of its farm reform plans.
Yonhap | 15-Apr-2010
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., the world's largest shipbuilder, said Thursday that it has harvested 4,500 tons of soybeans and 2,000 tons of corn at its Russian farm.
Otago Daily Times | 15-Apr-2010
Southern NZ farmers will want to see cash before agreeing to sell their farms to a foreign company again, having been burnt once by a deal that turned sour.
The Age | 15-Apr-2010
Farmers in Africa may starve as their fields are bought to profit rich foreigners, writes Jo Chandler in The Age
Bloomberg | 15-Apr-2010
Chinese investment in Australian farms increased 10-fold in the past six months, as buyers see opportunities in agriculture. “Chinese are wealthy and they are looking for a secure investment in beef, cotton and grain properties, ” said John Burke, an agent for Elders Ltd.
CETIM | 05-Mar-2010
"Nous proposons l'interdiction pure et simple des achats et locations de terres à grande échelle ou à défaut la proclamation d'un moratoire à ces pratiques," dit la déclaration écrite conjointe du CETIM, MRAP, AIJD, Association Africaine d'Education pour le Développement et WILPF à l'ONU
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