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Food crisis and the global land grab
farmlandgrab.org weekly | 11-Mar-2010


SuaraMedia News | 09-Mar-2010
Ethiopia: Kala Negara Miskin Suplai Makanan Untuk Negara Kaya
Sebuah investigasi Observer menunjukkan bagaimana negara-negara kaya mendapatkan jaminan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan warganya, dengan memanfaatkan lahan seluas dua kali lipat daratan Inggris. Dan, lahan tersebut berada di Afrika, kawasan yang identik dengan kekurangan pangan. Guardian melaporkan hasil investigasi tersebut pada hari Senin.

GRAIN | 09-Mar-2010
El nuevo acaparamiento de tierras en América Latina
Inversionistas extranjeros han acaparado en pocos años millones de hectáreas de tierras de cultivo en América Latina para producir cultivos alimentarios o agrocombustibles y exportarlos. Gran parte del dinero proviene de fondos de pensión, bancos, grupos de inversión privada de Europa y Estados Unidos, o de individuos acaudalados como George Soros, y fluye a través de mecanismos de inversión en tierras de cultivo puestos a operar mediante compañías extranjeras y locales.

Jakarta Post | 09-Mar-2010
Food estate feared to marginalize Papuans
A planned large-scale food production system in Merauke, Papua province, aimed at improving national food sustainability, could prove detrimental for locals, an activist says.

UkrAgroConsult | 08-Mar-2010
Rausing company pays EUR 8.2mn for arable land in Romania
Ingleby Agricultura, controlled by the Rausing family, paid EUR 8.2mn for purchasing 2,000ha of arable land in Western Romania from Danish company FirstFarms

The Australian Financial Review | 08-Mar-2010
Qatar agribusiness buys first Australian holding
Qatar-based Hassad Food has initiated its investment in Australian ­agriculture with the purchase of the prized Kaladbro Estate in far western Victoria.

The Casual Truth | 08-Mar-2010
The Foreign Land Grab Part 1: Food insecurity
In the past two years there has been a remarkable increase in purchases of large-scale farmland by foreigners throughout Africa, Latin America, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Financial News | 08-Mar-2010
UK buyout firm launches agriculture fund
SilverStreet Capital aims to raise $100m to buy farms in South Africa growing produce including corn, wheat, soya beans, fruit and tea. It will also target aquaculture.

Reuters | 08-Mar-2010
Kuwait hunts for agro-food investments in Turkey
Kuwaiti firms and other Gulf Cooperation Council members are looking to invest in agriculture and food in Turkey, and could sign a number of contacts this year, the head of Turkey's investment agency said on Sunday.

The Guardian | 07-Mar-2010
How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab
An Observer investigation reveals how rich countries faced by a global food shortage now farm an area double the size of the UK to guarantee supplies for their citizens

GRAIN | 05-Mar-2010
Land grabbing in Latin America
Right now communities in Latin America, as around the world, are suffering a new kind of invasion of their territories

Jakarta Globe | 04-Mar-2010
Activists say Papua food estate ‘not the answer’
"If the government wants to eliminate famine, it should give farmers access to more land, and not give it away for corporations"

El Diario de Paraná | 03-Mar-2010
Tierras agrícolas de países emergentes atrae inversores
En un momento en el que la seguridad alimentaria del mundo se está convirtiendo en una cuestión prioritaria, las inmensas tierras aptas para la agricultura en los países emergentes atraen la atención de los inversores. Países como Brasil, Argentina, Ucrania, Rusia, Kazajastán, Sudán, Malawi, Angola, Indonesia, Laos o Camboya se encuentran entre los preferidos de los inversionistas.

Arabian Business | 03-Mar-2010
Saudi Arabia mulls new port for food imports
Since Saudi Arabia abandoned its wheat cultivation programme two years ago, due to dwindling water resources in the desert kingdom, it became a major buyer of wheat from global markets.

Baserribizia | 24-Feb-2010
“África sufre un grave problema de acaparamiento de tierras”
“Hay muchos problemas. El primero de ellos es que la agricultura no es una prioridad, tiene muy poco apoyo por parte de los Gobiernos. Es muy vulnerable frente a las condiciones climáticas y a la vista de los ingresos que se obtienen y tiene un grave problema, como es el del acaparamiento de tierras por parte de países como Libia, China o Arabia Saudí y sociedades privadas. Compran tierras para alimentar a sus países, pensando que África tiene tanta extensión y recursos que pueden utilizarlos para ese fin. En Mali vamos a hacer movilizaciones frente a ese acaparamiento de tierras.

Noticias de Guipuzkoa | 21-Feb-2010
Y ahora a por sus tierras
LA ONU ha presentado un estudio en el que informa sobre la masiva compra de tierras que países poderosos, e incluso multinacionales, están llevando a cabo en África.

Hub Rural | 29-Jan-2010
Synergie paysanne vers une nouvelle stratégie de lutte contre les acquisitions massives de terres
Le Syndicat national des paysans du Bénin a organisé fin janvier 2010 un atelier de 4 jours de réflexion pour élaborer un plan de travail contre les acquisitions de terres à grande échelle.

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